Queensland Astrofest 2009 - Page 12

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #**221** 27-08-2009, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by h0ughy

lol al looks asleep standing up. nice picS PHIL

We were all looking rather like zombies by the end of camp.
I had bags under the circles under my eyes.

h0ughy (David) · #**222** 27-08-2009, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by jjjnettie

We were all looking rather like zombies by the end of camp.
I had bags under the circles under my eyes.

LOL star trails

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #**223** 27-08-2009, 10:22 PM

A ha ha ha ha ha
Cheers Dave.
At least I had no-one taking photo's of me when I was at my worst. Unlike my first Astrofest.
Who was it that took an ugly snap of me waking up in my car that morning?

peter_4059 (Peter) · #**224** 27-08-2009, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by acropolite

4. Pylon Racing, Fairy Martin (or maybe Swallows) Style, these guys had to be seen to be believed, I counted 13 in this shot.

Wonder if that's where George Lucas got the inspiration for POD racing in the starwars episode?

....or maybe the birds have the Starwars box set and a home theatre

Nice shots Phil.

GrahamL · #**225** 28-08-2009, 08:23 PM

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8. Unidentified Tosser

Best he remain so to , that mighty toss was way short of the winning
mark on the day ( girls )

.. er.. so I was told

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #**226** 28-08-2009, 08:29 PM

But there was that certain style to the throw.

[1ponders] (Paul) · #**227** 28-08-2009, 08:39 PM

I'm thinking of starting up a training camp. That's two years straight its gone south of the border and at least 3 in the last 5.

Maybe I should get Dennis to help with the training. To help instill that Zen style of calm and centeredness needed by top athletes.

acropolite (Phil) · #**228** 28-08-2009, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by nightstalker

Best he remain so to , that mighty toss was way short of the winning mark on the day ( girls )

.. er.. so I was told

I've a feeling it was a healthy lad from Ballina whom I met at dusk, but I am unable to confirm.

HRH Liz was mightily disheartened that there was no Lady's contest, she was up for a toss even in her weakened condition.

firstlight (Tony) · #**229** 28-08-2009, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by acropolite

I've a feeling it was a healthy lad from Ballina whom I met at dusk, but I am unable to confirm.

HRH Liz was mightily disheartened that there was no Lady's contest, she was up for a toss even in her weakened condition.

The ladies tossed right after the kids, and what a warm up act it was to follow.

Most of the guys couldn't come close the the winning toss... The lady's name escapes me, but I think her husbands name was Darryl... Linda seems to ring a bell. Any takers?

firstlight (Tony) · #**230** 28-08-2009, 09:28 PM

I think this might be the winning toss here.

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h0ughy (David) · #**231** 28-08-2009, 09:30 PM

how did the prize pool go and the other awards for the night - who won the astrophoto comp?

firstlight (Tony) · #**232** 28-08-2009, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by h0ughy

how did the prize pool go and the other awards for the night - who won the astrophoto comp?

I'm glad you asked that David.

Max Kilmister won with the Vela SN Rem in the telescope category, and I jagged the non-telescopic with the 20 deg halo... I'm pretty stoked especially with JJJ's images to compete against.

h0ughy (David) · #**233** 28-08-2009, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by firstlight

I'm glad you asked that David.

Max Kilmister won with the Vela SN Rem in the telescope category, and I jagged the non-telescopic with the 20 deg halo... I'm pretty stoked especially with JJJ's images to compete against.

LOL they are the two images i voted for

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #**234** 28-08-2009, 10:06 PM

You got my vote too Tony.

Astrorish (Rishi) · #**235** 29-08-2009, 06:31 PM

Hi everybody,

I'm back in the UK now, I too had a great time at the astrofest. By the time we reached Duckadang on the 22nd, the astrofeast and all events had already finished but had fun getting a tour of the southern skies guided by some locals. Thanks especially to (?)kevin who spent quite a bit of time showing us objects through his 16in dob, the southern showpiece globs were breathtaking! Also nice talking to peter and his son. Only wish we could have got there a bit earlier in the day!

Interestingly quite a few people said the skies weren't as good as usual due to smoke from farmers bush burning - still the skies were much better than I'm usually used to outside of starparties. The best skies I saw during my holiday however was at a dinner under the stars at the Yulara resort near Uluru, in the middle of the outback. That was VERY special - never seen sooo many dark nebulae so obviously naked eye, or the milky way so bright. There was even an astronomer at the resort who turned out the lights and gave us a talk after dinner and had set up a c8, a small refractor and a pair of 20x60 bins for us to look through.

astroron (Ron) · #**236** 29-08-2009, 07:18 PM

Hi Pitier, I am glad you enjoyed your very brief time at Duckadang

Did you come and look through my 16" scope?
After you original post on here I was hoping to catch up with you, Maybe I did but in the dark I showed a few things to people and did not get their names.
I am also pleased you enjoyed your Aussie stay and DARK skies

PattyP (Patrick) · #**237** 29-08-2009, 07:18 PM

Don't feel too bad, we had one poor chap who drove up from Brisbane on the Sunday afternoon just as we had finished packing up and were ready to leave.
To all the IIS's thank you for the assistance and the company at Astrofest. As a result I finally decided to join.

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #**238** 29-08-2009, 07:24 PM

Welcome aboard Pat.
Really looking forward to your input.

astroron (Ron) · #**239** 29-08-2009, 07:29 PM

I am glad you have joined us Pat,look forward to more of your input.
Cheers

firstlight (Tony) · #**240** 29-08-2009, 11:24 PM

Well it seems we can't go to the Queensland Astrofest without leaving some of our gear behind, and it is good to know we aren't the only ones.

There have been a number of items overlooked when packing to leave this year. Visit the Queensland Astrofest website and click on the link in the notice page, or, click on the "Lost and Found" link in the Gallery menu.