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Lion Nebula SH2-132 - RC71

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Started by Inept, 01/07/2003 12:26AM
Posted 01/07/2003 12:26AM Opening Post
Have any of you visited cleardarksky.com? I chanced upon it the other day and they tabulate seeing conditions and provide observing forecasts based on meteorological data for most parts of the USA and Canada, in addition to a lot of other interesting data like light pollution maps, etc.

I just thought it was pretty neat. Maybe it's old news, I don't know!
Posted 01/07/2003 01:28AM #1
It's certainly a good sight, and old news to the clubs and observatories that have a clock for their sight. In my experience their ratings of transparancy and turbulence are very conservative (at least by Vermont standards). Therefore, it's worth reading their explanations carefully.