DEEP SKY CAMP - MARCH 12th to 15th- BLACKLANDS FARM

[mickw]

poured into the fire bucket for dramatic effect

Aha, the old "Booze in a fire bucket effect" - and I missed it 

Did you know that this experiment can actually make people disappear ? - well fire buckets anyway 

[Mike]

Mick - Do you realise that this is the first EVER Deep Sky Camp that has NOT been attended by the Observing Officer ?

[mickw]

No, hadn't realised that, so it's pretty rare then............................




Note to self - cut mikes brake lines 

[Mike]

You've broken a long tradition. You do realise that is 3 years bad luck?

[Mike]

So.... For the 4 of you that stayed over last night.. How was it? Did you get any images ?

[mickw]

3 years bad luck

Would that run concurrently with my existing "luck" or consecutively 

[The Thing]

Last night  (Sunday) turned out to be a stonker. Apart from a brief cloudy interlude I managed to do 15 x 360s Cone Nebula/Xmas Tree cluster (Fay was doing this as well), 20x360s M65 & M66 (couldn't fit the Trio in my FoV (wasn't using a reducer) AND 7 x 360s NGC 3682, the third member of the trio and remembered to do some darks. I got two hours shuteye during the M66-M65 interlude and finally gave up at 4:00am though Julian the CrayfordAS interloper (nice guy, may defect), kept going all the way through until about 5:00!

And the rest of you missed it!

[Mike]

Great Can't wait to see these images.

[Rocket Pooch]

also the 1st DSC where someone ended up in hospital for most of today, but the selection of pills I have should make me better.  I'm gutted, its was brilliant last night.

Thanks for putting my scope in the awning folks.

[mickw]

What happened ?

[Mac]

Trench foot

Cant be that there was no rain.

Mac.

[Rose]

Sorry to hear that you were really unwell, Chris.  Hope you get better very soon.

Rose.     And Doug.

[Mike]

I'm more worried about John as he spent the night in a tent together with Tony G. They both left very early the next day and someone said John was "walking a bit funny".

[Rose]

That must have been the result of the weird red stuff, Mike.

[Mike]

No I don't think it was anything he took orally.