[AZ-Observing] Re: Antennas site over the weekend - and Saddle Mtn too, sort-of
- From: Tom Polakis <tpolakis@xxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 12:20:38 -0400
---- Matt <mluttinen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> There was a discussion of the merits of the site itself... Also there was
> comment about the
> distance from the freeway - closer would be better. So the site is not bad,
> but definitely not perfect.
Despite the occasional headlights, I was impressed with the quality of the
Saddle Mountain site this past Saturday. I would disagree with "closer [to the
freeway] is better." We tried to find something close to the freeway earlier
this year, and the headlights on I-10 were bothersome at quite a distance, and
nearly impossible to block. The "potential site" that I referred to in this
posting to SAC-Forum did not work out, either.
//www.freelists.org/archives/sac-forum/01-2007/msg00098.html
Proximity to the freeway invariably brings local lights into the scene. The
welcome feature of Saddle Mountain is that there are zero local lights around
the horizon. I created this overview from Google Earth before anybody went to
Saddle Mountain. It is located due south of the "Tom & Jenn site" and due west
of Palo Verde.
http://members.cox.net/tpolakis/astro/sites1.jpg
If somebody can find a site with the attributes of Saddle Mountain closer to
the freeway, we should pursue it.
Tom
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