August DSC

[The Thing]

Agreed.  I don't think a train is a stable enough platform for planetary imaging.

Neither is a bed with three people in it!

[MarkS]

Did you do any imaging last night? 
The sky looked quite reasonable from here.

Mark

[mickw]

Sky was good and yes, imaging was accomplished, watch this space 

Had a  visit from Doug, Rose and John during the day and early evening

Me, Fay, Mike, Alan and Robert stayed for the duration.

First time that RV has actually been full and we attracted a large number of "interested parties", no idea how many, I only remember the really annoying one.
Mike Announced the Iridium Flare predicted at 22:22 through Cassiopia -  The crowd went wild.

Went to bed around 2:30 - On my own !

[mickw]

Took the Society Coronado this weekend for the first time, very good, saw spots, filaments etc.
Even tried some imaging but a certain party had not bothered to properly align the mount 

Everybody who had a look enjoyed it including members of the public
I think it would be good to have this available for DSC's, where several people get an opportunity to observe the sun over the weekend

[Mike]

Agreed, it should be at every DSC.

There was lots of activity on the sun this weekend with lots of filaments and sunspots. It looked really good through the Coronado.

[Fay]

Large van at DSC. This is the home of a man & his wife & 4 cats, hanging baskets, Sky TV.






taken with Blackberry