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Date: 04 May 2007 02:13:20
From: George Normandin
Subject: Cherry Springs Star Party
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Cherry Springs Star Party in PA, starting May 17th.
There's not much info "out there" on this one. Does anyone know if it's
happening? Anyone going?
My friend Art and I currently plan on being there with my Obsession 20, plus
PST, and DSLR on a EQ-1 for some wide-field imaging. This is our first trip
to the park and if it works out I'll bring my RC10/MI-250 for some imaging
on a future expedition.
George N
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Date: 14 May 2007 11:54:53
From: Dave Mitsky
Subject: Re: Cherry Springs Star Party
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On May 3, 10:13 pm, "George Normandin" <georg...@worldnet.att.net >
wrote:
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Saturday night was superb at Cherry Springs State Park. The clouds
were gone by shortly after 11:00 p.m. and the relatively few observers
present at the park were treated to a truly excellent night of deep-
sky observing. I had great views of many springtime galaxies and other
deep-sky objects through my "new" 8" Starsplitter Tube Dob, Tony
Donangelo's 14.5" Starmaster Sky Tracker Dob, a 16" Teeter Telescope
Dob, the 16" AstroSystems TeleKit Dob owned by John Mills, and the 20"
Starmaster Sky Tracker Dob belonging to Gary Honis.
I haven't transcribed my taped notes yet but some of the more
memorable highlights included seeing at least 9 galaxies
simultaneously in the heart of the Virgo Cluster - the environs of M84
and M86 - through the 20" with a 31mm Tele Vue Nagler T5, a near
photographic view of M51 and NGC 5195 through the 16" as well as a
spectacular view of the Leo Trio using a 28mm W.O. UWAN, and observing
an old favorite, NGC 4762 (the Mini-M104 Galaxy), through the 14.5".
When I trained my 8" on M104, it looked better than I've ever seen it
through such a small aperture. The 8" also provided a fine view of
NGC 7000 (the North America Nebula) with the help of an Orion
UltraBlock filter and a 35mm Tele Vue Panoptic.
Let's hope that Potter County skies will be equally as good for the
ASH Cherry Springs Star Party this coming weekend.
Dave Mitsky
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Date: 10 May 2007 11:50:05
From: Dave Mitsky
Subject: Re: Cherry Springs Star Party
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On May 3, 10:13 pm, "George Normandin" <georg...@worldnet.att.net >
wrote:
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Information on the CSSP door prizes has been posted at
http://www.astrohbg.org/s4/s4_doorprizes.php
Dave Mitsky
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Date: 10 May 2007 01:06:57
From: Dave Mitsky
Subject: Re: Cherry Springs Star Party
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On May 3, 10:13 pm, "George Normandin" <georg...@worldnet.att.net >
wrote:
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Vendors who will be present at the Cherry Springs Star Party or who
have contributed door prizes are listed at http://www.astrohbg.org/s4/s4_vendors.php
Dave Mitsky
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Date: 09 May 2007 07:37:34
From: Dave Mitsky
Subject: Re: Cherry Springs Star Party
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On May 3, 10:13 pm, "George Normandin" <georg...@worldnet.att.net >
wrote:
> Cherry Springs Star Party in PA, starting May 17th.
>
> There's not much info "out there" on this one. Does anyone know if it's
> happening? Anyone going?
>
> My friend Art and I currently plan on being there with my Obsession 20, plus
> PST, and DSLR on a EQ-1 for some wide-field imaging. This is our first trip
> to the park and if it works out I'll bring my RC10/MI-250 for some imaging
> on a future expedition.
>
> George N
There have been some problems with updating the star party section of
the ASH web site but there are indeed a number of fine speakers and
door prizes in store.
Here's the schedule of speakers:
Friday
1:00 p.m. - Dr. Peter Allen (Penn State) - The Smallest Stars: Their
Role in the Universe
3:00 p.m. - T.J. Koller (ASH Stardust Newsletter Editor and the
Secretary of the Astronomical Society of Harrisburg) - The Night Sky
for the Cherry Springs Star Party
4:00 p.m. - T.J. Koller - The Hubble Space Telescope
6:30 p.m. - Alan Chen ( http://www.heavenlyview.com ) - Imaging with
a One-shot Color Camera
Saturday
1:00 p.m. - Dr. Al Lamperti (Temple University and the Delaware
Valley Amateur Astronomers) - A 3D Tour of the Universe Beyond the
Solar System
2:30 p.m. - Karl Krasley (the Pennsylvania Outdoor Lighting Council
and the Chesmont Astronomical Society) - Light Pollution Is Hiding My
Galaxies
4:00 p.m. - Chip Harrison (Cherry Springs State Park Park Manager) -
Cherry Springs Dark Skies (A PowerPoint update on what's new at the
park for 2007 and where the future is going to take us.)
6:00 p.m. - Rob Teeter ( http://www.teeterstelescopes.com/ ) -
Building the Perfect Telescope
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Date: 09 May 2007 22:05:09
From: George Normandin
Subject: Re: Cherry Springs Star Party
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"Dave Mitsky" < > wrote
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> On May 3, 10:13 pm, "George Normandin" <georg...@worldnet.att.net>
> wrote:
>> Cherry Springs Star Party in PA, starting May 17th.
>>
>> There's not much info "out there" on this one. Does anyone know if it's
>> happening? Anyone going?
> .........
> There have been some problems with updating the star party section of
> the ASH web site but there are indeed a number of fine speakers and
> door prizes in store............
Thanks Dave! I got an e-mail from your "registration person" confirming
that I've been registered for CSSP. Now I just need to remember to bring my
eyepieces! :)
George N
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Date: 09 May 2007 07:34:02
From: Dave Mitsky
Subject: Re: Cherry Springs Star Party
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On May 3, 10:13 pm, "George Normandin" <georg...@worldnet.att.net >
wrote:
> Cherry Springs Star Party in PA, starting May 17th.
>
> There's not much info "out there" on this one. Does anyone know if it's
> happening? Anyone going?
>
> My friend Art and I currently plan on being there with my Obsession 20, plus
> PST, and DSLR on a EQ-1 for some wide-field imaging. This is our first trip
> to the park and if it works out I'll bring my RC10/MI-250 for some imaging
> on a future expedition.
>
> George N
There have been some problems with updating the star party section of
the ASH web site but there are indeed a number of fine speakers and
door prizes in store.
Here's the schedule of speakers:
Friday
1:00 p.m. - Dr. Peter Allen (Penn State) - The Smallest Stars: Their
Role in the Universe
3:00 p.m. - T.J. Koller (ASH Stardust Newsletter Editor and the
Secretary of the Astronomical Society of Harrisburg) - The Night Sky
for the Cherry Springs Star Party
4:00 p.m. - T.J. Koller - The Hubble Space Telescope
6:30 p.m. - Alan Chen ( http://www.heavenlyview.com ) - Imaging with
a
One-shot Color Camera
Saturday
1:00 p.m. - Dr. Al Lamperti (Temple University and the Delaware
Valley Amateur Astronomers) - A 3D Tour of the Universe Beyond the
Solar System
2:30 p.m. - Karl Krasley (the Pennsylvania Outdoor Lighting Council
and the Chesmont Astronomical Society) - Light Pollution Is Hiding My
Galaxies
4:00 p.m. - Chip Harrison (Cherry Springs State Park Park Manager) -
Cherry Springs Dark Skies (A PowerPoint update on what's new at the
park for 2007 and where the future is going to take us.)
6:00 p.m. - Rob Teeter ( http://www.teeterstelescopes.com/ ) -
Building the Perfect Telescope
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Date: 09 May 2007 07:29:44
From: Dave Mitsky
Subject: Re: Cherry Springs Star Party
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On May 3, 10:13 pm, "George Normandin" <georg...@worldnet.att.net >
wrote:
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FYI: Alan Chen's talk on astroimaging is going to be advanced to 6:30
p.m. on Friday.
Dave Mitsky
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Date: 08 May 2007 10:13:26
From: Dave Mitsky
Subject: Re: Cherry Springs Star Party
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On May 3, 10:13 pm, "George Normandin" <georg...@worldnet.att.net >
wrote:
> Cherry Springs Star Party in PA, starting May 17th.
>
> There's not much info "out there" on this one. Does anyone know if it's
> happening? Anyone going?
>
> My friend Art and I currently plan on being there with my Obsession 20, plus
> PST, and DSLR on a EQ-1 for some wide-field imaging. This is our first trip
> to the park and if it works out I'll bring my RC10/MI-250 for some imaging
> on a future expedition.
>
> George N
There have been some problems with updating the star party section of
the ASH web site but there are indeed a number of fine speakers and
door prizes in store.
Here's the schedule of speakers:
Friday
1:00 p.m. - Dr. Peter Allen (Penn State) - The Smallest Stars: Their
Role in the Universe
3:00 p.m. - T.J. Koller (ASH Stardust Newsletter Editor and The
Secretary of the Astronomical Society of Harrisburg) - The Night Sky
for the Cherry Springs Star Party
4:00 p.m. - T.J. Koller - The Hubble Space Telescope
7:00 p.m. - Alan Chen ( http://www.heavenlyview.com ) - Imaging with a
One-shot Color Camera
Saturday
1:00 p.m. - Dr. Al Lamperti (Temple University and The Delaware
Valley Amateur Astronomers) - A 3D Tour of the Universe Beyond the
Solar System
2:30 p.m. - Karl Krassley (The Pennsylvania Outdoor Lighting Council
and The Chesmont Astronomical Society) - Light Pollution Is Hiding My
Galaxies
4:00 p.m. - Chip Harrison (Cherry Springs State Park Park Manager) -
Cherry Springs Dark Skies (A PowerPoint update on what's new at the
park for 2007 and where the future is going to take us.)
6:00 p.m. - Rob Teeter ( http://www.teeterstelescopes.com/ ) -
Building the Perfect Telescope
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Date: 04 May 2007 02:58:53
From: Davoud
Subject: Re: Cherry Springs Star Party
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George Normandin wrote:
> Cherry Springs Star Party in PA, starting May 17th.
>
> There's not much info "out there" on this one. Does anyone know if it's
> happening? Anyone going?
I'm not certain what kind of info you were expecting to find, but this
page <http://www.astrohbg.org/s4/index.php > provides dates, a map,
on-line registration, rules, a link to other sites on star-party
etiquette, a list of sponsors, &c.
Davoud
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