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Public viewing spots

Discussion in 'Beginner's Corner' started by Pleiades, Sep 13, 2017.

Public viewing spots

Started by Pleiades on Sep 13, 2017 at 7:12 AM

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  1. Pleiades

    Pleiades Well-Known Member

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    Pleiades, Sep 13, 2017
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    My house is under contract, and we will likely rent for a year. This means, I'll loose my beloved field on the hill top for astronomy. Where do people go to set up a scope? I've got my eye on a little league county baseball park. Not sure about how the local PD will feel about that.
     
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    Gabby76, Oct 9, 2017
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    I find in smaller towns if there is a local police station/ sherrif I let them know that I will be viewing in the area.
    Small town airports are usually good places to view. Most have a service road that go along the ends of the runways and for visual reasons are unlit so a nice dark location.
    If there is a night manager at the airport I will stop and introduce myself and tell them what I am doing to alleviate any problems.
    Cemetery parking lots are also another usually dark location that get overlooked :)
     
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    Pleiades, Oct 10, 2017
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    Ha!! Cemetery. I've seriously thought about that, and I'm not superstitious. I just don't want some restless board soul to make me superstitious. LOL!
     
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    Gabby76, Oct 27, 2017
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    They may want to take a look also!
    Depending how far it is to get to a rural area, I have set up on the entrance ramp into farmers fields many times.
    You can usually find some quite dark locations with no traffic at night.
     

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