Post by Len Philpot on Sept 7, 2019 9:38:54 GMT -6
(posted on behalf of Barry Simon, who is having technical issues at the moment)
The 2019 DSSG XXXVII (37) is now just 6 weeks and 3 days away. I just finished writing this post for the first time and then it disappeared, I know not where. This time I will save it before I hit send and I will probably abbreviate it as well.
Let me advise everyone to go back and read what has already been said about housing and meals. That will just about cover everything that I wrote previously that has disappeared. some basics though -
We are in bunk houses, not individual rooms like what we had at the Feliciana Retreat Center. This is not necessarily a bad thing, the prices are lower, but you have to bring your own bedding and bath supplies - pillow, sleeping bag, sheets, blankets, towels, wash cloth, soap, etc. The bunks have mattresses and I have slept well on them. The bunk houses have a/c and heat and you are much closer to the observing fields. You will not have privacy with the exception of two bunk rooms which I hold for couples that plan to stay for at least 4 nights. These are assigned when the appropriate registration form with payment is received.
Bunk houses have 3 stack bunks, but I only assign one person per bunk with the exception of couples or parent and child. Bunk houses are filled one at a time as they do not want to a/c all bunkhouses with just a smattering of people in each.
Meals - two meals, breakfast and supper, starting at 4 pm on Tuesday and running to 9 am on Sunday. Meals are paid in advance. If we do not meet the minimum head count for any meal that meal or meals will be refunded. At the recent Labor Day event we just ate at mid day at the Country Diner and we had burgers, hot dogs or pizza at the evening Snack Bar that White Horse did. Pay as you go for the Snack Bar.
Skies - the skies are darker and more open at White Horse. At the recent Labor Day Weekend event I got readings of 21.80 on my Sky Quality Meter. This equates to a Bortle 3 sky with a naked eye limiting magnitude of 6.55, and this was in August. If weather permits, we should do even better in late October.
Please be aware of the registration fee increase and meal reservation deadline on the Registration Form, already posted to this site.
Questions? Post them here.
Barry Simon, Director
Deep South Star Gaze
The 2019 DSSG XXXVII (37) is now just 6 weeks and 3 days away. I just finished writing this post for the first time and then it disappeared, I know not where. This time I will save it before I hit send and I will probably abbreviate it as well.
Let me advise everyone to go back and read what has already been said about housing and meals. That will just about cover everything that I wrote previously that has disappeared. some basics though -
We are in bunk houses, not individual rooms like what we had at the Feliciana Retreat Center. This is not necessarily a bad thing, the prices are lower, but you have to bring your own bedding and bath supplies - pillow, sleeping bag, sheets, blankets, towels, wash cloth, soap, etc. The bunks have mattresses and I have slept well on them. The bunk houses have a/c and heat and you are much closer to the observing fields. You will not have privacy with the exception of two bunk rooms which I hold for couples that plan to stay for at least 4 nights. These are assigned when the appropriate registration form with payment is received.
Bunk houses have 3 stack bunks, but I only assign one person per bunk with the exception of couples or parent and child. Bunk houses are filled one at a time as they do not want to a/c all bunkhouses with just a smattering of people in each.
Meals - two meals, breakfast and supper, starting at 4 pm on Tuesday and running to 9 am on Sunday. Meals are paid in advance. If we do not meet the minimum head count for any meal that meal or meals will be refunded. At the recent Labor Day event we just ate at mid day at the Country Diner and we had burgers, hot dogs or pizza at the evening Snack Bar that White Horse did. Pay as you go for the Snack Bar.
Skies - the skies are darker and more open at White Horse. At the recent Labor Day Weekend event I got readings of 21.80 on my Sky Quality Meter. This equates to a Bortle 3 sky with a naked eye limiting magnitude of 6.55, and this was in August. If weather permits, we should do even better in late October.
Please be aware of the registration fee increase and meal reservation deadline on the Registration Form, already posted to this site.
Questions? Post them here.
Barry Simon, Director
Deep South Star Gaze
