Yes, thanks Tom - I am looking for someplace within an hour drive for imaging.
I drove out there yesterday to check it out. It's about a 40 min drive from
Ahwatukee. It's in a Green Zone - Bortle Class 4 (SQM 21.53) according to
lightpollutionmap.info. Looking south its Bortle Class 3. You can forget
about the north and east for imaging and visual. It may be as good or better
to the south than Picket-Post. There are places where you can setup that are
far enough away from I-8 so traffic (car lights) shouldn't be a problem.
Overnight camping is $10. Don't know about astronomers...
I have never seen it used during the summer months. I have seen RV's there
during the fall / winter. I will try imaging there in a few months. If I do I
will report back.
https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/#zoom=15&lat=3873836&lon=-12480064&layers=B0FFFFFTFFFF
http://www.pinalcountyaz.gov/OpenSpaceTrails/Pages/KortsenPark.aspx
As I mentioned I am going up north tomorrow. I have a place that's about 19
miles south-east of the Discovery Channel Telescope. About a 3 hour drive.
Space is not black…
Jim
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I think Jim, being a busy guy, was looking for a site that's within an hour or
so of metro Phoenix. That RV park he mentioned is only 50 minutes from Tempe,
and likely good enough for his purpose of imaging southerly fields. Hopefully,
the presence of I-8 to its immediate south or the local lights in the RV park
aren't too much of a problem.
I'll show restraint this time, and not comment about the apparent nighttime
safety of Sonoran Desert National Monument (Vekol Rd.).
Tom
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