Who's going to SPSP 2014?

[tlgerdes (Trevor)]

Hi Ulrich,

Don't worry too much, there will be marshals on site to direct you where to park yourself depending on whether you want the main field or the imaging field. In general for the main field, it is along the tree line in the field adjacent to entry, for the imaging field it will be along the northern fence line.

There is plenty of room for everyone.

[Poita (Peter)]

I'm too sick to go, but I have a Lunt 60 solar scope, and a G11 with a C14 if anyone wants to borrow it for the star party.

I'm in Mudgee, so about 25 mins drive from the site, you could swing by Mudgee, grab some wine and supplies from the local shops, and borrow my gear, just make sure you bring it back again at the end
I could put the ED80 back together again too.
Cameras also available.

The only thing I don't have is battery packs.

Drop me a PM if you want to maybe leave your gear at home and borrow mine

[Octane (Humayun)]

Peter, you're very generous.

H

[mental4astro (Alexander)]

Would you like to make use of a 12" dob all to yourself?

I'm offering my new Marana, fitted with Argo Navis, to anyone who would like to give it a spin. I'm happy to give interested people at least an hour's use of the telescope.

While I'm helping out with the 3RF Sky Tour, the 12" Marana will be available. You may need to bring your own eyepieces as I will be using mine at the Sky Tour.

If you are interested, please let me know so I can arrange a little demo on how to use the scope and the Argo Navis during daylight. This is important as a hand crafted dob is nothing like a mass produced one. Marana is a balanced instrument, so no brakes, clamps, clutches, etc, to dampen the action of the instrument. Finger pressure is all that's needed to get her to move,

I will not be far away either during the night as Marana will be set up right next to where I'll be conducting the Sky Tour.

You will be able to find me at SPSP by looking for the Gondwana Telescopes flag banner near to where the 3RF folks will be.