07-24-2015, 05:05 PM
I think it's so disappointing that in a thread where an awful lot of information has been posted about telescope site selection, Gypsy continues to go on about Mt Graham and Mt Fuji as alternative sites. It smacks of laziness and an unwillingness to address reality, and instead resorts to making stuff up in the hope it will stick. Now he wants astronomers to report illegal activity by the observatories. What illegal activity?
Mt Graham: Not high enough to carry out reliable thermal infrared observations and therefore can't compete with Mauna Kea for a lot of the work the TMT want to do.
Mt Fuji: No local infrastructure on the mountain, snow covered for many months of the year, high average humidity, dangerously low temperatures and average winds of over 25-mph with some storms bringing 200-mph winds. Oh, it's also an active volcano and in a region that's prone to very large earthquakes. Perfect place to build an astronomical observatory.
Mt Graham: Not high enough to carry out reliable thermal infrared observations and therefore can't compete with Mauna Kea for a lot of the work the TMT want to do.
Mt Fuji: No local infrastructure on the mountain, snow covered for many months of the year, high average humidity, dangerously low temperatures and average winds of over 25-mph with some storms bringing 200-mph winds. Oh, it's also an active volcano and in a region that's prone to very large earthquakes. Perfect place to build an astronomical observatory.