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On The Road Again |
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Heading up to the top on Pinos |
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SNOW IN MARCH!!!! |
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Yes there was some snow but now vey much |
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MORE SNOW |
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Some more snow on the north side of the mountian. The snow started at about 5,000 feet |
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At The Pinos Parking Lot |
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The Mt Pinos Parking lot is at 8300 feet |
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More Snow at the Top |
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there was still quite a bit of Snow at the top. It was realy nice during the day. Temp was around 75 degrees |
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Not a who lot of people on thursday |
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When I arrived there it was just one other person and I. |
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Paul all set up and ready |
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Just waiting for it to get dark now. |
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Finelly some more people are showing up |
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More Astronomers are starting to show up |
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The Leo Triplet from Thursday Night |
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A total of 4 hours of data. |
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Well its now Friday |
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More Astronomers are showing up |
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Nice looking Dob |
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Its a light bucket about a 15" |
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James Foster is setting up |
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Mr. Foster is one of the best CCD Imagers out there. He has some of the best Images I have seen. |
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The Blackeye Galaxy from Friday Night |
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M64 The Blackeye Galaxy. A total of 4 Hours of Data |
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Its now Saturday Afternoon |
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The Parking lot is filling up |
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More Astronomers |
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Looks like it will be a good turnout for Saturday Night |
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Its going to be a good night |
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At this point there are about 20 of us |
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NEXT |
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Now we are at around 30 |
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Just some of the scopes and people |
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There starting to pack in |
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I'm not the only one taking photos |
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More People and Scopes |
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Now the count is up ot 40 scopes |
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There more than I can get in to the view of my camera |
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Its Pauls Setup |
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Waiting for It to get dark for the next Imaging Night |
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Look Like Everybody is Here |
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A total of 50 + Astronomers are here. |
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