[AZ-Observing] Re: KOFA site opinion...

I see I am not the only one that was annoyed with lights.  At my place,
car lights 5 miles away coming down Cherry road hill, and ten miles away
coming down Mingus mountain were inexpectedly bright and annoying.  I
learned a lot of the do's and dont's this event and if ever there is
another like this one I will definitely go to a site that is dark and
secluded.  

One thing that was also annoying were the airplane lights that I kept
catching out of the corner of my eye.  I am sure they made me miss
Leonids by having to look at them to only find out they were false
alarms.  I think the FAA should ground all airline flights whenever
there is a major meteor shower so that they will not interfere with our
'scientific' work (-:

Stan

brett watson wrote:
> 
> agreed.  it's *very* easy and convenient to get to but the lights were
> incredibly annoying. well, while watching meteors, not such a big deal but
> if i'd actually wanted dark skies and good observing with telescopes, both
> the truck stop lights (high on poles) and the card headlights coming over
> mountain passes was just annoying.  i'd love to see if there is something
> further south down that road that would work.
>
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