I know what you mean Steve,
I was shocked at the size of the house. I did not notice it until after I
had unpacked all my gear and set up the two scopes. I sat down and popped
the top on a cold one looked North, North East and there it was! When the
lights came on in the big house Friday night it looked like an open aircraft
hanger. I mean this house is big! And I'm still puzzled as to the purpose of
the pulsating light on the others building. This light is on a timer though,
it turns the darn thing off at about 12:30am. :-(
I did not have a chance to talk with Paula to find out if she knew anything
about place.
Rashad
----Original Message Follows----
From: Steven Gottlieb <sgottlieb@telis.org>
Reply-To: The Astronomy Connection <sf-bay-tac@seds.org>
To: The Astronomy Connection <sf-bay-tac@seds.org>
Subject: [TAC] Fiddletown's condition
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 13:05:17 -0700
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 14:06:46 2004