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From the Stellafane website:

"We are sorry to report that our planned keynote speakers, The Meteorite Men, informed us .....they will not be able to speak ....

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.....not making the mistake i did last year.

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Not buying enough t-shirts????

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leaving a telescope home! my second mistake was not buying raffle tickets! That set of ethos was

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Scope-at-home: My greatest fear is leaving my eyepieces (or something else critical) home, and sitting under a clear dark sky with a useless telescope. I once did drive 6 hours to a dark site only to realize that I had left my eyepieces at home, and a few years ago I watched a couple sit looking at their dewed-up SCT – they had left the hood and anti-dew strap home. Dew can get bad at Stellafane if it clears up after period of rain.

I’ve been buying 20 bucks worth of Stellafane raffle tickets since 1995 and the only thing I’ve won is a paperback book. One year at NEAF I did win the STM’s donated “free weekend pass to Stellafane”. One of my friends won the “big pile of books” worth about $400 or more a few years ago. This is the year I’m going to win the Ethos!!!

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.....not making the mistake i did last year.

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Not buying enough t-shirts????

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Other Stellafane mistakes:

Eating too much of that greasy food;

Driving thru a mud hole;

Going to bed early if it’s cloudy/raining (it’s sure to clear up);

Spending too much at the swap meet and then having to haul your “treasures” back to your campsite;

Forgetting to bring 4 seasons of clothes (gets cold their on clear nights and hot and muggy during the day)

…… and the biggest mistake of all:

Not going because the weather forecast is for rain – which means it’s sure to clear up. You can have a great time at Stellafane even with no observing.

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