Ken and all. Thanks again for a great camp, looking forward to the next one. So I can do a bit of planning (my weeekends are ususllay booked in up to 6 months in advance) when is the March camp next year?
Hi Guys and Gals, thanks to all for a top event, it dose get better each year, and yes I am now named tangle foot, buggered if I know why well if tents didn't have ropes all would have been well.
Never mind, we all survived the weekend and it seemed that everyone have a good time.
The only drawback, was that I have to turn up for work this morning at 7am.
Nice one Eric ,can't wait to see how the video turns out .
I dont' know how but it just keeps getting better every year!! Thanks to Ken and everyone who attended I had a top 4 days . Also a special mention has to go to Martin (mill) for helping me iron out some pc problems, also John G and Doug (Hagar) whom are always willing to help out and share their Knowledge.
I have been busy trying to sort out the odd 250 pics I took over the weekend so here are a few for now.
And yes Jen, sorry to say but the last night was stunning Though we all did have lots of fun anyway.
Excellent Eric! Can't wait for the video.
Hardly managed to keep my eyes open all day, better arrange some more time off after the next camp.
Darren
I think I know why. Video shows one "desler" still going strong at dawn after everyone else had crashed (even me - I just left the camera clicking away)
Nice captures, Daniel. Glad I pointed out the crescent Moon to you. Everyone who knows the camp site, check the water level in the lake. Highest I have ever seen.
just adding my voice to the chorus of thanks to the folk from SVAA. Even though the weather wasn't fantastic on Friday and Saturday nights, we managed some time out under the stars, and as usual I came away with a few items added to my to do list...
First cab off the rank was to add a board at the base of my scope, so that airflow was forced up and around the mirror, and further up the tube. Thanks for the ideas Paddy. I used a piece of coreflute to cover the base, leaving holes for collimation knobs, feet, fans, etc. Once installed, I turned on the fan and noted an immediate difference - the cover over the top of the secondary cage inflated, and the shroud was pushed away from the trusses! This should help with preventing the mirrors dewing up.
Next project is dew heaters - Malcolm has given me a few ideas here, so now I'm tossing up whether to buy or build.
Things have changed since the first SV camp back in 2005 when the field was full of silver tubed dobsonians and a few lx200's. Nowadays its mainly refractors on eq mounts with the number of cables hooked up to them accounting for the skyrocketing copper prices over the last few years.
In a field full of telescopes there were only a small handful actually equipped to take an eyepiece They missed some lovely views of Jupiter at dusk.
So here is my nod to astrophotography.
Canon A720IS snappy, single exposure 15sec , iso800, F-something?
Processed in Irfanview (contrast/brightness sliders)
thanks to all for a top event, 
it dose get better each year, and yes I am now named tangle foot, buggered if I know why 
Nice one Eric ,can't wait to see how the video turns out 
wow Daniel there is a huge difference in those pics 
They missed some lovely views of Jupiter at dusk.
looking for spiders 
