I like the idea; SPOC is at least an hour drive from my house in Lindon; if I'm not going to look through the big scope, there's little incentive for me to make that long drive otherwise, due to the moderate LP there. I'd much rather spend an hour headed the other direction, such as the Wolf-? site near Camas (sorry, don't remember the name). Has anyone looked into the possibility of getting a small piece set aside by the BLM for such a site? Or approach the State of Utah to make a "donation" (e.g., a renewable 50-year lease or something similar?) of a flat clearning, with a campground-type outhouse, and a place to park close-by? (we don't HAVE to have a permanent observatory there, though that would certainly be ideal...); call it a "Special-use Campground" perhaps... Don't know if such a thing has been done elsewhere, or even how to go about investigating this notion, but it seems like it doesn't hurt to put the thought out there. Comments/Criticisms/Suggestions?
Chuck Hards wrote:
Time to get serious about a dark-sky, members-only site? --- Patrick Wiggins wrote: My concerns here are the same as always: Security Who would use it Who would pay for it
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