From: wecooks@ix.netcom.com (Janet K. and James R. Cook)
Subject: Lunar Eclipse Star Counts
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 00:36:19 -0700
Errors-to: mail-mgr@quest.arc.nasa.gov
I am totally depressed. Not only did we miss the eclipse (although we
will be seeing it soon, thanks to Lucy's video--the tapes in the mail),
but tonight, I decided to print out all the data and erase the messages
which have been piling up in my mailbox. So away I went, printing,
erasing, reading the presskit release on the Internet, talking on the
phone, and not noticing that half way thru the S/MORE Update #3, my
printer RAN OUT OF INK!!!!!!!!
If anyone is feeling amazingly generous, I would love to get the data I
lost due to my ineptness. Here's what I do have:
Charlotte Stevens--star count zero, but want to reassure my kids we
weren't the only ones that missed out!
Chris Rowan--great results and chart
Marilyn Kennedy--full moon count, no eclipse count
Mike Dean--description, but no count
Charles Lindgren--description and count
Dave white--count
Linda Selvig--description and count
If anyone else reported counts and I lost them, could you resend them
to me? I want to let my kids chart all this and discuss the results.
Our results in Denver, CO, 39.7 N and 105 W, were 0 stars with heavy
cloud cover becoming snow around 9:00. Needless to say, the kids
didn't want to go out and count. We did count with no moon (but
parking lot lights on) a week later when it was warmer and got counts
ranging from 48-468. We plan to repeat with the next warm, full moon.
The good news is... I got district funding to attend both the Colorado
Science Teacher's Assoc. convention where I'll be presenting with Mary
Urquhart (of Journey to the Red Planet fame) and to the NSTA Global
Summit in San Francisco, where I can help out as needed, if they can
drag me away from teh workshops and exhibits!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for everyone's help and enthusiastic partcipation in this great
project. You're a fun and encouraging group. jkcook