congratulations to the premier astro club of NSW for putting on this wonderfull event,the facilities were terrific especially the new Marque tent and new shower facilities for all (no more queing up) .The guest speakers were fantastic providing all with the latest information from their research. As Gary says it was great to see so many familiar faces,Wiruna is a show case location for amateur astronomers and deserves greater support outside the SPSP so that the facility can continue to grow and develop,if you have never been there try and get their this year and book early for SPSP next year it will be 20 years old.i also want to remind all that the sponsors were generous with their gifts and the vendors allways ready and on hand to help attendees with their knowledge.Once again Congratulations Paul well done ASNSW
see you all again in 2012
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Originally Posted by gary
It was great to catch up with everyone at SPSP.
Friday night we all got some really good observing in.
Unfortunately on the Saturday night, though the day time looked promising,
cloud came in with a moist easterly wind early in the night and persisted
to at least 1am. Some reported getting some observing in around 4am.
Nevertheless, the social atmosphere was fabulous and everyone was relaxed
and happy.
Plus the views through the Coronado solar scope that Micheal from Bintel had
kindly set up outside the vendors hall helped compensate somewhat for
some of the lost observing opportunity on the Saturday night. Those prominences
really were something else!
A big thank you to the ASNSW and the team of volunteers who work hard
to make the event the success it was.
Special thanks to Rodstar for sharing the views through Mary Rose and for
his most enjoyable company. The two sets of galaxy clusters we observed
late on Friday night were absolute crackers!
Also special thanks to our customers for their support and it is always great to
meet you.
Best Regards
Gary Kopff
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