Winter Star Party - 2012

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Bill with his 25" Obsession on the berm.
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Chiefland Star Party Group Headquarters:
Nancy, John and Tony enjoy a sunset beverage
of grape origin with a facade of WSP-approved
beverage bottles.
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John O'Neill sets up for an evening of
astrophotography with his 10" Astro-Tech RC
and EM-400. Strong breezes on the berm would
be a challenge to high magnification astrophotographs
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Tony Owen sets up his FSQ-106N, EM-400
and computer software for an evening
of astrophotography under the protection of a
tree sheltered shallow off the berm.
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Bruce Kaczmarek with the 12.5" f/8 Newtonian
and English yoke mount that he built to provide
superb high-contrast viewing of planets.
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Tony Owen monitors astrophotograph captures
early in the evening.
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Bruce Kaczmarek views details of M42 with
his 12.5" Newtonian.
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John Novak images in the early evening with
his 10" f/3.9 Newtonian astrograph
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WSP attendee with 18" dob on the berm.
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Robert Fitzgerald puts his AP 155 and 1200GTO
through the paces on his Rob Miller Tripod.
The light dome from Marathon is in the
background.
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Irene Simonsen from Imlay City, Michigan
takes a wide field photograph with her DSLR
with the Winter Milky Way in the background.
The palm is illuminated with a red LCD light.
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Dave Gracey sets up his Starstructure dob on the
sandy front of the berm.
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Setting up on the sandy berm with Florida
Staits in the background.
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Evening chat on the berm.
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Dave from Toronto sets up his Intes MN68 and
G11 next to the Chickee hut area.
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Robert Fitzgerald from Raleigh, NC is set up
to do a performance test on a 36M Rob Miller
Tripod carrying his AP 1200GTO and 155 EDFS.
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Refractors set up on an inner field.
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After sunset viewing of Jupiter.
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The French's from Glenville NY
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Orange tube C14 beauty from a bygone
Celestron era
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I'm setup for an evening of viewing with my
18" Starmaster dob.

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posted 26 February 2012