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Reged: 07/19/04
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Loc: Bedminster,NJ USA
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Re: Black Forest Star Party...
07/20/08 03:08 PM
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Ron,
I'm also from Central NJ & this will be my fourth year at BF. I'm actually going up on Thursday.
Advice:
1: Get there as early as you can. The field has been filling up faster each year. It's not that you won't get a spot but you'll get a better one.
2: Pack some warm cloths. It gets pretty cold there at night.
3: During the day their are talks & vendors. There are also the guys with solar scopes like me that you can ask for a view. Between the night & day views I hardly get any sleep while I'm there.
4: If you need to set up a goto scope do it WAY before dark. My first year I took an ETX-70. I didn't try to set it up till it was a little dark,was to overwhelmed by seeing the MW for the first time,that I couldn't find the alignment stars. There were just too many stars in the sky.
5: If your non-astronomy family members can use your car check out the link for the SP. It has a list of Area Attractions. Last year was the first time I noticed this. One of the night they showed some movies at night. I don't know if they plan to do this again this year. I'm going to bring some kid oriented DVD's I have just in case.
You'll have a great time. I look forward to the trip each year.
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Thomas
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