<html><body><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #006600"><div>Hi Allen<br></div><div><br></div><div>Attached is the Jan Hers article I mentioned. This is of course quite old and possibly somewhat biased due to the north-vs-south tug-of-war back then. I see Jan refers to the ESO site testing on which I recently wrote a MNASSA article (although my focus with the article was slightly different) - see:<br></div><div>http://www.mnassa.org.za/html/Dec2012/2012MNASSA..71..Dec..248.pdf</div><div><span name="x"></span><div><br></div><div>Regards<br></div><div>Willie<br></div><div><br></div><div>-- <br> Mr. W.P. Koorts ( wpk@saao.ac.za )<br> South African Astronomical Observatory<br> P.O. Box 9, Observatory, 7935, South Africa<br> Tel.(27) (21) 460 9334 Fax.(27) (21) 447 3639<br> World Wide Web (Work) http://www.saao.ac.za<br> World Wide Web ( Personal ) http://wpk.saao.ac.za</div><span name="x"></span><br></div><hr id="zwchr"><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid #1010FF;margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px;color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Hi all<br><div><br></div>I've just had an interesting query from somebody who is choosing a place <br>to move after he retires, and wants to be sure that he chooses a spot with <br>decent weather for stargazing. Presumably professional astronomers ask <br>the same question when planning such projects as SALT, and I was wondering <br>if anybody on this list has access to any relevant reports that could be <br>useful for him?<br><div><br></div>The obvious answer (Sutherland) is a little remote for him, which is why a <br>general weather assessment seems more useful for him.<br><div><br></div>Kind Regards<br>-- <br>Allen Versfeld<br>ASSA Section Director: Astrophotography<br>http://www.urban-astronomer.com<br>_______________________________________________<br>AstroNet mailing list<br>AstroNet@mail.saasta.ac.za<br>http://mail.saasta.ac.za/mailman/listinfo/astronet<br><div><br></div>!DSPAM:54a800fd14244034115445!<br><div><br></div><br></blockquote><div><br></div></div></body></html>