https://www.flickr.c...157685564154186 my pics of star party i have a few more to add
Edited by djpontone, 29 June 2017 - 05:45 PM.
2017 Cherry Springs Star Party
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Jim Davis
, Feb 13 2017 08:00 PM
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Posted 01 July 2017 - 03:14 PM
June 21st, Wednesday evening - the start of an incredible night...
Is that possibly a Tony sighting in the fourth photo?
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Posted 01 July 2017 - 03:16 PM
Thursday, June 22nd - on the way back from Coudersport...
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Posted 01 July 2017 - 03:17 PM
Thursday, June 22nd (continued) - the weather does not look favorable ...
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Posted 01 July 2017 - 03:22 PM
Thursday, June 22 (continued) - a ham radio operator is ready to send a packet to a transiting satellite...
Friday, June 23rd - on the way to Lyman Run State Park office (the Maccar bus, or what's left of it, is a historic landmark)...
https://www.flickr.c...rmsk/1527597115
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Posted 01 July 2017 - 03:28 PM
Friday, June 23rd (continued) - back at CSSP - Who is this mysterious Tony?...
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Posted 01 July 2017 - 03:33 PM
Friday, June 23rd (continued) - images were displayed during the Friday evening "jam" session at the pavilion but no stars were seen that night...
https://www.astrohbg...SP_schedule.pdf
Saturday, June 24th - the weather is improving...
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Posted 01 July 2017 - 03:40 PM
Saturday, June 24th (continued) - uncovered telescopes, a good sign?...
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Posted 01 July 2017 - 03:43 PM
Saturday, June 24th (continued) - the vendors' tents and Steve Frey's interesting talk on galaxy clusters and cosmology...
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Posted 01 July 2017 - 03:52 PM
Saturday, June 24th (continued) - the new Park Manager Ben Stone talks about improvements to the park and Bob Naeye presents a talk on the upcoming total solar eclipse...
http://www.weny.com/...rk-sky-programs
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Posted 01 July 2017 - 03:58 PM
Saturday, June 24th (continued) - the many, many raffle prizes, ominous clouds that proved to be nothing, and a definite Tony sighting...
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Posted 01 July 2017 - 04:17 PM
Saturday, June 24th (continued) - more scopes including a 10" Starmaster Dob and an ATM 6" reverse Newtonian binocular...
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Posted 01 July 2017 - 04:19 PM
Saturday, June 24th (continued) - more scopes including a beautiful 16" New Moon Telescopes Dob (second photo)...
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Posted 01 July 2017 - 04:26 PM
Saturday, June 24th (continued) - a dual refractor rig with a Revolution imager, my gear, a fellow ASH member's 11" Celestron SCT, and a fellow CAS member, his 25" Zambuto-powered Obsession Dob, and Uncle Al Nagler...
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Posted 01 July 2017 - 04:41 PM
Saturday, June 24th (continued) - Uncle Al's 127mm Tele Vue apochromat and Dobs belonging to a fellow ASH member and a fellow CAS member...
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Posted 02 July 2017 - 01:08 PM
I always enjoy your pics Dave. Thanks! I'll make it back to Cherry Springs someday.
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Posted 02 July 2017 - 05:14 PM
Milky Way / Sagittarius rising over Cherry Springs Star Party 2017 (6/25/17)
23 minutes of exposure with a Canon 70D DSLR and tel-lens set to 38mm. Lights are from a friend’s tent and a Celestron C-11.
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Posted 03 July 2017 - 10:16 AM
For those who didn't preorder a Cherry Springs Star Party t-shirt and would still like one, we are taking additional orders for mail out via our web page: https://www.astrohbg...shop-t/t-shirts
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Posted 05 July 2017 - 03:36 PM
My Photos from CSSP 2017..... all daytime ones taken late day Saturday: https://www.flickr.c...157682754098522
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Posted 05 July 2017 - 11:23 PM
Gear pics! 
These were from Saturday Night during the public viewing session near twilight.
The first two are my EdgeHD 8 on my FTX. Provided some spectacular views browsing around the Milky Way.
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Posted 31 July 2017 - 01:38 PM
An online Sky & Telescope article that discusses the Cherry Springs Star Party and the Table Mountain Star Party can be seen at http://www.skyandtel...party-season-2/
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