Jon Wichman wrote:
>
> <snip>
> > Welcome, Jon. And where do you live that actually has a dark sky?
>
> Well Winsor,
>
> I live on 13 acres smack dab in the middle of nowhere!
> Technically, my mailing address is Emden, MO
> Actually, that is a town of about 100 people that is about two miles away.
>
> The next closest town is one of about 400 roughly 6 miles away.
>
> Emden is in the northeast corner of Missouri about 40 miles due West
> of Quincy, IL and 40 miles NW of Hannibal, MO (those two should
> show in a road atlas).
>
> I live at the end of a gravel road that has 4 permanent residents (including
> me) and,
> two occasional hunters. The nearest neighbor is at least about 2/3-3/4 mile
> away.
> He has one mercury vapor security light working.
> In general, it is scattered properties with mine being about the smallest
> and,
> most people having 1-3 security lights. Kinda like stars in the night.
>
> I have two sodium vapor lights near the front of the property so,
> I'll have to drive towards the back to do this.
> The property is 1 acre wide by 13 acres long
how can a property be 4840 square yards wide and 62920 square yards
long?
Jh
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