David,
Hmm interesting. Yes it's possible to screen it out, though the
reflections are still noticeable.
It could also be either of these towers
<https://www.google.com/maps/place/47%C2%B011'17.9%22N+117%C2%B053'51.4%22W/@47.1883,-117.8981622,201m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d47.1883003!4d-117.8976155>
On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 12:42 PM, David Luders <LudersDG@xxxxxxx> wrote:
If you zoom way out on the aerial photo, you can see that the tower is
nearly in line with the Primary Approach path to Spokane International
Airport. I scaled the approximate distance from the tower to the SAS
Fishtrap dark site, and it's about 3.7 miles. Authorities are going to
chuckle when we claim that a distant light is so bothersome, especially
since the site belongs to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Flying
safety will govern, no doubt. Can't we just block the light with a low
screen or something set up in front of our telescopes?
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*From:* sas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <sas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of
Nick Monkman <nmonkman@xxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* Monday, November 13, 2017 12:25 PM
*To:* SAS
*Subject:* [SAS] Extremely annoying blinking light at Fishtrap
Last month while out observing at Fishtrap, I and others present were
dismayed to see that the tower directly to the south (perhaps sw?) had been
"upgraded" with a very bright blinking light. The light is bright enough to
cast shadows on the sides of cars in the parking lot and is generally very
distracting.
It used to be a fairly innocuous red light, but now it's bad enough to try
to get whomever is in charge of such things to make a change - I'd hate to
have to consider choosing a new observing site.
I don't know exactly where this tower is. I groped around on Google Maps
for awhile and perhaps found it here
<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fmaps%2Fplace%2F47%25C2%25B016%2737.4%2522N%2B117%25C2%25B051%2718.3%2522W%2F%4047.277053%2C-117.8561853%2C402m%2Fdata%3D!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x0%3A0x0!7e2!8m2!3d47.2770533!4d-117.8550908&data=02%7C01%7Ccoyanddale%40msn.com%7C986170df650c44a8c6a908d52ad4b521%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636462015413398305&sdata=BHG0KOpBxtTiLK9iuWOxtT2yL9xc71kvRlfUDNMZEtw%3D&reserved=0>.
(can't really tell if that's a tower or not)
If anyone else has information on where this tower is or whom to contact
about it, I'd appreciate it!
Thanks,
Nick
