Palm Canyon Resort
Here is a short video of some of the property. The resort was remodelled a few years ago with an old west theme. My room is the Dress Shop at the end of the walkway. |
Nightfall 2019 Back Row: Al's school days friend, ?, Annie and Al Front Row: Cindy, and Ron |
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2019 Al's set up area. Al has some awesome gear: his imaging rig in the back and his visual telescope in the front. |
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2019 Terry Dietz was able to join us again this year (his second visit to Borrrego Springs). Originally, Terry set up in the general viewing area, but we had him move his gear over to where Al and I were set up. |
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2019 Terry setting up and Al just beyond my rig. |
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2019 Here's Al proudly posing with his "Babies." |
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2019 The Sun is going down and it's time to start getting ready for a great night of observing and imaging. |
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2019 Al and Annie enjoying themselves. |
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2019 Al and Annie |
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2019 It's too bad that Annie doesn't like Al much :) |
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2019 Al and Annie's Christmas card picture :) |
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2019 ? and Cindy had the RV slip two spots away from us. The weather was great for just sitting out and visiting. |
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2019 Met a new friend, Jose, from San Diego. I also ran into him at the Advanced Imaging Conference a few weeks later. |
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2019 Just a few pictures from around the property. Telescopes of all shapes and sizes. |
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2019 Lots of money tied up in astronomy gear :) |
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2019 Here's Ron with his gear, ready for some imaging. This year I worked on imaging IC 63 (The Ghosts of Cepheus) and The Helix Nebula. |
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2019 On our last night together we all went out to eat at the Ram's Hill Restaurant. Great dinner and great company! |
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2019 Back in 2018 they were working on the new library building. When we got here this year (2019) it was all finished and looked great. |
Excellent Nightfall Photos by Terry Dietz |