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The gang - John Arkley, Jeff, Ron, Terry and Al. 		CalStar 2021
Here's Terry setting up his tent.
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Jeff and Terry.







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  Jeff and Bill
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One of my next door neighbors.
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Al and I arrived a couple of nights early. Glad I was prepared and had my snow suit. Most nights were beautifully clear - but reeeealy cold!







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Bill setting up.
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Bill getting his Dob ready to gather photons.
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Terry setting up.







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Here's my setup. Since I don't have a lot of room in my car, I rented this van and a 2K portable generator (for charging up my batteries). Just stuck the air mattress and sleeping bag in the back and was very comfortable.
The battery in the keypad died on the second night (a 5-yr battery that lasted 9 yrs. (I had a back up battery but it was 7 yrs old). A dead battery corrupts the objects databases but leaves stars and planets OK. Jeff was super generous in helping to troubleshoot. In the end the mount still tracked just fine, so Terry hooked up his camera to my solar scope and got some nice images of the Sun. 		CalStar 2021
Jeff and the formally missing banner.
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  Looking from Jeff's camp toward Chez Dan's They have a tradition of setting up eggs, bacon and pancakes for breakfast. Just wonder over - drop some money in the can, and you're having a nice breakfast with your friends. The trick is to get up early enough.







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Bill Seiler
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Under the giant oak tree was where I set up the generator so it wouldn't bother anyone as it chugged away all day. Walter and Carol eventually set up beyond the big trees.







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These three images are kind of a panorama, looking West.
My U Haul van is there on the far right.
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Terry's Camera mounted on my Lunt Solar Scope. 		CalStar 2021
The front end of the solar scope.
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This was Terry's first attempt at solar imaging. There's one nice sunspot a little to the left of center, along with numerous prominences.








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  Here is a short video. It was taken by one of the astronomers by flying a small drone around the field. When Al and I arrived on Wednesday there was only Al, myself and another camper. Saturday began a three-day weekend and a lot more folks came out.
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                                                                                                                      Here are a few pictures that Terry Dietz took.
                                                                                                                                       If you'd like to see all of them in a lager format - here is a link to terry's site.
                                                                                                                                       http://tdgraphics.weebly.com/calstar-10-2021.html

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John, Jeff, Ron and Al
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John
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Chez Dan's  		CalStar 2021
Al and Ron
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Imager's Row







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I thought that this was a humorous series of Bill and his Dob.
I'll let you, the viewer, add the captions. :)  		CalStar 2021

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Ron setting up the Lunt Solar Scope  		CalStar 2021
Ron chatting with Bill while Terry's camera goes to work on the Sun.
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Getting an elbow bump greeting from Walter.





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