Re: [ATM] CAmpfires

[johncdeitz@comcast.net]

If you can smell it then it is coating your optics.
John
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From: "Bob May" <bobmay@nethere.com>
> The stqr parties that I attend generally are in areas where open
> fires aren't allowed (that includes places back east) so I've
> never seen a campfire at one.
> Campfires, as I see them, are for warmth and light at night
> mostly and that light is not the thing desired when trying to
> view the night sky.  A campfire during the day is something else
> as there is already plenty of light.  I'll also note that scopes
> should be covered when the campfire is lit as the smoke will
> adversely affect the optics very rapidly and you'll be cleaning
> and replacing coated surfaces on a regular basis with the
> problems that the smoke will do to the optics.
> Bob May
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