I have been so busy moving I didn’t see anyone mention the Bryce Canyon trip on the list. As for me I enjoyed it thoroughly. I planned on staying Thur and Fri nights but I had to cut it short due to moving concerns. Chuck, I set up the Galileo’s on your mount and had several people ask about it. One guy took pictures of it, so I gave him your email address at Yahoo. He commented on what an “elegant design” it was. I had to agree. On Thursday night the skies cleared up after a day of threatening weather. Before the sun went down I got the Galileo’s set up with my also Chuck Hards sun filters on them. The sun didn’t have a blemish on it. I got my 12.5” Newt/Dob collimated with the help of Bob Taylor and others. With a glance up and down the line there were a bunch of scopes anticipating where Polaris was going to show up as the sky darkened. I enjoyed talking to the SALSers before things got going. After that there was not time. When the rangers opened the gates there was a surprising (to me) flood of folks that came to observe. I had a constant line of interested observers at my scope and I am sure everyone else did too until the rangers called for the last shuttle. The kids are always the most fun listening to their comments. I am hooked. I will be back next year and hope to get my family to take their kids next year too. Jim
Hi Jim, On 28 Jun 2009, at 16:40, jim Gibson wrote:
I am hooked. I will be back next year and hope to get my family to take their kids next year too.
You don't necessarily have to wait until next year. There's only one Bryce Astronomy Festival each year but the park does many smaller star parties every month. See here for more info: http://www.nps.gov/brca/planyourvisit/astronomyprograms.htm Clear skies! patrick
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