Re: ATM body heat in the light path.

["Donn Starkey" <starkey@fwi.com>]

The solar abservatory at Big Bear, CA is in the middle of a lake so as to
reduce the heat rising from the area around the scope.  It would seem that
water would be a great medium to surround an observatory with.

Donn Starkey


-----Original Message-----
>Then I would guess that open water can be a real nightmare?  Anyone out
>there observe near water?  (I'm thinking of a large river, 1-2 mi across,
>which at times can be warmer or colder than surrounding air, and that
>flows right by and to the northwest of what I was hoping to become my
>prime viewing spot).
>
>-- Bob Santore
>   santore@ibm.net
>