Live from Starry Nights Festival

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Date: 14 Oct 2006 15:21:58
From: Matthew Ota
Subject: Live from Starry Nights Festival

In the City of Yucca Valley, California in the recreation center , over
200 people are listening to Alex McConahay speak aboout the RIverside
Astronomical Society's Eclipse trip to Egypt. Next up is Gary
Peterson's talk about life on Mars. David Levy is here to talk about
comets, natually.

Matthew Ota

Date: 14 Oct 2006 20:38:27
From: Davoud
Subject: Re: Live from Starry Nights Festival

Date: 16 Oct 2006 08:47:34
From: John Steinberg
Subject: Re: Live from Starry Nights Festival

Davoud wrote:

> Gary Peterson lived on Mars!?

I think "lived" may be a bit rich.

With the cooling real estate market I believe he was just there for a
long weekend investigating investment opportunities.

See:
http://www.garywpeterson.com/

Evidently he did pick up some fashion tips on Mars.

--
-John Steinberg
email: not@thistime.invalid

Date: 17 Oct 2006 22:26:11
From: Zebra24601
Subject: Re: Live from Starry Nights Festival

Matthew Ota wrote:
> In the City of Yucca Valley, California in the recreation center , over
> 200 people are listening to Alex McConahay speak aboout the RIverside
> Astronomical Society's Eclipse trip to Egypt. Next up is Gary
> Peterson's talk about life on Mars. David Levy is here to talk about
> comets, natually.
>
> Matthew Ota

I got there too late to actually hear the speakers. I went on up to
Machris Park afterwards and waited for the skies to clear. About 8:30
pm, we finally started getting some breaks in the clouds.

Clouds kept rolling by for most of the evening and there was a lot of
moisture in the air. Also, the lights from the park's restroom were
surprisingly bright. But we did get to show a dozen or so stragglers a
number of deep sky objects. The old standbys sufficed: M31, M45, M57,
the Swan Nebula, M27.

Hopefully, the weather on November 18 will be much more cooperative.