[Peyton-observing] fall observing dates & useful observing links

[Luke Bouma]

PS. (and sorry for spam)

The relevant times for each night are set by twilight. During the winter,
this is roughly ~8-10pm, though for Oct 3 & Oct 10, we'll do 8:30 - 10:30pm.

On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 9:13 PM Luke Bouma <luke at astro.princeton.edu> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> This is our seasonal call for public observing volunteers! If you could
> please fill out the form below ASAP with your availability to help observe
> during over the next few months, it would be very helpful!
>
> Miscellaneous comments:
> * Google calendar with dome availability is here
> <https://calendar.google.com/calendar?cid=dmplYWpyNjNmb2tmbmltbTdvZGJsYm9zMmdAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ>.
> Please email me with gmail/gcal linkable email addresses if you'd like
> write permission.
> * The main observatory website is here
> <https://www.astro.princeton.edu/observatory/publicobserving.php>.
> * To post status updates to the observatory website, you'll receive login
> credentials near the time of observing.
> * Good weather forecasts are here
> <http://clearoutside.com/forecast/40.35/-74.66>. (+ISS flyover times).
> * A good sky simulator that can show V<6 objects is here
> <http://skyviewcafe.com/index.html>. This is useful for planning out the
> night's observations.
>
> Thank you for your interest! Looking forward to a great season :-)
> -Luke
>
> (PS: it is probable that the MAIN December date will involve a public
> lecture component. Stay tuned!)
>
>
> Date type name_can_observe
> 10/3/2018 MAIN --
> 10/10/2018 RAIN --
> 10/15/2018 PRIVATE_EVENT --
> 10/16/2018 PRIVATE_EVENT --
> 11/7/2018 MAIN --
> 11/14/2018 RAIN --
> 12/5/2018 MAIN --
> 12/12/2018 RAIN --
>
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