Re: [APML] Aurora!!

[Joe Pedit <pedit@email.unc.edu>]

Hi Jon,

It's a two day drive from North Carolina to the wonderful locations you 
described so I'll have to try capturing a near-new moon image from some 
of the smaller mountains in the east.  The next good opportunity is 
before dawn on October 5th (23 hours before new moon).

BTW, I noticed on your web site that you are originally from Detroit and 
attended the University of Michigan in the Aerospace program in the 
early eighties.  I also grew up in Detroit (6 Mile & Telegraph) and 
attended UM from 78 to 84 in the Environmental Engineering program.

Joe


Jon Kolb wrote:

> Chris and Joe,
> 
> 
>>I found a website <http://moonsighting.com/> that has new 
>>moon images at 
>>about 22 hours and visual sightings at 16 to 18 hours.  A 17 
>>hour moon 
>>from Mt. Evans sounds possible.
>>
> 
> Indeed it does. That would be an excellent location to try it from, and
> since the view would be to the West, the light dome of Denver wouldn't
> be a factor (much).  I suspect that there are even better places to try
> this from - the Uncompahgre Plateau, for instance, looks down and to the
> West from a spot between Grand Junction and the San Juan range and
> offers an outstanding unobstructed view well into Utah, and does this
> from altitudes ranging from 9K to 10.5K in altitude.  It should also be
> possible to do this effectively from the top of Pike's Peak, but
> unfortunately they won't let anyobody up the road after dark.  I've been
> meaning to try and get some special permission for this activity, but
> haven't yet found the time to attack the beauracracy involved.  The
> Cottonwood Pass overlook at 12,000 feet should also offer an exceptional
> view for this purpose, as the mountains to the West are some 20 miles
> distant, and lower as well.  This might be the most accessible place I
> can think of from the cities on the Front Range to try this from (before
> it snows, anyway).
> 
> Sincerely,
> Jon Kolb
> Adventures in Astrophotography
> http://home.datawest.net/jkolb/
> jkolb@datawest.net



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