IceInSpace AstroCamp '06 article Aust. Sky & Tel April 2006

[33South (Chris)]

Just got mine from the newsagent.

Only read about Lostock so far, great report Mike, looks another good issue,

Ving - bet AstroBelle is interested for next year now, in case AstroBull shows up again

[evo]

Hey Ice - just got my copy of AS&T in the post today. Have only read the Lostock article - great stuff! Congratulations once again!

best wishes, mike

[acropolite (Phil)]

Great to see so much of IIS members efforts in publication, thanks to AS&T. I haven't got a copy yet, but I will hunt one down today if the've arrived in Tas.

[Mikezoom]

Great article guys, was very detailed and a great read.

I see they even got a pic of Anthony Wesley asking the gathering about his missing mirror too!

Mike.B

[ausastronomer (John Bambury)]

I have seen printed in the AS & T article special thanks to Alan Meehan for printing the IIS T-Shirts, which he thoroughly deserved. I have also seen this splashed in several threads on the IIS forum.

No where, have I seen any kudos, to the person that designed the Logo and picture for the IISAC T-shirts free of charge. I think thats pretty average

I can appreciate it is probably an oversight, but a small note to acknowledge the time and effort put in by a "non forum member" might be appropriate.

CS-John B

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by ausastronomer

I have seen printed in the AS & T article special thanks to Alan Meehan for printing the IIS T-Shirts, which he thoroughly deserved. I have also seen this splashed in several threads on the IIS forum.

No where, have I seen any kudos, to the person that designed the Logo and picture for the IISAC T-shirts free of charge. I think thats pretty average

I can appreciate it is probably an oversight, but a small note to acknowledge the time and effort put in by a "non forum member" might be appropriate.

CS-John B

Yes Louie's family connection does need to be mentioned, and is an oversight, I am sure Mike will make ammends somehow!

[xstream (John)]

Great article and congratulations to all who had images published.

Thanks AS&T another mag packed full of great articles.

[matt]

I still laugh every time I read that caption attached to houghy's enormous M42: "unguided" and "not polar aligned"

Imagine if he tried to take a good pic

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by matt

I still laugh every time I read that caption attached to houghy's enormous M42: "unguided" and "not polar aligned"

Imagine if he tried to take a good pic

I take offence to that , just cause I jag it for a few short shots my polar aligning skills are, well, [1ponders] can best sum that up (pathetic) . I really do want to achieve polar alignment one day so I can get past the 1 minute mark on the timer My praise gets heaped on Striker for his help. One day I might just take a good picture, still waiting though?

[matt]

That's what I mean Houghy. Such triumph in the face of all efforts to the contrary. There's an episode of the Simpson's where Homer completely lucks it... and the word "Homer" enters the dictionary in a similar context as in to "do a Homer". Sort of where something turns out fabulously in spite of everything working against that outcome.

I'm really very impressed. Honest.

[iceman (Mike)]

No where, have I seen any kudos, to the person that designed the Logo and picture for the IISAC T-shirts free of charge. I think thats pretty average

Louie knows how appreciative I was (and still am) of his son, Theo, for designing the initial IISAC background. It's a brilliant backdrop and gives the camp a great "theme".

He was also thanked publicly when I created the first image using his backdrop.

The fact that he wasn't acknowledged in the article wasn't because his work wasn't appreciated - i'm sure you know that. The article was focussed more on the camp itself and the effort in the days before the camp (which included the printing of the t-shirts 5 days before the camp started!).