From: Goran Hosinsky 
To:  atm{at}shore.net
Reply-To: Goran Hosinsky 



I am planning for my observation hut and in the meantime I have set up a
fixed pier in the garden.
I am living on the slope of a volcanic island and the area consists of
small ridges going down slope,
perhaps 50’ high and 300’ away from the next one. My pier is in the valley
between two ridges,
near one of them. At night there is a marked temperature variation between
the ridges and the
valleys with the valleys being notable colder and sometimes with cool air
moving downslope.

My question is, what would be the best place for the observation hut. Up on
the ridge or down
in the valley? With the telescope being near ground the cool air moving
down the slope might
blow away the local heating from the ground?

I would like to make comparative tests of the seeing before deciding where
to put my hut but
I do not see how I can do that. Any suggestions?

Goran
La Palma, Canary Islands

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