My only problem with the North Rim is that the campgrounds have so many trees it is hard to observe there. The appeal of astro camping is not having to tear down equipment every night.
Island in the Sky, Arches, and the Wedge all have good campground observing. Hi Debbie!
Yes the North Rim is good. Almost as good as Bryce but not quite. Since Laughlin Coal Plant has been shut down there's less air pollution than their used to be but light pollution from Vegas, St. George, and especially sad is all the light from the South Rim are growing unchecked. Together they impact the sky enough that 7.0 limiting eye magnitude nights are rare there. We still get them once or twice a week here at Bryce and we are closer! Or at least we are in route to the North Rim so give us a try too!
- Kevin Poe
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Debbie <astrodeb@beyondbb.com> wrote:
Anybody planning on going to the North Rim in June? I hear the viewing is superb. Omega Centauri is also visable as well as Centaurus A (NGC 5128). I had a friend that said that Cape Royal was a good place to observe.
Debbie
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