At 03:38 PM 2/28/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>This is a type of person who needs to be alone while observing.
>
>peter
No, just isolated from inconsiderate morons who are too stupid to remember
to turn their lights off and who are so ignorant that they don't understand
that
screwing up people's dark adaption or ruining a photograph that has been
guided for the past 89 minutes is a problem. These are the kinds of people
who blast
stereos until three in the morning, let their dogs bark all night, and get
pissed at the neighbors for trying to do something about it.
>"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?"
>>
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?"