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Re: (meteorobs) [Fwd: Dark sky sites]

Donnie,
     If you live in VA, why not try the mountains?   In any event, I would
STAY ON THE EAST COAST:>!
    My own appraoch is simply to "map out" possible sites with about a 200
mile (my limit due to work) radius of home.  Then I let the weather determine
where I go.  This worked OK last year -- but who knows what monstrous cloud
cover may appear this year...with my hometown dead center!   Good Luck!
Kim S. Youmans

bee.bopp wrote:

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>
> Subject: Dark sky sites
> Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 10:43:42 -0400
> From: "bee.bopp" <bee.bopp@mciworld.com>
> To: majordomo@jovian.com
>
> This is my first post to the mailing list. I am a 53 year old meteor
> lover
> who over the last 3 or 4 years have really started trying to observe all
>
> the major showers. Sometimes with members of our local astronomy club
> (RVAS) and sometimes alone I have pulled many "all nighters" including
> last
> November for the Leonids. That "fireball" shower was truly the highlight
> of
> my astronomy career and have been waiting eagerly for Nov 16/17 and
> 17/18 of
> this year. I have read so much on this years possibilities and as time
> is getting
> closer I want to give myself every chance to witness the shower.
> Roanoke,Va.'s
> November nights are "shaky" at best. If the forecast looks "bleak"
> (cloudy,etc)
> I am prepared to either drive or even fly to a part of the U.S. that
> might have
> clear skies. Does anyone have any suggestions for any dark sky sites
> within 400
> or 500 miles from Roanoke,Va? I've even considered flying to Las Vegas
> and
> then driving to Death Valley but from all accounts that I have read it
> sounds like
> the east coast has a better chance of a "storm" than the west coast.
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions. I enjoy reading the "meteor"
> postings
> and hope we all have clear skies in mid November.
>
> Regards,
> Donnie Grisso



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