Reports - 11th SNAKE VALLEY ASTRONOMY CAMP - Nov 2010

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Here is the place to tell of your stories and post your pics from the 11th Snake Valley Astronomy Camp

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Well, here we are, all at Camp.

Weather is fantastic, clear as a bell, DARK sky, and cool.

I am doing a Live broadcast right now showing the world our southern beauties

Alex's 22" is a hit!!! Have to stand in line to see thru it though

Eric smashed the light out AGAIN! (Jen laughs )

Back later, gotta attend to my worldwide audience

[Hagar (Doug)]

Here we are at Snake Valley. The first night cleared to a great night after what looked like a very ordinary afternoon.

Jen living true to form, arrived with her snorkle and mask for fun in the lake. She even had her Jarmies on.

Open images at your own risk.

[Kevnool (Kev)]

I,m lost for words LOL.
Great stuff Jen.
You should of took the plunge.
What a party.
Cheers Kev.

[leon]

Have a great time Guys, I will be following your reports on my travels, we leave Queensland today, and it has been fantastic to date.

Trust Jen to be in it, Hi Jen, you don't look very wet though

Leon

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

omg, Jen you twit!!
Smart AND Sexy

[Astroman (Andrew Wall)]

Looks like your having a great time, can't wait till March

[Colin_Fraser]

Originally Posted by leon

Have a great time Guys, I will be following your reports on my travels, we leave Queensland today, and it has been fantastic to date.

Hello Leon,
I met up with your sister Fran at Nicole Phelps wedding on the weekend. Her and Alan asked me to pass on their best wishes to you and Alice.

Apologies Ken for the little hijack.

[Roobi]

thankyou everyone for making Quinn and I feel so welcome on saturday.
I'm so glad i managed to make it, i had an absolute ball and learned so much from everyone not to mention it was heaps of fun. I will definatly be making the next one for sure and for any other beginnners out there contemplating going to an astronomy camp, don't hesitate, they are great fun. My only regret is that i missed seeing jen in the jammies flippers and goggles, alas i was too late. Oh well theres always next time.

Thanks again everyone for your help and friendship.

Cheers

Roobi

[Paddy (Patrick)]

What a great astro camp Snake Valley puts on! I love this gathering more each time I go. Great people and great atmosphere. It was so good to catch up with the regulars that I already know and to meet some lovely newcomers to the camp. Some great viewing on Friday night and some cloud dodging on Saturday, but some great fun gasbagging in between frantically picking up favourite DSOs between the clouds. And plenty of noise and laughs around the imaging section in the quite bits. Seemed to hear quite a bit of Jen and Doug....

And despite the unseemly incident on my arrival, I am allowed to bring Roma to the next camp. My beloved politely suggested to me that I might clean the insects off quickly before they dried out.

Highlights for me were:

• A full day of solar observing with 3 scopes - Michael's PST, Chris' TV refractor with Baader film and my ED 80 with Lunt Ha filter. It was fascinating to see what each different scope would bring out and to watch the constantly changing prominences and a new active region develop during the day.
• Viewing through Alex's spectacular 22" SDM
• Admiring Alistair's home built fork mount and the movements on Chris' new home built 10" dob
• Shane Jacobsen's music
• Laughing and talking lots with some really great people.

Thanks to Richard and Malcolm for trying my SMC charts.

And thanks heaps to Ken and the Snake Valley crowd for another fantastic weekend. Looking forward to March!

[Paddy (Patrick)]

And few more photos:

[Louwai (Bryan)]

Memories...... I'l get back down there soon guys.....

[Colin_Fraser]

Great Photo's Patrick. Wish I was able to be there.

[alistairsam]

Thanks for the mention patrick and everyone's help. Was enlightening to say the least.
It was an amazing experience for me as it was my first, and will not miss one again. All you guys were so amazing and thats what made it even better.

Thanks Ken for a great camp.

Being a newbie, am still amazed at how well you'll know the constellations, NGC numbers and objects and whats where!

Loved it.

[cjpops (Craig)]

I wish i was able to make it guys, something else popped up which prevented me from catching up with you guys Saturday..

Definitely interested booking in for the next camp. Really want to get up to speed with my Lightbridge.

[Cloudyagain (Neale)]

This was my first camp and it wont be my last. Highlights were the solar viewing and the views through Alex's monster.

Patrick, I notice you are missing from the photos, keeping a low profile I suspect. I note your shot of Roma is of her good side

Thanks to Ken and all for the organising.

Neale.

[Kevnool (Kev)]

Some great pics there everyone.
Must of been great event.

Cheers Kev.

[Kevin Trendy (Brett)]

Looks like fun, i'll have to try and make it to the next one. Im the biggest newbie at the moment, so hopefully by the time the next one rolls around i'll have a bit more knowledge of things. Some of those scopes very nice.

[Roobi]

Just a few photos of all the scopes set up. It was certainly a sight to see so many different ones.
Looking forward to the next one already.


-edit-
for some reason its not lettin me upload them, i'l have to try later.

[Kevnool (Kev)]

Originally Posted by Roobi

Just a few photos of all the scopes set up. It was certainly a sight to see so many different ones.
Looking forward to the next one already.


-edit-
for some reason its not lettin me upload them, i'l have to try later.

Get the pics under 200 kbs to post if there larger they wont upload.
Copy them then resize them in windows paint.

Cheers Kev.