Yosemite summer Star Parties!

 

  Check out this video about the summer star parties held in Yosemite!

Way cool.
Saw this same video the other day.

Someday when I'm rich and famous.... ok, just rich.  I'm going to invest in to a nice scope and do some astrophotography.  It's fascinating how much is out there, how far things are, and just how massive it is.

186,000 +/- miles per second light travels.... from things hundreds of light Years !  away.

   

 

  Oh yeah.  Mind boggling how expansive our sky is!  Light from our sun takes about 8 minutes to reach us.  The light from every star in our sky has taken multi-thousands of years to reach us!  There are probably stars out there that are so far out, their light hasn't reached us yet! 
   Unfortyunatly my Meade 10" LX200 took a dump electrically in June, (After being in my storage for about 5yrs) It'll cost around $275-300 to fix so when I have the extra $$$ I'll sen the PCBA's off for repair.
  I miss the star parties up at Yosemite, when life settles back down for me & wife I'll start attending them again.  My 20" Obsession still works fine!(Primary mirror needs cleaning though )

Weimar or I80 summit star parties Rock!!!! Sugar pine reservoir is another awesome spot in our area to see it all close in...

VERY COOL! Thanks Troy