[AZ-Observing] Re: My Meade 16" LX200R

Thanks for the offer to help Bill. I am sure I will need an extra hand.

Regarding the Datil/Pietown area. I had looked at some property about 10 
miles closer to Datil in the Sugarloaf subdivision that is about 200-300 
feet lower in elevation. On one night when I left my lot I made a note 
of the steadiness of the sky. When I got to the other lot in Sugarloaf, 
even though it is still over 7,000 feet elevation, the seeing definitely 
was not as good. The Pietown area would be better than Sugarloaf, 
though. I really don't know how Pietown would compare to my lot. I think 
that whole high plains area from Pietown to the Arizona-NM border would 
be good for astronomy because it is fairly smooth and high in elevation. 
About three years ago I had looked at the Top of The World subdivision 
at Pietown as a possible observatory site, but I did not like the 
sandiness of the soil and the prices. Since then someone by the name of 
Len did buy some lots and now has an observatory there.
Stan

Bill VanOrden wrote:

>I have observed from the Datil/Pietown area and the two occasions I was
>there the skies and seeing were quite good!
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>If you do need an extra hand for the install of the pier, let me know.  I
>need no excuse to escape the heat down here even if it means manual labor to
>do so....
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