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great report faith,and some nice photo's.are they dark skies or is the light pollution everywhere.how far away from the nearest town or city is it?
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Thanks Peter. The nearest town is the small town of Fort Davis, which is about 8km south east of the ranch where the star party is held. Light pollution is neglible, although there is some visible from Ft Davis when there is haze or cloud in the sky. The skies are very dark, and the limiting magnitude (naked eye) often gets better than 7.0.
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I love looking at a field of telescopes
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I do too, Simon, especially when you get such a contrast of sizes and types. The big Dobs dominate but there are plenty of smaller Dobs, as well as refractors and SCTs.
Robert - thank you.
There are six areas through which bulge stars can be seen, Baade's Window is the largest. I don't know how often the other five are studied or whether, beyond these six, astronomers have looked for others.