So here we are, finally
driving down the freeway
on our way to a lovely star party
at the Goat Mountain Astronomical Research Society?
Site I believe that's what it stands for
Site Site
Society, Site, it's a completely different thing but they both start with 'S'
Otherwise known as GMARS
The question is: How many people are doing research, and how many just taking pretty pictures?
You know what? I'm going to get board of taking pretty pictures one of these days
and I'm going to start doing some research.
I'm just going to look at shit with Capella
which is a 21 and a half inch dob
Galaxies and...
globular clusters and nebulae and I guess everything else you'd want to look at
are really great in a big-ass dob.
Aperture rules.
Why is there always something that has to prevent me from getting to
a star party early even when I'm actually on pace to do so?
Yes, we've resigned ourselves to the fact that we're getting to get there right around sundown
which sucks... it's better than getting there at dark
biggest mean things you can do is arrive at a star party when its dark
because you have to put lights on your car and people don't like lights when its dark
Did I mention the darkness?
In fact, this is Saturday, March 28th
Today is Earth Hour day, some of you may know this
Essentially what Earth Hour is, is you're supposed to go and turn off all non-essential lighting for an hour
as a way of building awareness
for the whole idea of climate change
so around 8:30, hopefully the light domes from Palm Springs and LA
will be slightly reduced. We'll see.
There are observing sheets
in the kitchen!
*crowd cheers*
Taking pictures, or just uh? Yeah, Ralph and I, we're going to image all 110, so
I have 2 objects that I need to get, then I get to go back into the observatory, so
that is going to be special
