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Do you stay overnight or drive back? 1.5 hours drive is a commitment, especially if there is a return drive.
My own personal rule goes...1 minute travel to 1 minute observing. There must be an equal or greater observing time than travel time.
Of course more observing than travel time is preferred, but to drive to Snake Valley would mean 3 hours travel and 3 hours observing in my book. That is some commitment, especially mid week. And there is set-up time.
The sky and seeing must be worth making the trip also. This is made easier if a local presence is there to indicate whether there is any chance of weather interfering with the observing.
Can you get out of the city to a semi-rural place? Like 30 minutes to 45 minutes? Do you have somewhere like that to go to?
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