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Re: [APML] A Southern Gem
Actually Chris ---- by 2002 or 2003 I will have a permanent observatory in
Coonabarabran for astro imager's to use. Fully equipped with all the
goodies. Large spiders too! They are called "Huntsman" and make great
pets!
Cheers,
jg
John Gleason,
dvj@earthlink.net
Celestial Images Web Site:
http://www.celestialimage.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Stecker" <mstecker@earthlink.net>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2000 7:36 PM
Subject: Re: [APML] A Southern Gem
>
>
> Chris & Jennifer Cook wrote:
>
> > John - Thanks for the image info.
> >
> > As far as Chile vs. Australia, I know there are hotels around Ayers Rock
to
> > stay at but what about in Chile? Michael, I know you and J. Foster have
> > stayed on the observatory grounds down there... was it at Las Campanas?
> > Since I do not know someone down there, where would one stay during a
> > astrophoto expedition? The Cerro Paranal region sounds unbelievable but
I
> > cannot believe they would allow amateurs to set up on the mountain. I
would
> > be grateful for any info people have. I'm thinking of planning a trip
down
> > south for 2002.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > ===============
> >
> > Hello Chris:
>
> Cerro Parnal sounds like a great place, but I doubt that they would
allow
> amateurs. It is further north and would have less rainfall. I have read
> reports that some areas in the Atacama have rain about once in 100 years.
That
> probably is an exaggeration, however, in the ten days I visited Carnegie
Las
> Campanas Observatory (LCO) in February we had perfect weather every day
and
> night. I actually considered Australia and was even offered a dome at
Siding
> Springs Observatory (SSO) but turned it down because of the chance of poor
> weather and large spiders. At that time SSO was said to be 60%
photometric
> while LCO was 90%. If weather were not a consideration then Australia
would be
> a far better choice. You might choose to stay longer in Australia to make
up
> for the bad weather.
> Cerro Parnal and La Silla Observatories are run by the European
Southern
> Observatory. They are not very friendly and did not even answer my
e-mails.
> LCO, which is American, is friendlier and did grant me permission to stay
there
> and photograph. The lodging was free, but they did charge a small amount
for
> meals. To my knowledge only 5 american amateurs have gone there (3
others --
> not on APML -- and James Foster and myself). I would think that we were
> probably the last amateurs to go there. They have nearly completed their
twin
> 6.5 meter telescopes which will be used by astronomers from Carnegie,
Univ. of
> Arizona, Harvard Univ., Univ. of Michigan and MIT. So now they have many
more
> astronomers to use the facilities and probably do not have enough room for
> amateurs. As a matter of fact we lost our room to the Chairman of the
Astronomy
> Department at Harvard when we stayed there and had to use the
observatory's
> library, our van and a technicians room for the last few days. If you are
> thinking of going there you should contact their headquarters in Pasadena,
> California. However, it would probably be better to contact some Chilean
> amateurs and ask their advice. I know there is at least one amateur club
in the
> Valpariso area which I listed on my links page
> (http://www.homestead.com/astromike/links.html) that you might want to
> checkout. Don't get discouraged. I was told by several people that I
would not
> be able to find a place in Chile, but I did.
> For further information on Chile and LCO see:
>
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> http://www.homestead.com/mstecker/chile.html
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> http://www.homestead.com/astromike/people1.html
> http://www.homestead.com/astromike/links.html
>
>
> Michael Stecker
>
> >
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> > >> >> http://mstecker.homestead.com/anttxt.html
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