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Last time I saw the Milky Way was 8000 feet up in the Andies in Peru. A whole lot of other stars too. I stopped counting at 254,362 stars and went to bed. Rick -- W5RH On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 2:17 PM Westley Clavey via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > I was the assistant instructor in a night sky and Milky Way photography > course and workshop for 10 years. Ron's recommendations are all quite > good, and I can add a few other places to the list. > > Most of our courses were taught in Big Bend, but we also did Death Valley, > Grand Tetons, Palo Duro Canyon, Big Bend Ranch State Park, Ft. McKavett. > We also did some "on site testing" to see if we could offer some single > night courses near Houston, which included, Sea Rim Park & Halletsville. > We also shot at the National Seashore down at Padre Island. > > Seeing the Milky Way is one thing - - photographing it is another. Let me > know if you want any photography pointers... > > Depending on the month, you will have to look for it in the early, > pre-dawn mornings or late after astronomical twilight (usually 2-3 hours > after actual sunset). If you see it at night (in the fall) it will be > vertical, perpendicular to the horizon, and if it is a dark enough place, > like the Big Bend area, you will be able to see it arch all the way across > the sky from horizon to horizon. If you see it in the morning (in the > spring), then it will be horizontal, parallel to the horizon. Seeing it > also depends on more than just the darkness of the sky where you are > standing. Light pollution form population center, drilling operations, > etc. can light up the atmosphere enough that it will wash-out your chances > of seeing it, even if they are 50-100 miles away. That was actually one of > the disappointments of Death Valley - - encroachment of light pollution > from California to the southwest. The Milky Way will always be somewhere > from the SE to the SW sky, depending on the season. So when you are > picking a place to try, think about what is beyond specifically where you > will be. > > Late April is probably your last chance to see it until September. In the > time in between, it is still there - - it's just up during the daylight > rather than the dark. > > On 4/27/22 10:38 AM, Ron Bosch via BVARC wrote: > > BTW the best night sky in the CONUS is either Steens Mountain Wilderness > (South Steens Camp) in Oregon, or Tin Mountain Primitive camp in Death > Valley. The best night sky I ever seen in my life was from the deck of a > sub at midnight around 63N 4W, although the night sky at 0N 0W wasn’t too > shabby either. > > > > Ron KE4DRF > > > > Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for > Windows > > > > *From: *Jonathan Guthrie, KA8KPN via BVARC <[email protected]> > *Sent: *Wednesday, April 27, 2022 10:11 AM > *To: *mark janzer via BVARC <[email protected]> > *Cc: *Jonathan Guthrie, KA8KPN <[email protected]> > *Subject: *Re: [BVARC] Stargazing > > > > Not nearly as dark. > > https://www.darkskymap.com/nightSkyBrightness > > On the other hand, it might be dark enough. If it is a lot closer (for > me, Hallettsville is a lot closer than Galveston) then I would suggest > checking it out and seeing if it's dark enough. Try to go in the dark of > the moon, or at least when the moon is crescent not gibbous or full. I > mostly wanted to share the night sky brightness map. I'm pretty confident > that you can see the milky way from the green areas. > > On 4/27/2022 7:34 AM, mark janzer via BVARC wrote: > > A spot much closer, and maybe as dark would be: > > > > Beach Access Point #16 > > 4245 13 Mile Rd > > Galveston, TX 77554 > > > > 73 > > Mark > > K5MGJ > > > > > > On Wednesday, April 27, 2022, 01:45:48 AM CDT, Mark Brantana via BVARC > <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > My wife and I would like to do a day trip to look at the Milky Way. One > website suggested Hallettsville or Sargent Beach. I would be grateful for > any suggestions. The next new moon 🌚 will be this Saturday. > > Mark > > N5PRD > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > ________________________________________________ > > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > > > BVARC mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > <https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/%20> > > > > ________________________________________________ > > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > > > BVARC mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing > [email protected]http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > -- > Wes Clavey > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > -- Rick Hiller *e-mail: [email protected] <[email protected]>* *Cell: 832-474-3713* *Physical: 9031 Troulon Drive* * Houston, TX 77036*
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