[Chaos-l] Blue areas of the map...

[walter fowler]

I'll remind those following this discussion that our "dark site" at the
Curran's farm is actually very near the western end of Kerr Lake, though not
actually on the lake (hence arguably fewer bugs).  Joe Pedit who is now just
in the Raleigh club but who may still be on our listserve did most of his
spectacular astrophotography on the north shore of Kerr Lake, I'm not sure
exactly where.  Also, RAC had talked about using a camp (?Boy Scout) in the
same area for star parties, I'm not sure what ever became of that.  Jon, I
appreciated your plug for the waterfall/rapids at Cedar Falls Park which is
just across the road from Carol Woods (actually across the road from East
Chapel Hill High School).  I've been to the park a fair amount but have
actually never seen that creek in floodstage.  I didn't make it today either
but will be ready next time.  Walter

On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 5:50 PM, Mark Lerch <mark.lerch at quest.com> wrote:

> I've observed there.  I like it.  It's pretty observing at the end of the
> boat ramp with the reflections on the lake.  Late one night before I left, a
> sliver of moon with Venus near it came rising over the lake, both of them
> casting reflections on the clear water.  Memorable.
>
> To my recollection, the good nights offered up (to my rough thumbnail guess
> using the ursa minor benchmarks) 6.5'ish skies.  The north was better than
> masp, I thought.
>
> Others will surely offer up massive buckets of information on observing
> there so I won't spill much more ink over it, other than to say I think it's
> worth the drive. You can go after they close and not pay anything. In the
> winter the hours may prohibit this.  That may have changed. There are
> campgrounds there.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: chaos-l-bounces at rtpnet.org [mailto:chaos-l-bounces at rtpnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Jon Stewart-Taylor
> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 5:42 PM
> To: chaos-l at rtpnet.org
> Subject: [Chaos-l] Blue areas of the map...
>
> Hi all.  I was fooling around with the Clear Sky Clock, clicked the
> "light pollution" map, and got:
>
>    http://cleardarksky.com/lp/ChplHllNClp.html?Mn=telescope%20accessory
>
> Out of curiosity and ilgeographyacy, i started clicking on the blue
> areas.  Kerr Lake Recreation Area is inside the north-eastern blue,
> and google maps claims that a couple of places with camping are just
> over an hour away.
>
> I remember hearing people mention Kerr Lake as a place to observe, but
> have never been there.  I tried the obvious searches through google,
> but couldn't find any observing reports or site descriptions.
>
> Anybody know where some are?  Have you observed from there?  What's it
> like?  Apparently there's something wrong with the place.  Is it
> bugs?  Camping fees?
>
> Thanks.
>
> J.
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