North American Nebula from great northwest Texas RV Site

Last week some friends of mine had a get together at a great
RV park in north west Texas about an hour south of Amarillo
(about 5 miles south of a small town called Quitaque).

The lady who runs the RV (Delores) has the ability to swith all
lights off and it's truly dark there (astronomer friendly). No
significant light domes. It's about 3300 ft high and and very dry.

Here is an image I took last week from the
http://capella.haela.com/NANSSP.jpg

Here's her website:
http://capella.haela.com/RanchCountr...hCountryRV.htm

take care,
Rockett Crawford

Rockett,

About 3 miles north of Quitaque is Caprock Canyons State Park. It has RV
hook-ups, showers, rest rooms, bike trails and some of the most beautiful
canyon scenery in the southwest. The Amarillo and Lubbock astronomy clubs
go there for star parties. John Dobson was there with the Ft Worth Sidewalk
Astronomers two years ago. At 88 he climbed Eagle Peak ,no small feat. We
use the Little Red campground which has no lights or electricity but a nice
paved area for setting up telescopes. Rumor has it as the second choice
behind Ft Davis the location for the McDonald Observatory.

Don

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Last week some friends of mine had a get together at a great
RV park in north west Texas about an hour south of Amarillo
(about 5 miles south of a small town called Quitaque).

The lady who runs the RV (Delores) has the ability to swith all
lights off and it's truly dark there (astronomer friendly). No
significant light domes. It's about 3300 ft high and and very dry.

Here is an image I took last week from the
http://capella.haela.com/NANSSP.jpg

Here's her website:
http://capella.haela.com/RanchCountr...hCountryRV.htm

take care,
Rockett Crawford

"Don Fritz" wrote in message
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Rockett,

About 3 miles north of Quitaque is Caprock Canyons State Park. It has RV
hook-ups, showers, rest rooms, bike trails and some of the most beautiful
canyon scenery in the southwest. The Amarillo and Lubbock astronomy clubs
go there for star parties. John Dobson was there with the Ft Worth
Sidewalk
Astronomers two years ago. At 88 he climbed Eagle Peak ,no small feat.
We
use the Little Red campground which has no lights or electricity but a
nice
paved area for setting up telescopes. Rumor has it as the second choice
behind Ft Davis the location for the McDonald Observatory.

Don,

Yes, that area is very dark. I've been to Caprock Canyon many times
and imaged from their RV slots and it's also a great place to go.

One of the things I like about Delores' Ranch is that you can have
electricity and water hookups and there are no trees or structures
obstructing the view. It's clear all the way around from horizon to
horizon 360 degrees.

At Delores' you can still go to Caprock Canyon during the day and
see the cliffs and enjoy their other features for a small entrance fee.

We chose her Ranch for our star party because she was willing to
let us reserve it exclusively and just we really like Delores a lot.

Last year a friend of mine and I were referred to her by Caprock
Canyon because they were filled up. At the time she had no way
to turn her security light off. We still had a great time imaging (behind
my friend's motor home away from the light) and we liked how
wide open her RV slots were to the sky. We mentioned to her that
her ranch would be a perfect place to hold star parties if not for her
security lights and one month later she had a switch installed to turn
them off.

take care,
Rockett


Don

wrote in message
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Last week some friends of mine had a get together at a great
RV park in north west Texas about an hour south of Amarillo
(about 5 miles south of a small town called Quitaque).

The lady who runs the RV (Delores) has the ability to switch all
lights off and it's truly dark there (astronomer friendly). No
significant light domes. It's about 3300 ft high and and very dry.

Here is an image I took last week from the
http://capella.haela.com/NANSSP.jpg

Here's her website:
http://capella.haela.com/RanchCountr...hCountryRV.htm

take care,
Rockett Crawford

Rockett,

Sound like a great place. Do you come out often? Next time you are out
this way give me a heads up. Some of us from Lubbock would like to join
you in observing at the Delores ranch.

Don


Don,

Yes, that area is very dark. I've been to Caprock Canyon many times
and imaged from their RV slots and it's also a great place to go.

One of the things I like about Delores' Ranch is that you can have
electricity and water hookups and there are no trees or structures
obstructing the view. It's clear all the way around from horizon to
horizon 360 degrees.

At Delores' you can still go to Caprock Canyon during the day and
see the cliffs and enjoy their other features for a small entrance fee.

We chose her Ranch for our star party because she was willing to
let us reserve it exclusively and just we really like Delores a lot.

Last year a friend of mine and I were referred to her by Caprock
Canyon because they were filled up. At the time she had no way
to turn her security light off. We still had a great time imaging (behind
my friend's motor home away from the light) and we liked how
wide open her RV slots were to the sky. We mentioned to her that
her ranch would be a perfect place to hold star parties if not for her
security lights and one month later she had a switch installed to turn
them off.

take care,
Rockett


Don

wrote in message
...

Last week some friends of mine had a get together at a great
RV park in north west Texas about an hour south of Amarillo
(about 5 miles south of a small town called Quitaque).

The lady who runs the RV (Delores) has the ability to switch all
lights off and it's truly dark there (astronomer friendly). No
significant light domes. It's about 3300 ft high and and very dry.

Here is an image I took last week from the
http://capella.haela.com/NANSSP.jpg

Here's her website:
http://capella.haela.com/RanchCountr...hCountryRV.htm

take care,
Rockett Crawford

"Don Fritz" wrote in message
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Rockett,

Sound like a great place. Do you come out often? Next time you are out
this way give me a heads up. Some of us from Lubbock would like to join
you in observing at the Delores ranch.

Sounds great. Thanks.

Rockett