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Weather and sky conditions:
New Moon: June 25th
June 19th (Thursday): 90/70 clear
June 20th (Friday): 70/43 clear
June 21 (Saturday): 66/50 partly cloudy - light rain
June 22 (Sunday): 72/43 partly cloudy
June 23 (Monday): 75/45 clear
About 15 serious astronomers showed up with very sophisticated instruments. There were lesss attendees this year due to Oregon Star Party and Golden State Star Party were also scheduled on June's new moon dates.
This area of eastern Oregon has been designated as a Dark Sky Preserve
Roger Bassett - Celestron C11 Edge on Astrophysics 1100 mount
Roger Bassett's - Celectron C-11 on Astrophysics 1100 mount Roger Bassett's - Lunt 80 mm - Explorer Scientific 102 double stack on Celestron CDE mount
Roger Bassett's observing area John Benham's observing area with Williams Optics 102mm
John Benham's Meade LXD200 GPS SCT 14" Runway of red solar lights marking a clear path to our observing locations
Eric Johnson's Astronomical Instruments include:
I was doing visual only this visit
Mount - Astro-Physics 1100 GTO
Scope - Astro-Physics 130 GTX
Tripod - Losmandy Folding HD
Roger Bassett and Dan Fender at Roger's camp setup Light rain did interfere for one day
Nancy Nelson's bird photograph: Wren
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