I was camping at Pfeiffer Big Sur SP about two weeks ago when the moon
was a couple days shy of full. Right around the end of astronomical
twilight 440AM, the moon was less than 5 degrees above the horizon
behind some hills rising about 20 degrees up. The sky was dark but not
ink black. The milky way was barely visible and the LM estimate would be
maybe 5.5. M31 was near the zenith but invisible to naked eye. I know
how a dark sky looks after being at Adin and this was nowhere close. It
was maybe a Montebello night. I don't know what killed the conditions.
Maybe fog?
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Received on Wed Aug 27 15:47:54 2008
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