GSSP - July 2013
This just in: Bill trying to decide if the telescope or the tent goes up first.
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There's Lynne curled up in the shade with a good book.
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John's most excellent shade cave!
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Our own telescope alley. Cars are parked back to back with about 30-40 feet in-between. The scopes then get set up in the area between the cars. That way you can have your tent just feet away from your scope, and you know that when you're in the area that it's all telescopes to watch out for.
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This year Walter brought Carol along. I think she had a pretty good time - I know we enjoyed having her come along.
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Jeff looking at something :) I think I probably blew out his eyeballs with my flash - sorry, Jeff :)
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Carl probably looking at the same thing as Jeff :)
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Two other astronomers on the left with Chris, John and Ruth.
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Carl checking out Jeff's Dob. Notice the tape on the bottom. Jeff moved the primary mirror forward to increase the scope's speed. He forgot that that would change the balance - so we taped a bottle of water to his scope and all was well. We called it heavy water :)
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GSSP - July 2013
Here's me getting ready for another night of excellent imaging. This is the trip that I got to image M20 - The Trifid Nebula and M27 - The Dumbbell Nebula. I think they turned out pretty good.
GSSP - July 2013
We always take one of our signs with us to use as advertising as well as a rallying place.
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Carol with her star chart. She did really well and found lots of objects - some kind of hard to find.
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This is our next door neighbor. It's nice when your neighbor has really cool toys!
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Dinner Time!!! Lynne, Jeff, John, Ruth, Carl (hiding) and Chris.
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