Dave,

Can't help you with your polymer question, but I did have a personal
question to ask, if I could.
I was thinking of looking at Las Cruces as a retirement area for some clear,
dark skies for
astrophotography and was wondering if you had any opinions or insight about
that area.
How are housing prices?; I'm from California and prices here are pretty
steep. What are the
temperatures like in summer and winter? Any comments would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Mike Cadwell


-----Original Message-----
Date: Monday, June 21, 1999 9:29 AM
Subject: Re: [M]: Observatories


>Bob:
>
>Mean elevation here in Las Cruces is right at 3900 ft., where I am
>thinking of building the observatory its about 4400 ft and hot. So
>while its not really high, I am concerned about longevity of polymers.
>
>Dave
>
>Bob Denny wrote:
>>
>> John Mencke at Technical Innovations is very knowledgable and
>> detail-oriented. I am certain that he would be happy to discuss
>> UV-susceptibility of the materials they use. They have a number of
>> customers in the Soughwest, of course, since that is a hot-bed of
>> astronomy :-)
>>
>> Oh, the Southwest is not "high UV" per-se ... the UV exposure is more
>> strongly related to the site elevation. Mt Graham is high UV, my back
>> yard (Phoenix area, 1350 ft elev.) is just "high heat" right now (temp
>> 108 dew point 60 today).
>>
>> -- Bob
>>
>> "David S. Dixon" wrote:
>> > Can anyone relate the success or problems with fiberglass domes
>> > in a high UV and wind environment like the southwest, particularly
>> > the Technical Innovations Home dome or Boyd Observatory products?

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