Bah! sent my email straight to Sean... Gmail's auto response button works differently from the iGoogle homepage. :P Anywho...<br><br>There are some areas, but you will probably have to go at least
45 min to an hour away before you get to any reasonably dark areas.
State parks are often good, but there are some WMAs that are good as
well... Charlie Eliot is a popular spot for stargazers, and I also
found some places at Ft. Yargo that were both away from the crowds and
nice.<br><br>Alternatively, there are certain places out in the country
(I've been to spots between Snellville and Hwy. 20) that are very rural
and were great when I went to go watch the large meteor showers that
came through a while back. Besides that, I can't think of any other
specific places.<br><br>Jon<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/2/24 Charles Shapiro <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hooterpincher@gmail.com">hooterpincher@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I've had some luck with comet viewing out I-20 near Mount Arabia ( <a href="http://www.arabiaalliance.org/" target="_blank">http://www.arabiaalliance.org/</a> ). It's close and reasonably dark.<br><br>-- CHS<div>
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On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Jim Kinney <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com" target="_blank">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
That state park was likely Hard Labor Creek State Park which is<br>
adjacent to the Georgia State University Observatory. If it was<br>
between 1995 and 1997 springtime for the Leonids, I was probably there<br>
:-)<br>
<br>
Dark locations in metro Atlanta - hope for an ice storm to kill off<br>
the power for a night. The last ice storm gave 3 nights of incredible<br>
naked eye viewing from downtown Atlanta. I haven't seen the Milky Way<br>
here in over 20 years. We set up the 8" and ran it from the car<br>
battery until we were too cold hold the eye steady in the eyepiece.<br>
The ice storm knocked out the crud in the air as well as the power so<br>
the viewing was outstanding. The stars barely twinkled. By night 2,<br>
the heat effect atmospheric disturbances were also greatly diminished.<br>
Night 3 we partied with friends and didn't go out.<br>
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On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 10:07 AM, Sean <<a href="mailto:drifter@oppositelock.org" target="_blank">drifter@oppositelock.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Monday 23 February 2009 10:07:13 pm Jim Kinney wrote:<br>
>> <a href="http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/highlights/35992534.html" target="_blank">http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/highlights/35992534.html</a><br>
>><br>
>> New comet lulin. I couldn't make it out and am blaming it on Atlanta<br>
>> haze. Bummer. Will check tomorrow.<br>
>><br>
>> --<br>
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> Is there a good dark sky site anywhere near Atlanta? Years ago I went<br>
> out to a state park well east of Conyers to view a meteor shower.<br>
><br>
> Sean<br>
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