~Steph~
Texas Wildflower
Reged: 06/11/05
Posts: 26279
Loc: North Texas
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That's all I've got for now.  As I was wandering back down the main road, a man hailed me from an SUV and asked if I was Steph...  Turned out to be Barry/CactusButt, who had just made it in. 
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Steph
Taking it one day at a time...
I'm in the fight! - Support Liver Disease Awareness
10" RCX400 ~~ 4" TV102 ~~ WO ZS80FD ~~ PST
Serenity Observatory 
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Tom Trusock
Reged: 02/26/02
Posts: 33846
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Thanks Steph!
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You do not need a parachute to skydive, you only need a parachute to skydive twice...
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Alvin Huey
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 10/18/05
Posts: 2655
Loc: NorCal
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Here are the Vendors....
Starting with TeleVue
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Clear Skies,
Alvin #26
22" f/4.0 reflector and other assorted smaller and larger telescopes, but listing the one I use the most.
FaintFuzzies | TAC | TAC-Sac
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Alvin Huey
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 10/18/05
Posts: 2655
Loc: NorCal
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AstroSystems
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Clear Skies,
Alvin #26
22" f/4.0 reflector and other assorted smaller and larger telescopes, but listing the one I use the most.
FaintFuzzies | TAC | TAC-Sac
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Alvin Huey
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 10/18/05
Posts: 2655
Loc: NorCal
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Camera Concepts - traveling astro superstore. They travel to 26 star parties a year and there are only 12 new moons a year! 
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Clear Skies,
Alvin #26
22" f/4.0 reflector and other assorted smaller and larger telescopes, but listing the one I use the most.
FaintFuzzies | TAC | TAC-Sac
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Alvin Huey
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 10/18/05
Posts: 2655
Loc: NorCal
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Crist Miniatures - really cool models!
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Clear Skies,
Alvin #26
22" f/4.0 reflector and other assorted smaller and larger telescopes, but listing the one I use the most.
FaintFuzzies | TAC | TAC-Sac
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Alvin Huey
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 10/18/05
Posts: 2655
Loc: NorCal
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Tom Peters of DiscMounts
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Clear Skies,
Alvin #26
22" f/4.0 reflector and other assorted smaller and larger telescopes, but listing the one I use the most.
FaintFuzzies | TAC | TAC-Sac
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Alvin Huey
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 10/18/05
Posts: 2655
Loc: NorCal
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Howie Glatter - he makes really nice barlowed lasers.
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Clear Skies,
Alvin #26
22" f/4.0 reflector and other assorted smaller and larger telescopes, but listing the one I use the most.
FaintFuzzies | TAC | TAC-Sac
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Alvin Huey
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 10/18/05
Posts: 2655
Loc: NorCal
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OPT
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Clear Skies,
Alvin #26
22" f/4.0 reflector and other assorted smaller and larger telescopes, but listing the one I use the most.
FaintFuzzies | TAC | TAC-Sac
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Alvin Huey
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 10/18/05
Posts: 2655
Loc: NorCal
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Sanner and Kepple - original AstroCards. They are excellent observers as well.
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Clear Skies,
Alvin #26
22" f/4.0 reflector and other assorted smaller and larger telescopes, but listing the one I use the most.
FaintFuzzies | TAC | TAC-Sac
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Alvin Huey
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 10/18/05
Posts: 2655
Loc: NorCal
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Gary and Jeannie Myers of StellarCat
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Clear Skies,
Alvin #26
22" f/4.0 reflector and other assorted smaller and larger telescopes, but listing the one I use the most.
FaintFuzzies | TAC | TAC-Sac
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ChrisN
super member
Reged: 04/03/07
Posts: 105
Loc: N. Texas
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Quote:
I kinda like that area, it appears to have some grass, might help when it comes to the dust out there.
Dust Dust! with all the rain we ahve had the past couple of Days you are fighting mud not dust
CS! 
Chris
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The Dog House observatory (under construction)
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lphilpot
sage
Reged: 10/15/05
Posts: 343
Loc: Central Lousiana, USA
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Galaxy Man, eh? Does that make you a "G-man"? Where's Elliot Ness when you need him??
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Len Philpot
len@philpot.org ><> http://lphilpot.zenfolio.com
 Catahoula Lake, Louisiana
14.5" TeleKit, 8" Hardin DSH, Orion ST80, Orion 10x70, Celestron 8x40, Orion Sea Otter 8x25 ... How long 'til the next TSP...??!
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desertstars
Reged: 11/05/03
Posts: 41911
Loc: Tucson, AZ
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Sanner and Kepple - original AstroCards. They are excellent observers as well.
Now there's a couple of gentlemen I wouldn't mind meeting.
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Thomas Watson
Author of Mr. Olcott's Skies. Available in paperback and ebook from Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
@desertstarsbks
Under Desert StarsEither Way, It's Reading
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dbeckley
member
Reged: 05/11/07
Posts: 21
Loc: NorCal
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Hey Len,
Sorry the weather is such a bust. Still rather be there with you guys sitting around the cabin having our usual good times.
The weather here has been good in Benicia and I've only got two more objects to finish on Larry Mitchell's Ain't No list - Sancho's object and Shakhbazian 16. May have to switch over to the 18 from the 4 inch to confirm these as definitely Ain't No objects. My pin will have the little asterisk "done during the TSP" rather than the standard "done at the TSP". I think I pick up a couple of bonus points from observing them from Latitude 38 north though.
Hope the weather turns better for you.
Dennis
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Dennis "Galaxy Man" Beckley
Obsesssion 18, Takahashi 4 inch refractor
Purveyor of Messier's, Herschel's and odd comets
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John Fitzgerald
In Focus
Reged: 01/04/04
Posts: 2709
Loc: AR
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I have left TSP for home. Stopped just short of Abilene for the night. Drove for four hours in rain. Had one good night and two miserable rainy ones at TSP. Packed up a wet tent.
The social value was very good, however. We met a lot of nice people. Due to the high cost of going, the large distance, all the prep, etc, along with the unpredictible cloudiness, this was most likely my last TSP, AT LEAST for three to five years.(after retirement from my present job)
Edited by John Fitzgerald (05/16/07 10:00 PM)
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square_peg
Postmaster
Reged: 03/26/04
Posts: 36712
Loc: Maple Valley, WA
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Come on up to TMSP. 
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Tom (Pegster)
DSH-8 (GSO Dob)
15x70 Oberwerks
ED80/SVP
WO 66P
Sears Discoverer EQ 60/900
8x42 Regals
History is Philosophy teaching by examples.
Thucydides
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John Fitzgerald
In Focus
Reged: 01/04/04
Posts: 2709
Loc: AR
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Alvin, did you get a pic of Rex with Astro Stuff?
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dbeckley
member
Reged: 05/11/07
Posts: 21
Loc: NorCal
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Hey again Len,
Was just looking at the West Coast infrared Satellite image and it shows a Long train of nasty weather aimed directly at the Prude! Don't know what the projected weather is for Pineville, La but Darrell and Alvin could still salvage some useful observing up here in NorCal this weekend. One of the TACos is having an open house at her place out in the boonies near Mariposa, CA. Don't like to be the harbinger of bad news but as the song says "you got to know when to hold em, know when to fold em" or words to that effect. Just a thought.
Also, interested in your impression of the Obsession UC (he may have brought the 18 bout the 15 would be more practical for traveling on an airplane) I've seen some nice 10 inch travel scopes but aperture rules!
Dennis
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Dennis "Galaxy Man" Beckley
Obsesssion 18, Takahashi 4 inch refractor
Purveyor of Messier's, Herschel's and odd comets
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Alvin Huey
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 10/18/05
Posts: 2655
Loc: NorCal
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Here are some more vendors. I apologize to Gary Parkerson for missing him as he is leaving to go to Dallas when we caught up….after we were kicked out of the vendor shack.
This is Gary Kopff (Argo Navis) and John Bambury.
Edit: Corrected the spelling of John's last name
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Clear Skies,
Alvin #26
22" f/4.0 reflector and other assorted smaller and larger telescopes, but listing the one I use the most.
FaintFuzzies | TAC | TAC-Sac
Edited by Alvin Huey (05/17/07 01:15 AM)
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