Geek Data

For anyone who is interested:

The GPS coordinates of The Man this year are:

Latitude: 40.7548 (aka 40.7548N)
Longitude: -119.2364 (aka 119.2364W)
Elevation: 1189 meters

Albedo: 0.333

Some fun URL's to plug that into are:

www.topozone.com -- topographic maps, low res
www.globexplorer.com -- see last year's roads from SPACE!
www.heavens-above.com -- what satellites & planets &c you can see

Thanks Kerry for the link:
http://www.brc-dpw.org/Measurements.html
handy data!

One last table:
sunrise sunset moonrise moonset
Wed Aug 25 0518 1839 1601 d+0047
Thu Aug 26 0519 1838 1658 d+0200
Fri Aug 27 0520 1836 1744 d+0319
Sat Aug 28 0521 1835 1821 d+0437
Sun Aug 29 0522 1833 1851 d+0552
Mon Aug 30 0522 1832 1916 d+0703
Tue Aug 31 0523 1830 1939 d+0812
Wed Sep 1 0524 1828 2002 d+0919
Thu Sep 2 0525 1827 2025 d+1026
Fri Sep 3 0526 1825 2049 d+1131
Sat Sep 4 0527 1823 2118 d+1235
Sun Sep 5 0528 1822 2151 d+1337
Mon Sep 6 0529 1820 2230 d+1434
Tue Sep 7 0530 1818 2317 d+1525

(these dont take into account the nearby hills, though.)

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camp elsewhere, 2004
3:30-4:00, Jupiter to Saturn
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