On Jul 26, 2004, at 11:56 AM, Rashad Al-Mansour wrote:
> The really bad new about the Fiddletown observing site is that there
> is a new, very large house under construction and nearly finished. The
> land owners cut down all the trees that obscured their southern view!
> It's a three story house with large windows all over the south side.
> Friday night all the house lights came on at about 9:30pm and stayed
> on till about 11:00pm. The lights are so bright I'm afraid that the
> site will be unusable! There is another building near to the house, It
> has a very strange type of outdoor light. This light pulsates from
> about 150 watts to 300 watts every ten to fifteen minutes. I could not
> believe it!
>
> I fear I'll have to drop Fiddletown from my list of observing sites.
> :-(
>
Rashad, you've put me a state of great depression! I observed at
Fiddletown less than a month ago (6/25/04) and there were no problems
with visible lights. Since those tree are not going be blocking the
house lights anytime soon, this might put an end to observing there.
It's been 24 years! I think I need a drink.
Steve
Received on Mon Jul 26 13:04:44 2004