Re: anywhere in the us

From: Chris L Peterson (clp_at_alumni.caltech.edu)
Date: 11/16/04 

Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 21:40:13 GMT

On 16 Nov 2004 13:06:19 -0800, auspiv@gmail.com (Austin P) wrote:

>the mountains in colorado. the views there are amazing. we were in
>steamboat springs on vacation in june and the entire milky way was
>visible with the naked eye. we went to fish creek falls, which is a
>trail-head about five miles away from the town and like i said the
>views are amazing. i didn't have any instruments avaible but my eyes
>and my glasses. we saw 6 satalites in a time span of 15 minutes. we
>are moving there in december and im expecting to be amazed when i get
>my scope out there.

That's where I live. I picked it for dark skies (some of the darkest in the
world) and good quality of living- low humidity, highest temperatures rarely
over 75F, and that for only a few weeks of the year, and where I live, east of
the Continental Divide, very little snow or rain, and at least 300 nights a year
for viewing. No snakes, no biting insects, no pests at all (except for an annual
moth invasion lasting a few weeks).

The downside? The skies are pretty unsteady, so this isn't the place to come for
planetary viewing!

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com

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