I bet there is a second amendment solution to this problem.
From: Nick Monkman <nmonkman@xxxxxxxxx>
To: SAS <sas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2017 2:20 PM
Subject: [SAS] Re: Extremely annoying blinking light at Fishtrap
Really cool, thanks LeAnn! I'll take a drive over that way before the next star
party.
On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 2:06 PM, LeAnn Aakre <lsaakre99@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
There is a cell tower near Fishtrap on this map:
http://www.cellreception.com/ towers/towers.php?city= sprague&state_abr=wa
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- 509.309.6539 - New Mobile Number
- Permanent address: LeAnn Aakre, 22855 E Country Vista Drive #315, Liberty
Lake, WA 99019
On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 1:49 PM, LeAnn Aakre <lsaakre99@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Okay, see attached WA State chart which may help as well.
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- 509.309.6539 - New Mobile Number
- Permanent address: LeAnn Aakre, 22855 E Country Vista Drive #315, Liberty
Lake, WA 99019
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/ai rport/KGEG ;
I'll see if I can find a WA state chart and send that on too.
- Lsaakre99@xxxxxxxxx
- 509.309.6539 - New Mobile Number
- Permanent address: LeAnn Aakre, 22855 E Country Vista Drive #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?
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
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?
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 ithere. (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
