Re: Where would you build your observatory?

From: Orion (mark.bender_at_syntegra.com)
Date: 08/30/04 

Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 05:12:28 GMT

Key West FL or S/W desert..

"Matt Gabriel, Mad Poet of Newport" <itsnothamits@hotmail.com> wrote in
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> OK, so you've won the lotto*, and you've hired the architect to build
> the two-story roll-away roofed observatory for all the neat glass
> you've been wanting... but where to situate it?
>
> It shouls be remote enough where you won't have to worry about light
> pollution or rich yuppies moving in next door to hold flood-lit wine
> parties all night. If need be, you can truck in your own water, and
> run a (decently muffled) generator by day, or even set up a little
> solar farm. Off the grid isn't an issue. (Tho it might be nice to have
> internet... hey, you're rich*, you can have the telco build out to
> within line of sight, and set up a microwave link.)
>
> It should, most importantly have clear skies! Looking at precipitation
> is one indicator, but getting crystal clear, edge-to-edge views is the
> goal. Not much rain, but lots of little fluffy clouds all year 'round
> would be a bummer, as would lots of atmospheric movement, and lots of
> air traffic overhead.
>
> Desert or plains? Flatland, or hilltop? Is Death Valley too low? Is
> Colorado too high? Is the desert of Utah too dusty for open celled
> scopes? Are the Dakota badlands too cold in winter?
>
> Have fun with this one, weather geeks!
>
> ~ Matt Gabriel, Mad Poet
>
> *strictly hypothetical. Daydreaming about the ideal amateur astronomy
> observatory for get-away-from-it-all vacationing is a fine way to pass
> cloudy nights. 

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