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Check Your Email for Date & Time of This Event!
ACA Members: emails will be sent letting you know of the
DATE & TIME |
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Status: No status
changes have been posted yet...
This event requires good sky conditions and, living in
Ohio, we all know
how unpredictable the weather can be.
Cancellation, if necessary, will
be announced here so please check back before heading
out. |
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Dark Sky Observing Event
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ACA Club Members Only -
at
Salt Fork State Park
Let's hope for clear skies at one of Ohio's Dark Sky Sites
for a rare "Members-Only" observing night.
Driving directions and
embedded Google Map are below... |
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Directions
to Salt Fork State Park,
14755 Cadiz Road, Lore City, OH 43755 |
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1) Take I-77 South
to Exit 47
(near Cambridge, OH)
for US-22 toward Cambridge/Cadiz |
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2)
Turn LEFT onto US-22
E/Cadiz Rd and continue for 6.5 miles |
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3)
Turn LEFT onto R-1 (park road)
into Salt Fork State Park |
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Directions
to Observing Location within Salt Fork State Park |
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1)
Pull into park from
Cadiz
Rd |
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2)
Follow curved R-1 park road for 2.3
miles and turn LEFT onto R-2 park road |
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3)
Continue on R-2 for 0.2 miles
and turn LEFT into parking lot. You're there! |
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To get
to Restrooms from the observing parking lot: |
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1) Go back through the
parking lot and turn RIGHT on the R-2 park road |
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2) Proceed for 0.2 miles and turn RIGHT onto
the R-1 park road |
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3) Proceed 1.7 miles and turn LEFT onto R-16 park road
Restrooms are in the building in front of you. |
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Latitude |
Longitude |
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Park Entrance: |
40.082287
40° 4' 56" |
-81.459769
-81° 27' 35" |
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Google Map |
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Observing Site: |
40.090485
40° 5' 26" |
-81.492446
-81° 29' 33" |
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Goggle Map |
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Restrooms: |
40.089604
40° 5' 23" |
-81.467869
-81° 28' 4" |
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Google Map |
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Be
sure to hit the REFRESH / RELOAD button on your browser
(or the <F5> key on your keyboard) for up-to-date information |
Live Active Google Map:
Click
here
or on the map below to see a larger, more detailed map showing LATITUDE and
LONGITUDE data...
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Latitude |
Longitude |
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Park Entrance: |
40.082287
40° 4' 56" |
-81.459769
-81° 27' 35" |
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Google Map |
| Observing
Site: |
40.090485
40° 5' 26" |
-81.492446
-81° 29' 33" |
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Goggle Map |
| Restrooms: |
40.089604
40° 5' 23" |
-81.467869
-81° 28' 4" |
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Google Map |
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Solar System objects rise/transit/set times from
Salt Fork State Park on the date of this event... |
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Live AccuWeather Satellite Mosaic |
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Jet Stream (updates
automatically to latest available image)
The Jet Stream affects astronomical "seeing" (steadiness of the air)
If
we're in a gray area, seeing will not be as good as in a white area.
If
we're in a white area, the shorter the arrows, the better.
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