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Started by hakescl, 06/16/2004 12:38PM
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Posted 06/16/2004 12:38PM Opening Post
Charles Hakes
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Location: Durango CO, US

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Last night about 9:40 the City Council passed an Outdoor Lighting Ordinance for Durango, Colorado! The best part is the city's commitment to retrofit all of the street lights and decorative "acorn" fixtures over the next seven years. Great!

Charlie
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Fort Lewis Observatory: (37.238, -108.052) ~2360m (7744 ft.) elevation.
Darkness - typically 6.5+
Scope - Meade 16" LX200; f6.3 focal reducer
Focus - JMI Smart focus
Camera - SBIG ST-10XE; (~.5"/pixel)
Guiding - AO-8 and/or Meade 5"/DSI/PHD
http://www.fortlewis.edu/observatory
Posted 06/16/2004 06:54PM #1
Walter Hamler
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Great! Now all the amateur astronomers west of the Mississippi will move there, causing a housing boom, thereby increasing the light pollution! wink

Walt

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