Post by bsimon615 on Nov 11, 2023 23:32:05 GMT -6
For many of us we had some nice nights early on. Tuesday and Wednesday were good from the official start and for several that came early there were hours of good observing on Sunday and Monday evening. Some who had planned to attend toward the end of the DSSG changed their plans and came in early. This was not a problem so all should keep this in mind for future years.
We had a registration count of 48, but due to the cloudy skies beginning on Wednesday, we had 11 registrants that elected not to come.
We did have a few attendees that we have not seen in several years including Wyatt Sanford as well as Rod and Dorothy Mollise.
With the hip and back problems that I had last year behind me (I had a right hip replacement at the end of June), walking as well as observing was pain free.
I want to thank our speakers for this year - Bryan Shirkey (with the help of Greg Thompson) as well as John Martinez, Steve Harrison and Phil Wollenberg. They all did great jobs!
Clint LeMasters from Mobile won what could be considered the grand prize with his winning ticket being called for the Sky Watcher Star Adventurer 2i. Quite a popular item now being owned by 5 of the 37 attendees present.
One suggestion for all past attendees and all future attendees - Be flexible! You can register for a few days and add additional days if the weather is favorable. You can shift your days depending upon the weather. Maximize the probability of getting at least a few nights under the stars.
Next year's fall Deep South begins on Tuesday October 29th and ends on Sunday November 3rd. Our dates will straddle Halloween for the 6th time in our history. This was unavoidable as the end of September is just too early and the end of November is just too late.
For those planning on attending the Spring Scrimmage in 2024, those dates are Wednesday May 1st to Sunday May 5th. (The total solar eclipse is 4 weeks before on April 8th but the path of totality is hundreds of miles away. White Horse is not a good location to observe the eclipse.
Thanks to all who attended and especially to those that helped in some way!
I did take a few single image pictures of the Orion Nebula region using my Sky Watcher Star Adventurer 2i using a 200 mm lens as well as a 90 mm lens with a Canon 60D dslr. No processing, the 90 mm lens image is a 45 second exposure at f/2.5 at ISO 1600 and the 200 mm lens image is a 90 second exposure at f/4. Posting them here. I will follow up with a few other photos.
Barry Simon
We had a registration count of 48, but due to the cloudy skies beginning on Wednesday, we had 11 registrants that elected not to come.
We did have a few attendees that we have not seen in several years including Wyatt Sanford as well as Rod and Dorothy Mollise.
With the hip and back problems that I had last year behind me (I had a right hip replacement at the end of June), walking as well as observing was pain free.
I want to thank our speakers for this year - Bryan Shirkey (with the help of Greg Thompson) as well as John Martinez, Steve Harrison and Phil Wollenberg. They all did great jobs!
Clint LeMasters from Mobile won what could be considered the grand prize with his winning ticket being called for the Sky Watcher Star Adventurer 2i. Quite a popular item now being owned by 5 of the 37 attendees present.
One suggestion for all past attendees and all future attendees - Be flexible! You can register for a few days and add additional days if the weather is favorable. You can shift your days depending upon the weather. Maximize the probability of getting at least a few nights under the stars.
Next year's fall Deep South begins on Tuesday October 29th and ends on Sunday November 3rd. Our dates will straddle Halloween for the 6th time in our history. This was unavoidable as the end of September is just too early and the end of November is just too late.
For those planning on attending the Spring Scrimmage in 2024, those dates are Wednesday May 1st to Sunday May 5th. (The total solar eclipse is 4 weeks before on April 8th but the path of totality is hundreds of miles away. White Horse is not a good location to observe the eclipse.
Thanks to all who attended and especially to those that helped in some way!
I did take a few single image pictures of the Orion Nebula region using my Sky Watcher Star Adventurer 2i using a 200 mm lens as well as a 90 mm lens with a Canon 60D dslr. No processing, the 90 mm lens image is a 45 second exposure at f/2.5 at ISO 1600 and the 200 mm lens image is a 90 second exposure at f/4. Posting them here. I will follow up with a few other photos.
Barry Simon
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