Dion, I was in the same position doing a star party for a group of boy scouts up Ogden Canyon (Camp Browning?) a few years ago. Such a simple thing is a power cord, but, oh--so essential. I now have a 3x5 card taped to my hard case listing what I need to load in the car. Yet, I got to Bryce last year w/out my CCD camera, so no pictures of the eclipse except a few taken thru the lens with a point & shoot that are so poor I will not post 'em. Funny, tho. You kinda forget just how beautiful the sky is when you get to a truly dark sky site. Nice photos. Thanks for posting. 73, lh On 9/17/2012 3:57 PM, Dion Davidson wrote:
I didn't have time to go to Capitol Reef so I camped overnight in the Uintas, just near Bald Mt at about 10,000 ft (Lat,Lon 40.68754,-110.907226). I had great fun with the telescope (10" SCT) but didn't bring the cords to connect my battery so I had no clock drive all night. Oh well - I got some nice views of the Milky Way and planets.