Here's a question for you expert imagers: How does moderate light pollution such as at SPOC affect both the imaging process and the final product? Can you achieve the same results as you would from a very dark sky? Joe, I've been to Skull Valley a few times and observed from a spot near Horseshoe Springs. There's a small hill on the opposite side of the highway east of the springs where you can get a little elevation, above the low-lying moisture. The hill is rocky so even if the surface is damp I don't think it would be muddy. Skull Valley is also only about one hour from SLC. Kim -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Patrick Wiggins Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 11:02 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Please advise Have you considered the Ealing at SPOC? We got some nice images early in SPOC's history with it and an old ST-6 I gave the club (ST-6 is for sale, BTW). I've often wondered what could be done with the Ealing and one of the more modern imagers. patrick On 08 Sep 2010, at 22:55, Joe Bauman wrote:
Hi Friends, David Rankin and I are considering heading out for some astroimaging Saturday evening. I am fond of Lakeside because it's pretty dark and it's only an hour from SLC. Do any of you old hands like Jay Eads have an opinion about whether it'll be muddy or humid then? We've had rain recently and I think more is on the way. If not Lakeside, is there another place sort of close to SLC where we would not have to deal with moisture in one form or another? Many thanks, Joe
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