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. |
posted 26 February 2012