Actually, I didn't say as much about SPOC as I intended. I went out a few months ago and was impressed with how dark the sky was - considering the location. SP has grown, as has SLC and Grantsville, still, I was impressed because I thought it would be much worse. Bruce said they had a serious light pollution ordinance in Tooele County. I don't date back to the 70's but I do the 80's and I always enjoyed going to SPOC then. If you really are after public outreach, then why a compromised location 40+ miles away, why not the SL Valley? That's a rhetorical question. My niece has some visitors from Uraguay in town and we are going to SPOC tonight. They have never been to a star party, let alone looked through telescopes, so this should be spectactular for them. BTW, they don't speak English and I don't speak Spanish. I'm scrabbling with English/Spanish translation programs to get a few words to describe what they will see tonight - Ohhhhhh the pain, the struggle, the ... joy hehehe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Hards" <chuck.hards@gmail.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2011 1:05:07 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Thursday's Report/ Observing this Weekend Pics of new sites would be most welcome, Jay. Joan, remember that SPOC's compromised status has been known since the mid-70's. It's primary purpose has always been public outreach and easy access for SLAS members, not dark skies. That said, look at the science Patrick has done from there. Pretty damn impressive. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php