A lot of things have changed when Ranger Steve retired. When the
construction is complete the observatory should be up to speed. I would
assume the IDSA requirements are include the design for the new
construction. Seems odd such PC issues would involve outside lighting.
That’s government.
On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 6:31 PM, Mary Singer <hari@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I almost fell off my chair when I read in the Tri City Herald about the
flagpole at the Observatory that's illuminated "from the ground up."
Mary S
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On May 2, 2017, at 2:46 PM, Paul (Redacted sender "pasha582" for DMARC) <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
was that it was a little higher, but for some reason farms in the area were
My earliest experiences with the club were at Star Butte. The advantage
becoming enamored with those constant on night lights with no cutoffs. A
good half dozen or more were easily visible from the hilltop by the time we
abandoned the site.
to fix it up for us, with the nice solid bathroom (no longer just a
The Fishtrap site has easier access, and the BLM has done a lot of work
porta-potty) and gravel. Avoid dropping your eyepieces.
traffic. I'm kind of surprised we don't see more glow in the east from
There is a low hill to the west, which helps block light from I90
Spokane. Fishtrap Lake is to the East, Fishtrap itself sits at the north
end of the lake, Northeast. I have not noticed sky glow from there, but
Sprague is fairly bright in the Southwest. St. John is in the Southeast,
but I can't say light from it is visible.
Spokane are Northeast, beyond the Turnbull Wildlife Refuge. Muted, sky
Checking out a map, Edwall and Reardan are north, Medical Lake and
friendly lighting enhances property values and improves quality of life,
and we all should take a more active role in public education and making
people cognizant of these facts.
simple ignorance.
Dark skies are a needlessly dwindling resource, squandered by apathy and
Status (from Tri-Cities Herald)
Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo
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On Tue, 5/2/17, David Luders <LudersDG@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Subject: [SAS] Re: MORE ABOUT Goldendale Observatory Losing Dark Sky
To: "sas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <sas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, May 2, 2017, 12:00 PM
There is a lot more to the story (from the Tri-Cities
Herald) that wasn't mentioned at all in the
Spokesman-Review:
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article147766369.html ;.
