Dark Sky Meets

[Errol]

When I am observing I head out to the country to get reasonably clear skies. The only trouble is I usually end up by the side of the road in rural locations. Now this is fine with a Dob because it is a quick set-up and knock down but I want to do some imaging soon. My HEQ5 and ED80 not only take more time to set-up but is more visible and arguably more expensive to any n'er-do-wells that happen to be passing.

So here are my questions

1) What do other people do and

2) Do you think we could organize some dark sky meets in the East? I have no problem travelling 1 - 2 hours for a meet if I am going to stay overnight in a tent or whatever?

 

Errol