Re: [APML] So, what have you forgot to take?

["Fred & Liz Lusen" <fl.lusen@verizon.net>]

The thing about the tubs (they are all Rubbermaid) is that nothing ever
comes out.  The only thing I ever put in the truck that is extra is food
(for an over night stay) and a change of clothes.  If any thing ever comes
out of a tub, for cleaning or other reasons, it always goes back in
immediately.  I have never been without anything since I started that way.

Fred

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Schott" <aschott@cfl.rr.com>
To: "Astro-Photo" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 10:03 AM
Subject: Re: [APML] So, what have you forgot to take?


> I've tried the checklists and I've tried the pre-packed boxes, but have
> still left stuff behind.  Nothing like getting half way through setting up
> your polar mount only to find you've left the drive corrector, or some
vital
> part at home and you've got to tear everything down, put it back in the
car
> and drive home and get it.  Since I'm usually mindful of exactly what kind
> of work I'm going to be doing I'll usually walk through it mentally while
> I'm packing.  Then, just before slamming the hatch and driving off, I'll
run
> through it again, like an athlete does in preparation for an event, in
full
> detail, with every step checked for what I'm doing, what I'm holding, what
> I'm connecting together, and what other objects might come in handy.  If
I'm
> thourough, I'll usually bring the things I need to be functional.  I might
> forget that thing I told you I'd bring the next time we were out, or a
spare
> setup in case something fails, but I'll usually have everything I need for
> an outing.
>
> Just visualize yourself from the moment you arrive on-site, to the moment
> you're through observing.  Every tool you pick up, every wire you connect,
> every flashlight-adaptor-battery-screw-cup-blanket-bugspraythat comes into
> view as you go about the work of the night.  Make SURE it's been packed.
> Just thinking the VCR power adapter was on the end of the cable isn't good
> enough.  Make sure it's there!  Checklists work if you're doing exactly
the
> same work all the time.  Ditto for the pre-packed containers.  I do lunar
> grazes and meteor videography along with some eyepiece photography so my
> setup changes radically every night.  Since most of the setups I do are
done
> mostly by starlight or by sense of feel, it's very easy to walk through
the
> work mentally.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Ball" <jeffball@netacs.net>
> To: "Astro-Photo" <astro-photo@seds.org>
> Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 8:44 AM
> Subject: [APML] So, what have you forgot to take?
>
>
> > I know, imaging last night wasn't a great idea.  The Moon rise was
around
> > 11:50 p.m. local time in West Virginia.  But I wanted to try out a
TV101.
> > Setup went fine and the sky looked great.  Started to get ready to polar
> > align and whoops <you get the idea>
>
>
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