Strong trade winds have taken over the weeks and rain/lightning storms are absent. Weather is still hot, indexed around 105 to 110 deg. F. with humidity much less with constant day-night wind. The observatory tent is violently thrashed about and clinging onto its three anchors high up on the skyscraper deck. Even though the temp and humidity are lower, the telescope cannot be exposed to flying debris or have the risk of the wind carrying away any of the accessories like eyepieces, lens cap, telescope covers, cables, camera, computer, papers, etc. The weather trend is forecasted to continue another half month, therefore telescope operations are suspended for the time being until further notice.
Some window observations show the wind has driven away obscuring air pollution and visibility is clear out the full 25 miles, showing remarkable detail on the farthest mountains. The Moon and Jupiter are noticeably brighter at night The non-obscured height of the object determines how far away it can be seen due to the Earth's curvature.
Distance Curvature
5 miles 0.00316 miles = 16.67 feet
10 miles 0.01263 miles = 66.69 feet
20 miles 0.05052 miles = 266.75 feet
50 miles 0.31575 miles = 1,667.17 feet
100 miles 1.26296 miles = 6,668.41 feet
200 miles 5.05102 miles = 26,669.37 feet
500 miles 31.5336 miles = 166,497.53 feet
1000 miles 125.632 miles = 663, 337.65 feet
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Obscuring factors include the amount of dust in the air, air pollution and smoke from industrial manufacturing, clouds, haze, humidity, floating debris, and smog.
