Prude Ranch / Texas Star Party
USA /
Texas /
Fort Davis /
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/ USA
/ Texas
/ Fort Davis
World / United States / Texas
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The Prude Guest Ranch, www.prude-ranch.com
site of the annual Texas Star Party, www.texasstarparty.org
A map of the ranch is at www.texasstarparty.org/tspmap.jpg
For astronomical record-keeping, the International Astronomical Union has assigned observatory code 717 to the Prude Ranch -- see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_observatory_codes#701-800
The next Texas Star Party will be held 2010 May 9 - 16.
site of the annual Texas Star Party, www.texasstarparty.org
A map of the ranch is at www.texasstarparty.org/tspmap.jpg
For astronomical record-keeping, the International Astronomical Union has assigned observatory code 717 to the Prude Ranch -- see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_observatory_codes#701-800
The next Texas Star Party will be held 2010 May 9 - 16.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Star_Party
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 30°36'30"N 103°57'3"W
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- Kitt Peak National Observatory 743 km
- Kitt Peak National Observatory 745 km
- Anderson Mesa Station 868 km
- Clark Lake Radio Observatory 1204 km
- Mount Palomar Observatory 1256 km
- LIGO Livingston Observatory 1258 km
- Owens Valley Radio Observatory (OVRO) 1514 km
- LIGO Hanford Observatory 2215 km
- Dominion Astrophysical Observatory 2586 km
- Davis Mountains State Park 2.4 km
- Fort Davis, Texas 5.9 km
- Castle Rock 22 km
- Marfa Municipal Airport (MRF/KMRF) 27 km
- Marfa Army Airfield 39 km
- Marfa South Auxiliary Army Airfield 1 53 km
- Elephant Mountain 76 km
- Marathon, Texas 81 km
- Sierra Madera impact structure 99 km
- Y E Mesa 108 km