[AZ-Observing] Re: Straight Dope Chicago: Can I do any stargazing in Chicago?
- From: stevecoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 20:33:04 -0400 (EDT)
Jeff;
I do hope that the workshops went well. I have never lived in a city
larger than Phoenix, so I don't know what it would be like trying to
observe the night sky from the top of a building. I do hope that people
will one day learn what they are missing and really start to take on light
pollution and make a difference. We shall see.
Take Care;
Steve Coe
> Live from Chicago.
> I've been here all week at the Adler Planetarium as part of the AAVSO
> Citizen Sky IYA 2009 workshops.
>
> I saw some sun one day filtered through the overcast. Rain today. Fun
> bus trip from the planetarium to the hotel. I sear there were 500
> people on the bus.
>
> From downtown Chicago, unless you are on top of one of the large
> building, about all you will see with a telescope are other building
> and clouds directly overhead. Even on a clear night you will a very
> tiny patch directly over head that may show some stars.
>
> Chicago is pretty low on the list of place to do good observing.
>
> I looking forward to getting back to Arizona tomorrow.
>
> Jeff
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