Deep Sky Camp - May 18th to 21st

[mickw]

It's all very quiet !

Were there no survivors 

[Carole]

I have just got home but going back again late tonight (as previously stated).

It was a good night last night, myself, Chris, Rachel and Rachel's daughter, Fay, Duncan, Tony and Flis, and John turned up just for the evening just to socialise.

Fay, Duncan and myself were imaging.

It was windy in the afternoon but it calmed down by the evening.

We had a couple of ladies take interest in all our kit and they came back later and looked at Saturn, Mars and M13, they were ecstatic, I could hear lots of "oh my gods" coming from Tony's scope.  Apparently they own pubs in Heathfield and we were told if ever we were there to pop in for a drink on the house.

Carole

[JohnP]

Yep 'twas a pleasant evening.. good to see everyone again...

Those two women bought back memories of 'When Harry Met Sally.....' God knows what Chris & Tony were doing but I'm sure it involved more than looking at Saturn (perhaps Uranus as well) ... Anyway can't believe the whole camp site didn't come over to have a look the noise they were making...

Hope all the imagers' are getting some good pictures - looking forward to results.

John

[Fay]

Lovely weather, just trying to recover from heat exhaustion & sunstroke!!!!!!

A good turnout of good company. nice BBQ meals, thanks Fliss, Tony and Rachael, bit of imaging, bit of learning from other people, good interaction between everyone & also some of the public enjoyed finding out more about the stars.

A sad happening yesterday. Julian took his dog Jake, for the first time to camp. he is a lovely rescued collie, very shy. Julian took him for a walk & let him off the lead and he ran off & has not come back.  He has has had him for a couple of years, and used to running free, but Julian has been searching the surrounding area to find him, but as yet he has not turned up.

[Mike]

http://forum.orpington-astronomy.org.uk/index.php?topic=8400.msg57214#msg57214

[MarkS]

Really annoyed I missed a good one.  Sounds like you all had a great time.

The weather was certainly very good.

Mark

[Rocket Pooch]

UODSC rule!

[The Thing]

It was a dead good UODSC despite being dogged. The Friday night sky was awesome. The Saturday night curry was terrific (thanks Tony, Flis and galley slave Rachel). And the tent was dry on Sunday morning!

[doug]

Rose and I would like to thank Flis, Tony and Rachel for letting us partake of their scrumptious and delectable curry and salads and pitta bread and..... and.....  

We had a great time, incredible weather and some marvellous views of the Moon, Sun and ....... stuff.  We were delighted to hear that Jake was returned safely to his master after his training run .... sorry..... his homecoming.  But how did he get onto the railway tracks...

Doug.

[Carole]

I am back after my extra night "solo". 
Had a great weekend, pity I missed most of Saturday but c'est la vie, at least I managed to get to DSC.

Had great fun trying to fold the pop up tent up this morning, several campers came to help, but had to give up, but as it didn't fit the car I had one more "go" and managed to do it phew!!!!

It was another clear night last night.

Just wish to say many thanks to every-one for looking after my equipment while I was gone, and I was there to see the happy return of Jake. 

What a fantastic DSC.
Now lots of processing to do.

Carole