This is a type of person who needs to be alone while observing.
peter
"Mike J. Shade" wrote:
> This is exactly why Hales and I used to make such a big deal out of
> the sacred Mendocino spot...we didn't want to invite morons up who
> would turn on lights, scream at the
> kids at 7 in the morning, or drive home at 11:30. I would suggest
> Richard that you take some time to find a nice dark spot for your own
> use and don't tell anyone about it. I might be able to find the
> directions for the "sacred spot" and could send them to you. It was
> dark up there, with very good seeing and being in national forest you
> could leave equipment setup for quite some time. And I could shoot
> photos all night long without having to worry about some selfish puke
> screwing it up for me.
>
> If I were still in CA and spent the time and effort to make a trek to
> a dark sky location only to have some inconsiderate idiot ruin my 90
> minute astrophoto, I would be more than a little
> pissed about it. At the "big" star parties they have very strict
> rules (that are enforced) about lights. Why should one idiot be
> allowed to ruin it for everyone else? People spend a considerable
> amount of time, effort, and money to get out of the city
> lights...people should not be allowed to ruin it for them.
>
> Mike J. Shade: mshade@No-Spam
> Sonoita Hills Observatory, Sonoita Arizona
>
> See work done at the observatory: http://c3po.cochise.cc.az.us/astro
> under the "photographs and images" panel on the left of the screen.
>
> "I like the dark, it's cheap." E. B. Scrooge www.darksky.org "I'm a
> member, are you?"
>