IceInSpace AstroCamp '06 article Aust. Sky & Tel April 2006

[gary]

Check out the April 2006 edition of Australian Sky and Telescope
for a four-page article on the IceInSpace Astrocamp held at Lostock.
The 'by line' is Mike Salway.

Best Regards

Gary Kopff
Managing Director
Wildcard Innovations Pty. Ltd.
20 Kilmory Place, Mount Kuring-Gai
NSW. 2080. Australia
Phone +61-2-9457-9049
Fax +61-2-9457-9593
sales@wildcard-innovations.com.au
http://www.wildcard-innovations.com.au

[h0ughy]

wonder what secrets come out in that? Look forward to reading it!

[iceman]

Thanks gary, I can't wait to see it in the mag when I get home.

It looked great in the proof.

I hope the writeup and pics go some way to describing the fantastic event and great time we all had at Lostock for IISAC 2006.

[gary]

Looks fabulous, reads fantastic and the pictures with the green grass
and sunshine showcase Lostock wonderfully. The article is excellent
exposure for IceInSpace and should encourage even more participants
at Lostock next year.

Congratulations!

Best Regards

Gary Kopff
Wildcard Innovations Pty. Ltd.

[h0ughy]

i wonder, did your executive office suite make the print???:rofl:

[RB]

Congratulations Mike for a great write-up on Lostock.
Congratulations to Australian Sky & Telescope Magazine for another great issue (as always).
And Congratulations to all the contributors, a great effort all round.


:clap:

[Chrissyo]

Its a great edition, lots and lots of interesting stuff! Fantastic writeup of the astrocamp as well, and congrats on getting your Jupiters in there Mike :) I'm not 100% sure, but I think three of the images on pages 94-96 are from iceinspace memebers too. Congrats everyone! :D

[iceman]

Great issue!

My jupiter pics are on page 53,
Kevin's Pojmanski image is on the same page,
The IISAC writeup is on page 76-79,
RocketBoy gets 2 images from Lostock on page 93 (using Louie's gear with RB's camera),
Robert_T gets his great Mars composition on page 94,
houghy gets his M42 on page 95,
and Bird has a great Jupiter pic on page 96!

A nice issue again, well done guys and well done to those who got printed.

[davidpretorius]

congrats all for having work published

[h0ughy]

havent got mine yet, did Scott Alders time exposure Pics happen to make the article?

[iceman]

Yeh, one of them made it to the lead page of the article :)

[h0ughy]

Scott will be a happy boy!:thumbsup:

[tornado33]

When does the mag come out? is it out already? I must get my copy ASAP :)
Scott

[iceman]

I expect it'll be in the newsagents tomorrow or Thursday.. the news stands are usually a few days behind subscribers.

[Greg Bryant]

Hi Scott,

The April issue will be in newsagencies tomorrow (Wednesday).

Regards,

[h0ughy]

Cant wait!

[bird]

Got my copy in the mail today - another great issue, and a good writeup of Lostock as well!

Good to see images contributed from IIS people, lots of names in there I recognise.

Bird

[frogman]

hey mike did they use my photo ?

[h0ughy]

yes mate!:thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

I got my mag yesterday, what a great read! Not the Lostock article but the nasa one!

[33South]

Just got mine from the newsagent.

Only read about Lostock so far, great report Mike, looks another good issue,

Ving - bet AstroBelle is interested for next year now, in case AstroBull shows up again

[evo]

Hey Ice - just got my copy of AS&T in the post today. Have only read the Lostock article - great stuff! Congratulations once again!

best wishes, mike

[acropolite]

Great to see so much of IIS members efforts in publication, thanks to AS&T. I haven't got a copy yet, but I will hunt one down today if the've arrived in Tas. :D

[Mikezoom]

Great article guys, was very detailed and a great read.:thumbsup:

I see they even got a pic of Anthony Wesley asking the gathering about his missing mirror too! :poke:

Mike.B

[ausastronomer]

I have seen printed in the AS & T article special thanks to Alan Meehan for printing the IIS T-Shirts, which he thoroughly deserved. I have also seen this splashed in several threads on the IIS forum.

No where, have I seen any kudos, to the person that designed the Logo and picture for the IISAC T-shirts free of charge. I think thats pretty average:confused:

I can appreciate it is probably an oversight, but a small note to acknowledge the time and effort put in by a "non forum member" might be appropriate.

CS-John B

[h0ughy]

Yes Louie's family connection does need to be mentioned, and is an oversight, I am sure Mike will make ammends somehow!

[xstream]

Great article and congratulations to all who had images published.

Thanks AS&T another mag packed full of great articles. :thumbsup:

[matt]

I still laugh every time I read that caption attached to houghy's enormous M42: "unguided" and "not polar aligned":lol:

Imagine if he tried to take a good pic:rofl:

[h0ughy]

I take offence to that:rofl: , just cause I jag it:lol: for a few short shots:P my polar aligning skills are, well, [1ponders] can best sum that up (pathetic):doh: . I really do want to achieve polar alignment one day so I can get past the 1 minute mark on the timer:D My praise gets heaped on Striker:thumbsup: for his help. One day I might just take a good picture, still waiting though?

[matt]

That's what I mean Houghy. Such triumph in the face of all efforts to the contrary. There's an episode of the Simpson's where Homer completely lucks it... and the word "Homer" enters the dictionary in a similar context as in to "do a Homer". Sort of where something turns out fabulously in spite of everything working against that outcome.

I'm really very impressed. Honest.;) :P

[iceman]

Louie knows how appreciative I was (and still am) of his son, Theo, for designing the initial IISAC background. It's a brilliant backdrop and gives the camp a great "theme".

He was also thanked publicly when I created the first image using his backdrop.

The fact that he wasn't acknowledged in the article wasn't because his work wasn't appreciated - i'm sure you know that. The article was focussed more on the camp itself and the effort in the days before the camp (which included the printing of the t-shirts 5 days before the camp started!).