Comments on: Dark sky week starts tonight!

By: EspLighting.com

EspLighting.com — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 10:00:02 +0000

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By: The Bad Astronomer

The Bad Astronomer — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:14:49 +0000

Jack, I remember everything I’ve ever written.

No, seriously, I do remember most of the topics I’ve written on, so the blog search engine (upper right corner) and the main site search engine (bottom of the menu, left hand side) are my bestest friends.

Rich, I’ve heard that story told about the Nebraska Star party as well. That doesn’t make any more or less true or false, but it does sound like it could happen.

Vern: Thanks! I will definitely check it out. I hope to be able to get out under the skies a little more often now. I also need to put casters under my 12.5″ so I can haul it out of the garage a little more easily… and laser align the optics. Things to do, things to do…

By: drbuzz0

drbuzz0 — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 23:21:38 +0000

Is this expected to actually make much of a difference? I mean, I had not heard of this before this website and I would have to assume a significant portion of the population would need to take this seriously to make any noticeable difference.

There are some out of the way places in my area which are kinda dark… but not *that* dark.

By: Vern

Vern — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:43:05 +0000

Hey Phil,

Since you like dark skies and are moving to Boulder, you might put Aug 9 – 11 on your calendar for the WUTS star party near Fox Park. It is a dark site where the Milky Way is actually bright enough to cast a shadow. Its the favorite site for most of the amateur astronomers in this area. Course most of us manage to visit the area multiple times during the summer before then.

By: Hairy Doctor Professor

Hairy Doctor Professor — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:38:45 +0000

Monhegan Island, 11 miles out in the Atlantic off the coast of Maine, small village of fewer than 100 people, no streetlights (essentially no streets), 4am, in late August. Best sky I’ve seen in years!

By: Jack Hagerty

Jack Hagerty — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:03:40 +0000

Oops, that should have been “the first LINK” in my previous post.

- Jack

By: Rich

Rich — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:03:16 +0000

I was a summer intern at McDonald observatory in west Texas back in the late 70’s. One of the favorite stories around there was about a visiting astronomer who closed up his dome early one night because there were “clouds coming up in the east”. They weren’t clouds – it was the milky way! This guys had an astronomy PhD but has never seen the home galaxy before. True story.