The best view of Jupiter I've ever had was at Wolf Creek but it also has some of the worst seeing as well. Typically you can get great seeing or great transparency at WC but not both. When I view up there I often adjust my targets based on the night's particular conditions and like many sites conditions can change through-out the night. I guess we can say the same for most sites including SPOC. Bob Taylor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don J. Colton" <djcolton@piol.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 11:01:21 AM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Great Basin National Park Wolf Creek is often good. I had one of the best viewing experiences there using an 8" Ultima on both Saturn and Jupiter at 500x. We also clearly saw the volcanoes on Mars through both a 9.25" SCT and a 16" Reflector during a favorable opposition at Wolf Creek. The Wedge Overlook is often very good. Surprisingly, SPOC often has excellent seeing and it is much closer. -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Spencer Ball Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 10:21 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Great Basin National Park Does anyone know of the best place for the best high power planet observing in Northern Utah? ...even including places subject to city lights? and maybe close by? (I know that Big Cottonwood Canyon sucks) Spencer Ball 3690 E. Ft Union Blvd # 101 Salt Lake City, Utah 84121 (801) 453-2000