[AZ-Observing] Re: New observing sites?
- From: Tom Polakis <tpolakis@xxxxxxx>
- To: SAC Forum <sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 10:18:03 -0500
---- Peter Argenziano <pargenz@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Curious about locating new dark sky sites? Here's a way to combine a couple
> of tools to assist you in that quest for the closest dark site. This can be
> accomplished by overlaying the Clear Sky Clock light pollution maps onto the
> Google Earth map for any particular location...
There is a very useful "opacity" slider in Google Earth just below the Places
window in which one can vary the transparency of the light pollution overlay.
An example showing 50% opacity that I have had up on my site for a while is
here:
http://members.cox.net/tpolakis/astro/fivemile.jpg
Tom
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