profdant139 wrote:
Frizzen, the moon will set at midnight in 2016 -- not great, but ok. 2017 is a bust -- lots of moonlight. 2018 looks like the next good year, with an early evening moonset.
I just got back from our trip to the Sierra to see the Perseids. Bottom line -- it was pretty good but not great. Lots of haze and smoke from forest fires -- there was nowhere to go to escape the smoke. I am working on a blog post about our little trip -- it will be posted in a couple of weeks.
Moon setting at midnight will be great since I'm usually up around 1 am and I bet every one knows why.
BTW Prof, did you ever solve your problem with manuvering the trailer?
Fort Davis, Tx and the Davis Mts. Observatory are usually pretty warm at night in Dec.
