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profdant139 wrote:
It's too depressing to go to Griffith Park to see the stars -- it requires a long struggle across the entire LA basin, and then when you get there, there are hordes of people and not enough parking, and then the sky is so light-polluted that you can't even see Polaris.
โJan-26-2015 07:51 PM
DAS26miles wrote:used to tent camp at Jumbo Rocks as a teenie bopper. It's pretty dark out there, but Quartzsite is pretty good, at least off Plomosa.
Coming back to LA from Quartzsite, we spent a night in Joshua Tree. On the way out of the park we decided to go to the visitor center at the Oasis of Mara. Passed a solar observatory just outside the park but before the Oasis. Anyone been there? They were open for observations, but we were running so late, we had passed it up.
Boy it was so dark at Jumbo Rocks, you could see your feet. Stars were unbelievable.
โJan-26-2015 09:07 AM
โJan-22-2015 02:19 PM
profdant139 wrote:
It's too depressing to go to Griffith Park to see the stars -- it requires a long struggle across the entire LA basin, and then when you get there, there are hordes of people and not enough parking, and then the sky is so light-polluted that you can't even see Polaris.
โJan-22-2015 11:01 AM
โJan-22-2015 09:06 AM
profdant139 wrote:
But speaking of Arizona and stars and RVs, I just stumbled across this:
Butterfield RV and Observatory
They have a 16 inch telescope on premises, and a nightly star show! Does anyone know if this is a worthwhile place to stay? On the map, it does not look particularly rural -- lots of brightly-lit shopping centers nearby.
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profdant139 wrote:About 5 miles north of town. Its just past LaPosa North
Jeff, where is Plomosa?
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