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Old January 14th 04, 10:38 AM
Philippe Gautier
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Hi,

I am planning to go on holiday in Egypt in the end of May (Sinai/red
sea). I was wondering if it's worth taking my small telescope (ETX60)
with me. I have no doubt that the sky is going to be beautifully
cloudless and clear, but what about heat/convection? Giving that the day
time temperature is going to be around 35c, I'm worried that the at
night there's is far too much air movement?
I see that there should be a nice comet display then (NEAT C/2001 Q4)
and Jupiter/saturn/venus should be nice to watch.

Any experiences?

Thanks

Philippe

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Old January 14th 04, 10:55 AM
David Harris
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Philippe Gautier wrote:

Hi,

I am planning to go on holiday in Egypt in the end of May (Sinai/red
sea). I was wondering if it's worth taking my small telescope (ETX60)
with me. I have no doubt that the sky is going to be beautifully
cloudless and clear, but what about heat/convection? Giving that the day
time temperature is going to be around 35c, I'm worried that the at
night there's is far too much air movement?
I see that there should be a nice comet display then (NEAT C/2001 Q4)
and Jupiter/saturn/venus should be nice to watch.
Any experiences?
Thanks
Philippe


I can only compare this to my stint in Saudi, where the only heavenly body visible was the moon. So
much dust in the atmosphere made stars invisible. But worth checking with any residents of the
particuclar area you are going to.... Night time temp in Saudi was also 30+ deg C even at 2AM !

Good Luck !

DH
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Old January 14th 04, 10:17 PM
Mike Harrison
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Hi Philippe
I can only confirm huge amount of daytime dust lead to rotten evening
viewigf - very disapointing.
My location was camping at Abu Simbel.
regards
Mike

On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 09:38:22 +0000, Philippe Gautier
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Hi,

I am planning to go on holiday in Egypt in the end of May (Sinai/red
sea). I was wondering if it's worth taking my small telescope (ETX60)
with me. I have no doubt that the sky is going to be beautifully
cloudless and clear, but what about heat/convection? Giving that the day
time temperature is going to be around 35c, I'm worried that the at
night there's is far too much air movement?
I see that there should be a nice comet display then (NEAT C/2001 Q4)
and Jupiter/saturn/venus should be nice to watch.

Any experiences?

Thanks

Philippe


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