IISAC2009: IceInSpace AstroCamp - 15th to 18th October 2009

[daveh (Dave)]

Yep.. Fantastic.

Good people, Good wine, great food ! Even the brain got fed to bursting !

[chrisp9au (Chris)]

Some more pictures.

I was asked by Alchemy to take some pictures of the scopes set up for imaging, as he could not attend.

Cheers
Chris

[Octane (Humayun)]

Chris,

Thanks for taking a photo of my setup! Image #4.

Regards,
Humayun

[chrisp9au (Chris)]

No wurries Humayan, maybe I should have indicated ownership of each of the scopes?

1. Alan Meehan
2. David Hough
3. Richard Digby
4. Humayan
5. Jason Kral

I asked before I took the pictures, I hope nobody objects to my showing them here!

Cheers
Chris

[FredSnerd (Claude)]

This was our very first star party and we were especially lucky because our 2 daughters joined us (those with older kids will know how hard it can sometimes be to get the family together when the kids are all growed up). Well we all had the bestest time so thanks to everyone (esp Mike) who gave up their time to make this event happen.

Just an amusing aside. My daughter was telling us that she mentioned to a friend that she was going to a star party because she’s interested in astronomy and the friend said “Oh that’s really great, what star sign are you”.

[dpastern (Dave Pastern)]

Thanks for those images Chris - great to see all those wonderful setups.

Dave

[acropolite (Phil)]

Thanks for the reports and images, feels like I was almost there...

[Paddy de Klerk]

Confirmation of all the threads posted following another nice happening at Lostock.Told someone sometime back that I was going to Lostock for a star party.Reply was a prattle about pop stars & something that sounded like Woodstock.Great opening to tell the same party what it meant to be part of a community such as IIS,Year of Astronomy,running water & the magic of looking up in awe.They might well be part of next years proceedings.Thanks for making it happen Mike.Might just volunteer to help next year.

[RB (Andrew)]

LOL here's one I forgot all about (maybe I should have left it that way).

One of the nights I decided to drag out the 20Da and just let it snap away as I enjoyed a cigar or three.

Everything started off normally, I was hoping to get a simple startrail and perhaps make a time lapse with the LMC and the SMC rising.

Well the best laid plans......as the saying goes.

Along comes Mike Samerski and Greg Priestley with their song and dance sparkler act.

So I thought, what the heck, I'll stack them all anyway.

Well bang on the sunnies and sunscreen to view this image.

[iceman (Mike)]

haha very cool RB! I look forward to seeing the timelapse!

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by iceman

haha very cool RB! I look forward to seeing the timelapse!

I've had a quick go at assembling this timelapse, never done one before.
I stopped the camera once we got clouded in so it's not very long.
Let me know if it works ok.

Click here to View movie:

(Warning: File size is a 2MB avi)

[iceman (Mike)]

Haha that is so cool!

Samerski and Priestly are such light polluters

That turned out great! (I had to download the avi and watch it rather than playing in the browser, for some reason. Could be a chrome issue).

Interesting to see the 2 different layers of clouds.. the ones from the South broke up nicely, but those thick ones from the west ruined things

[Rick Petrie]

Great light show RB!!!
I didn't realize there was so much lightning happening up on the hill.
Now all we need is the musical accompaniment soundtrack.
Reminds me of the old cracker nights.
A twopenny bunger or two would have upset the serenity, wouldnit?
Now that makes me look older doesn't it?

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by iceman

Haha that is so cool!

Samerski and Priestly are such light polluters

Yeah it was so funny listening to Samerski serenade Mr Priestly with "You light up my life"

That turned out great! (I had to download the avi and watch it rather than playing in the browser, for some reason. Could be a chrome issue).

That's my fault, I wasn't sure how to embed the avi into the webpage.

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by Rick Petrie

Now all we need is the musical accompaniment soundtrack.
Reminds me of the old cracker nights.
Now that makes me look older doesn't it?

you posted just before I did, yes see my previous post about the serenading that was going on.

Ah yes cracker night.........memories........

[iceman (Mike)]

Ok here's a few other happy snaps taken during the star party.
1. My daughter Abbey
2. Al "crocodile dundee" Meehan
3. Anuska "Joe don't buy anything"
4. One of the byron lads
5. The other byron lad
6. Chris "you should be wearing an IIS beanie" 33south!
7. Dave "another tent wrecked" houghy
8. Deeno and Amanda plotting their next prize win. RB oblivious! Moderate them dammit!

[iceman (Mike)]

9. My daughter Eliza
10. Eva "and Shaggy" Berry
11. Fred "Shaggy" Vanderhaven
12. Geoff "the freezer suit" owl
13. Jack "this is not a wig" Berry
14. My son Jacob
15. Youngsters plotting the demise of the old people
16. The lower field landing strip. With the headwind on Thursday, a hercules could've landed there.

[iceman (Mike)]

Last lot.

17. Once we build this dam, we can take over the world!
18. Once we build this dam, we can take over the world!
19. Matt "Great" Scott! (circumpolar)
20. Mike "how do you find time for this" Salway
21. The river continued to flow despite the kids best efforts
22. Rod at his usual Friday night hangout
23. Mike "I'm a little teapot" Strongman Sidonio

Hope you enjoyed!

[sheeny (Al)]

Great photos Mike.

I wish I'd been a bit healthier to enjoy it...

Al.

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Excellent pics there Mike (well, except the class clown, but thats OK, someone has to be ).

Geez, I had such a good time, thanks muchly for all your efforts Mike, IISAC 09 was excellent, wouldntve miss it for anything, caught up with so many ppl .