A little whilte ago, dtappy asked what this has to do with RVing -- the answer is that for some of us, the night sky is a huge part of RVing, especially when boondocking. In the bad old days when "travel" meant "stay in a motel or a condo," it was impossible for us to get to really dark skies -- there were always lights around. And a person's eye takes a long time in complete darkness to get fully dark-adapted.
So when DW and I belatedly discovered RVings (by accident, really), we soon realized that stargazing was one of the best parts of RVing!
So this brings up another related question -- is there a good compact telescope suitable for RV travel into the boondocks? It would have to be rugged, light, easy to set up and take down, and preferably with a mount that would track the stars -- I think those are called equatorial mounts. And as long as I am dreaming, it ought to have one of those fancy computerized "go to" controls, where you say "find me the Andromeda galaxy." And it should use very little power -- probably connect to an inverter, plugged into the 12 volt system in the RV. After all, if you have ordinary 120 volt power, you are probably in an RV park, with the attendant light pollution.
