Okay, see attached WA State chart which may help as well.
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On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 1:24 PM, LeAnn Aakre <lsaakre99@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Here's a link to Flight Aware for the Spokane airport, you can click on
the box (lower right screen when you move the cursor there) to enlarge the
radar screen and see if that location is more easily identified:
http://flightaware.com/live/airport/KGEG
I'll see if I can find a WA state chart and send that on too.
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#315, Liberty Lake, WA 99019*
On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 12:57 PM, David Luders <LudersDG@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Folks could park their vehicles such that they block the offending,
blinking lights. The vehicles would act as a visual screen. How many
times are we looking at a Deep Sky Object below 10 degrees Altitude anyway?
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*From:* sas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <sas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of
Nick Monkman <nmonkman@xxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* Monday, November 13, 2017 12:44 PM
*To:* SAS
*Subject:* [SAS] Re: Extremely annoying blinking light at Fishtrap
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://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fmaps%2Fplace%2F47%25C2%25B011%2717.9%2522N%2B117%25C2%25B053%2751.4%2522W%2F%4047.1883%2C-117.8981622%2C201m%2Fdata%3D!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x0%3A0x0!7e2!8m2!3d47.1883003!4d-117.8976155&data=02%7C01%7Ccoyanddale%40msn.com%7Ce6ffbcc03d1a4fa9aa6608d52ad76a05%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636462027041548390&sdata=sjP5d8DR9wB6kSJNSjGogL5oDjMpj90cA4WHt1yWbIw%3D&reserved=0>
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
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