Stella Della Update

One of our trio is headed up to Onas to take his chances in the rain tonight. Hopefully he'll stay dry. An updated forecast says clearer skies tomorrow night so I'm going over to pick my buddy up to meet up with our other guy at the camp. We're leaving in the morning tomorrow and will spend the day at camp hoping it will be clear! Hopefully it won't be a complete wash.

Sixth Annual BMAA Stella Della XXII Weekend

This is year six for my astro-weekend crew and year XXII for the BMAA's Stella Della weekend. It takes place in the dark skies of Ottsville, PA and lasts from today through Sunday morning.

Once we missed a Friday night due to rain, and once Saturday night for bad weather. This is the first year we're missing both days due to crummy rain.

All this and Mark and I have new telescopes we're looking forward to using!

Old Scope is BACK!

This post is about 1.5 months late, but thanks to the generosity of my old boss from Universal Space Network, I have my first big 8-inch Meade MTS-SN8 telescope back. I bought this scope when I was about 15 and when I asked recently, my boss said I could have it back for free!

Check it out at http://meade.outerblogs.com