[AZ-Observing] Request for help in siting a remote telescope
- From: Brent A Archinal <barchinal@xxxxxxxx>
- To: AZ-Observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 11:43:42 -0700
All -
The Coconino Astronomical Society recently (December 18) received the
e-mail below, from a Huw Davies in Britain, inquiring about finding a site
to locate a remote telescope. We (actually Padraig Houlahan) have already
sent him a brief reply that we would forward his message on to others who
might be willing to help or at least have suggestions - hence this e-mail
to all of you on the az-observing list. So if you do have any comments or
suggestions for Davies, I'd recommend replying to him directly at the
address he gives below.
- Brent Archinal
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EMAIL TO THE CAS
FROM: Huw Davies (huwlldavies@xxxxxxxxxxx)
MESSAGE:
Dear Sir/Madam,
My name is Huw Davies. I am an amateur astronomer from Britain. As I am
sure you know Britain is cold, damp and overcast. Not a great climate for
astronomy.
This is why I am writing to you. I plan to site a 16 inch Meade reflector
somewhere with clear skies and away from light pollution. I understand
you have 300 clear nights per year.
I intend to connect the telescope to a CCD camera and operate it via a
modem, and upload the images onto the internet for amateur astronomers to
view, for a small fee. I hope to take part in comet, asteroid and
supernovae hunts, as well as, photograph Messier objects and the New
General Catalogue.
My reason for writing to you is to ask whether you know of anyone who
would be willing to help by finding a suitable site to locate the
telescope. Ideally it should be flat, free of light pollution and have an
electricity and \'phone supply. I would be happy to pay a premium for the
right site, and would pay a fee for someone to set up and maintain the
telescope locally (it would be far cheaper than me flying across the
Atlantic).
If you know of a suitable site for sale or rent, or someone who could
investigate on my behalf and set up the telescope, could you let my know?
Thank you for your time.
Yours
Huw Davies
PS If you would rather that I not contact you, email me back, and I shall
not email again.
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