[ale] [OT] Comet viewing

[Jon Reagan]

Bah!  sent my email straight to Sean... Gmail's auto response button works
differently from the iGoogle homepage. :P  Anywho...

There are some areas, but you will probably have to go at least 45 min to an
hour away before you get to any reasonably dark areas. State parks are often
good, but there are some WMAs that are good as well... Charlie Eliot is a
popular spot for stargazers, and I also found some places at Ft. Yargo that
were both away from the crowds and nice.

Alternatively, there are certain places out in the country (I've been to
spots between Snellville and Hwy. 20) that are very rural and were great
when I went to go watch the large meteor showers that came through a while
back. Besides that, I can't think of any other specific places.

Jon

2009/2/24 Charles Shapiro <hooterpincher at gmail.com>

> I've had some luck with comet viewing out I-20 near Mount Arabia (
> http://www.arabiaalliance.org/ ).  It's close and reasonably dark.
>
> -- CHS
>
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>
> On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> That state park was likely Hard  Labor Creek State Park which is
>> adjacent to the Georgia State University Observatory. If it was
>> between 1995 and 1997 springtime for the Leonids, I was probably there
>> :-)
>>
>> Dark locations in metro Atlanta - hope for an ice storm to kill off
>> the power for a night. The last ice storm gave 3 nights of incredible
>> naked eye viewing from downtown Atlanta. I haven't seen the Milky Way
>> here in over 20 years. We set up the 8" and ran it from the car
>> battery until we were too cold hold the eye steady in the eyepiece.
>> The ice storm knocked out the crud in the air as well as the power so
>> the viewing was outstanding. The stars barely twinkled. By night 2,
>> the heat effect atmospheric disturbances were also greatly diminished.
>> Night 3 we partied with friends and didn't go out.
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 10:07 AM, Sean <drifter at oppositelock.org> wrote:
>> > On Monday 23 February 2009 10:07:13 pm Jim Kinney wrote:
>> >> http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/highlights/35992534.html
>> >>
>> >> New comet lulin. I couldn't make it out and am blaming it on Atlanta
>> >> haze. Bummer. Will check tomorrow.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >
>> > Is there a good dark sky site anywhere near Atlanta?  Years ago I went
>> > out to a state park well east of Conyers to view a meteor shower.
>> >
>> > Sean
>> >
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