Jim;

I can see my house! :)

How about a light wall? A bit like the sound walls near freeways! Or a dome over the valley?

Any hobby is a black hole - you are so correct!

Tom


>Then you may be interested in this. Never have done any astrophotography myself - looks like another money black hole :-) I do have a friend that gets some amazing shots with just a tripod and a few lenses. If I'm sinking that kinda dough into a hobby I want a CCD with autoguider and sit in my living room on those cold winter nights! And have the butler change optics for me :-)
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>>Jim;
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>>Between fog and light pollution of Silicon Valley, it is not easy to see anything in the sky. Just ten miles east of me is Mt. Hamilton, where Lick Observatory is located. I often go there to see things of interest. Stargazing can be an iffy thing but I do have some great pictures I took with my Pentax 6 x 7 cm camera over the years.
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>>Tom