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RE: (meteorobs) Light Pollution



Will wrote

"
> The IDA has a really cool tool at
> http://proxima.astro.Virginiadot edu/~ida/darksky/ to estimate light
> pollution.  This lets you check potential viewing sites for light
> pollution before going there."


Seems to be one little bug with this program, well sorta... I asked for a
dark site near Virginia Beach,
(I vacation there during the peak of the persieds, I know, I know, I should
Vacation in a darker spot).
Well anyways, it says no problem, LM's of 6.8 within 50 mi. Great, whoops,
apparently I need to rent a
boat to 50 miles out into the Atlantic Ocean! Oh well. (I have thought
about renting a relatively small
oceangoing boat for a large shower. Wouldn't it be nice to get a few
hundred miles from the lights.
Anyone interested?)

John N


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