2022 Spring Galloway Star Camp

[Physopto]

Be nice to meet up again Kenny.

Just one point though,

 

 

 

You do mean the right Friday & Saturday when we are all there🤣

[kenny k]

9 hours ago, Physopto said:

Be nice to meet up again Kenny.

Just one point though,

 

 

 

You do mean the right Friday & Saturday when we are all there🤣

Yeah...see you this Friday 🤣

[Physopto]

Blast can't make until.............

😁

[LandyJon]

I'll be there Monday, clear outside app is predicting as far as Wednesday and its looking good 👍 

Looking forward to meeting everyone and Stu will be joining us for the weekend.

Think I've got everything I need and a better understanding of settings so hopefully get some good data 🤞

[Uplooker]

Be good to meet up👍

[Physopto]

🤞🤞🤞

Getting the jitters now 🙂

Excitement building 🔭🌌😃

Edited February 24, 2022 by Physopto

[mapstar]

34 minutes ago, Physopto said:

🤞🤞🤞

Getting the jitters now 🙂

Excitement building 🔭🌌😃

Have you managed to get the weight increase to bring your scope this year Derek? 

[Physopto]

Maybe 😂

I think Annette is walking

Edited February 24, 2022 by Physopto

[Physopto]

Car all packed, barring the seat on the roof.........😈

[jamie56]

Your skating thin ice , Annette will thump ye

[Uplooker]

On 25/02/2022 at 16:00, Physopto said:

Car all packed, barring the seat on the roof.........😈

Where is Annette sitting??

[Physopto]

So.......... What,s new?

 

[Physopto]

1 minute ago, Uplooker said:

Where is Annette sitting??

What do you think the roof seat is for then.

I'm driving !!!

[mapstar]

Just packing all my gear but probably set off about 11am and arrive mid afternoon. Hope everyone who is travelling up has a safe journey and I'll see you soon for an update.

 

[Jiggy 67]

Hope everyone has a great star party…..enjoy!!

[Uplooker]

2 hours ago, mapstar said:

Just packing all my gear but probably set off about 11am and arrive mid afternoon. Hope everyone who is travelling up has a safe journey and I'll see you soon for an update.

 

Depends how well Derren straps Annette to the seat on the roof of the car 😮 Hope it is the car and not the caravan as Annette will have to remember to duck for low bridges 😮😮😮

[Physopto]

What low Bridges......... OOPs...............................................

There's tea gone 🙃

 

 

Oh thank god....

Tea's OK !

Got here safely. Jim and Dawn arrived late on.

 

Monday.

 

Weather rain all night but not too bad now. Had a dry spell this morning and scope mostly set up for tonight if any luck with the weather.

Shower and ablutions block look great.

 

[Uplooker]

Glad you ( and Annette) arrived safely. Absolutely chucking it down here ATM🙄

[Physopto]

4 minutes ago, Uplooker said:

Glad you ( and Annette) arrived safely. Absolutely chucking it down here ATM🙄

Yup raining again but lightly at present.

Expect some clear skies later on tonight. Hopefully

[mapstar]

Clear all night so turned in at 5am .

The nights viewing didn't start well.

Had a battle with the new van cargo area lights, 3 hours they didn't go off so after a fruitless hunt for the fuse ended up pulling all 4 of them out and disconnecting. Lost 2 hours viewing. 😪 

Plugged in my power tank for the dewheaters and nothing 🤬.

 

First I thought I must've left the meters on and drained it at home. After a lot of faffing about  I found it was the two way rocker switch (charge/dew output) that had failed. Managed a quick soldering job and the visual observing could commence. Lost another hour 😪 

Others were not as lucky and didn't do any imaging due to being unable to connect to their mounts. 

Report maybe later 🤔 

Edited March 1, 2022 by mapstar

[Uplooker]

2 hours ago, mapstar said:

Others were not as lucky and didn't do any imaging due to being unable to connect to their mounts.

Derren, by any chance???

[mapstar]

Looking good at present. It's going to be another cold one. Last night was -5°C at 3am.

[Planitair]

22 minutes ago, mapstar said:

Looking good at present. It's going to be another cold one. Last night was -5°C at 3am.

Hope the Weather holds up for you Damian.

Eric

[Uplooker]

24 minutes ago, mapstar said:

Looking good at present. It's going to be another cold one. Last night was -5°C at 3am.

Yes, looks good for tonight, not so for later in the week🙄.

Enjoy👍

[mapstar]

9 minutes ago, Uplooker said:

Yes, looks good for tonight, not so for later in the week🙄.

Enjoy👍

Weekend looks good especially Sunday night but the 🌙 is making an impact