Table Mountain, WA?

Has anybody from the group camped at Table Mt west of Ellensburg in WA
State? I heard in the summer months
it's packed with RV's and Telescopes. I'm wondering what the road is like
for larger rigs w/toads?

Deano

"Ralph E Lindberg" <n7bsn@callsign.net> wrote in message
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> In article <buvflk$m2isp$1@ID-62943.news.uni-berlin.de>,
> "Deano" <happycamper22@m> wrote:
>
> > Has anybody from the group camped at Table Mt west of Ellensburg in WA
> > State? I heard in the summer months
> > it's packed with RV's and Telescopes. I'm wondering what the road is
like
> > for larger rigs w/toads?
> >
> I haven't but I know people that have. I will see if I can get any
> answers
>
> (I have a Celestron NexStar-4, nice and small, easy to store in the RV)

Thanks Ralph, I just bought a Meade Dobsonian through ebay, kind of big but
I'll figure out a way to haul it. Pretty screwy don't you think to buy a
telescope and yet live in the rainiest part of the world? That's why I'm
looking forward to some higher ground to try it out on.

Deano

"Kevin W. Miller" <abuse@direcway.com> wrote in message
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> If it gives any indication of us being able to see a starry sky, we'll
throw
> (hah, yeah right! Heave, grunt, drag) the scope into the RV and bring it
the
> Pinwico. We may be a little late as I'll have to stop and have our rig
> weighed and recheck tire pressures <g>. Since our RV is 36' long that
should
> leave us 8' for sleeping, dining etc! <another vbg>. You bring the
knowledge
> of where to point the thing. I've managed to find the nebulae in Orion,
some
> of the planets and a few other objects but by no means am I an expert!
>
> Kevin W. Miller

Hey who says you have to sleep in a telescope cramp'd RV, just be sure and
bring along a tent! ((:-) I'm just a newby amature but I do have some great
skycharts loaded into my laptop so I'm sure if we see a star, we'll be able
to identify it.

Deano

"Ralph E Lindberg" <n7bsn@callsign.net> wrote in message
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> In article <bv7ej0$p2n3o$1@ID-62943.news.uni-berlin.de>,
> "Deano" <happycamper22@m> wrote:
>
>
> >
> > Hey who says you have to sleep in a telescope cramp'd RV, just be sure
and
> > bring along a tent! ((:-) I'm just a newby amature but I do have some
great
> > skycharts loaded into my laptop so I'm sure if we see a star, we'll be
able
> > to identify it.
> >
> That's why the newer scopes with "GoTo" systems are soo good. The
> Nexstar 114GT is being sold at CostCo last month for $200
>
> --

I have a friend that purchased that exact scope. Very nice unit! I like
the laser aiming. We used it to view Mars when it was closest to Earth. I
believe he purchased it from Cosco also for around the $200 range..but then
went out and purchased a $250 set of lenses <g> He also got an adapter to
attach his digital camera.

I'm also just starting to get into star gazing...and am very much an
armature doing so. That Nexstar was so easy to use and like Deano said,
along with a great star-chart we had on our laptop, it was really easy for
us.