Post by -=CROMAN=- on May 3, 2011 8:48:05 GMT -6
www.observingsites.com/ds_il.htm#dixon
Has anybody ever been out to this area? Looks like it might be a fun trip.
Quote from website:
Typical naked-eye magnitude limit on a clear, moonless night:
At the zenith:
6.0
East:
5.5
West:
5.5
North:
5 (some glow from Dixon to north and Sterling to northwest)
South:
5.5 to 6.0
Best horizon (direction and approximate altitude cut-off): South, about 5 degrees
Worst horizon (direction and approximate altitude cut-off): East, 15 degrees (But if you don’t mind carrying your equipment an extra 100 feet or so, the cut-off is down to 7 or 8 degrees.
Comments from contributor: Typically, the Milky Way can be easily seen overhead and followed right down to the horizon. I observed several HII regions in M33 with a 10-inch scope from this site.
This is a hunting and dog training area, but only during daylight hours. You may see (and hear) hunters and dog handlers in late afternoon and first thing in the morning, but we’ve always had the night totally to ourselves. There are no sanitary facilities at lot #2. This is a site frequented by members of various astronomy clubs in the Chicago area.
Has anybody ever been out to this area? Looks like it might be a fun trip.
Quote from website:
Typical naked-eye magnitude limit on a clear, moonless night:
At the zenith:
6.0
East:
5.5
West:
5.5
North:
5 (some glow from Dixon to north and Sterling to northwest)
South:
5.5 to 6.0
Best horizon (direction and approximate altitude cut-off): South, about 5 degrees
Worst horizon (direction and approximate altitude cut-off): East, 15 degrees (But if you don’t mind carrying your equipment an extra 100 feet or so, the cut-off is down to 7 or 8 degrees.
Comments from contributor: Typically, the Milky Way can be easily seen overhead and followed right down to the horizon. I observed several HII regions in M33 with a 10-inch scope from this site.
This is a hunting and dog training area, but only during daylight hours. You may see (and hear) hunters and dog handlers in late afternoon and first thing in the morning, but we’ve always had the night totally to ourselves. There are no sanitary facilities at lot #2. This is a site frequented by members of various astronomy clubs in the Chicago area.
