What's ahead? Lots!

[Mark Wagner]

I've been looking at the next several new moon cycles and beyond, and possibilities.  Here's what I've come up with...

There's movement on the possibility of Calero County Park for local south bay easy access observing.  The park's parking lot looks very good, and there's some help occurring now with an initial permit submission that would provide more "legitimacy" to TAC as a group increasing likelihood of approval on an ongoing basic - perhaps in the vein of Montebello with MPROSD.

There appear to be two trips brewing for August, both exploratory.  One is to the western slope of the Sierra, seeking an observing site at 5000-7000 within 2-1/2 hours of the bay area (I see just today Akarsh posted on California Dark Sky Enthusiasts: CDSE, after doing this sort of field work).  Richard Navarrete and I have similar plans for a short August trip during the August new moon period.

There is also a push for other sites in Nevada, following up on the Berlin-Ichthyosaur Star Party that occurred this past June.  Some are indeed already under consideration, one of which on a B&B in a Bortle 1 to 2 border (less than 7 hours) for August too, I'm curiously interested and discussing at this point.

I was talking about getting some of the original TACos together, and Jeff Crilly mentioned CalStar in September.  Well, its been a very long time since I've been, and I get pushed every year, so this one is on my schedule.  It is convenient.

Maybe the Calero thing will mature in time for a trial near-town event in October.

After that, its whether the weather.  And dreaming of GSSP again.

Anyone interested in the above things contact me.

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Mark in the Dark