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[stargazer]

HI all

I guess I just wanted to share some good news with you. Some of you might remember that Bill and I were looking for some property. Well we find it and have bought it.

We bought 80 acres in west central Ill near the town of Quincy. We most likely will be moving down there by next spring. We have to do some work to the place before we can move in. Right now its corn fields with about 20 acres of grass that we need to put a house on. We might have already decided on where to place the Observatory. There is a hill just off from where the house will be. Looks out over the trees. We are thinking about having a Star Party to celebrate the new place. I will let you all know as I know. Yes the place is about 4 hours away so it would be a weekend thing if we did it. So if we decided to do it and you come down you'll have to bring a tent. We would supply the bathrooms.

There are no lights in the area as its surrounded by corn and soy bean fields. You can see the Milky way from Horizon to Horizon. Were going down in a couple weeks to sign the final papers and the scopes going with so I will take pics to show you all.

So you all know I am not telling you all about this to brag or to be a B***H I just wanted to share some good news. And speaking of some good news Im waiting for my latest Cert to arrive, I completed the Lunar Cert from the American Lunar Society and sent it in a couple weeks ago so it should be here soon.

I'll let you all know when it arrives.

[Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe]

Becks,

Great on your new piece of Earth and your dark skies in Quincy. Quite a endeavor but cool.

What kind of observatory you thinking of building?

[Maddad]

Congratulations! Sounds like an ideal place for people who like to look at the night sky!

[stargazer]

Hey Guys,

I got home from the farm late Mon night so I thought I would share some pics of the place with you.

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Looking down the obseerving field.

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Better shot of the field.

[stargazer]

Ok now that I screwed that up. I saw this sign on the side of the road going down and thought I might share it with you.


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The field we are going to place the roll off roof observatory will be either a corn field or hay field. Were not sure yet. I have about 20 Horses to train when we get down there so that will be fun for me. We decided to hold regular star parties on the field. We will let you all know once we are set up and know what we are doing. We are hoping to be down there in the next 6 weeks. Good timing for Mars. We are going to have a Welcome Home star party for all our friends once we are set up. I will tell you the farm is about 250 to 300 miles away from here. But viewing from a full 360 degrees. The only street light is about 1 mile away and we have trees between us and it. Very dark out there. The Milky Way from Horizon to Horizon. I cant forget very quiet. We hear the coyotes, owls, and deer all the time. I don't know what other animals are on the property.

On another note when we got home I found out I had recieved the Lunar Cert from the American Lunar Society. It was waiting for me. So that was nice to come home to.

I wil let you know more about the star party once I know. It will be a weekend thing so if you come down bring a tent.

[Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe]

Becks,

An excellent wide open space.

What's that boulder like thing on the left side in one pic?

And that sign is cool. I wonder who thought clearly enough to place one there?

Good stuff Becks...

[stargazer]

Hey Joe,

Thats a rolled Bale of Hay. Only stands about 6' tall. I saw the sign going down and just started laughing. So I had to get a pic of it. I figured none of you guys would believe it if I just told you about it. So this way you believe me that its really there.