My posts just recently have been a bit light on the visuals so, in the absence of any recent trips or new sketches, I have dug out some old star party photos, from my TSP visits, and here they are. I don’t think I’ve posted them on the blog before (I don’t want to become like one of the cable tv channels that only shows repeats!) but they are, or some are, on my website.
Click on each photo for sharper and, in some cases, larger ones.
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| Upper field 2008 |
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| Upper field 2008 |
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| Upper field 2008 |
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| L-R: Larry Mitchell, Stephen O’Meara, Alvin Huey, ‘yours truly’ and Robert Reeves, TSP 2006. I have since dyed my hair!! |
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| Lower field 2008 |
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| Middle field 2008 |
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| 82 inch dome at McDonald Observatory |
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| Barbara Wilson’s 20″ Spacewalk dob |
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| Alvin Huey’s 30″ Starmaster dob |
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| Me at the eyepiece of Jimi Lowrey’s 48″. That ladder isn’t as scary as it looks…it’s scarier. |
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| Upper field, dusk 2008 |
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| Dusk falls |
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| And keeps falling |
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| Larry Mitchell’s 36″ Obsession dob |
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| 12″ dob, upper field 2006 |
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| Gateway to the TSP |
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| Gate made famous in many astronomy magazine articles, books and web sites |
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| Sunset |
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| Fire! The ‘Great TSP Fire of 2008’ |
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| Valley of the Dobs, TSP 2006 |
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| Upper field |
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| Upper field, another view |
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| And another view |
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| Yet another view |
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| Upper field 2010 – no dust! It’s green! |
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| Bob Summerfield at the eyepiece of the 36″ ‘Yard Scope’ (originally built by Tectron Telescopes) |
I love the TSP, it’s definitely my favourite vacation, and I want to go back one year, hopefully in 2012. We’ll see what the rest of 2011 brings…
