Re: Where would you build your observatory?
From: Chris L Peterson (clp_at_alumni.caltech.edu)
Date: 08/31/04
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Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 01:00:55 GMT
On 29 Aug 2004 20:19:08 -0700, itsnothamits@hotmail.com (Matt Gabriel, Mad Poet
of Newport) wrote:
>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?
Right where I did- on the eastern side of the Continental Divide, at 10,000 feet
in the Colorado Rockies.
On the plus side:
Some of the darkest skies in the world.
Nights are almost always clear.
Very dry, little snow.
No dew or frost.
No bugs.
Great quality of life, reasonable access to civilization.
Great weather- only a few days a year over 80F, RH usually below 35%.
On the minus side:
Rather unsteady seeing. Not a big issue for imaging, but not a good location for
those into very high resolution work.
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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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