Mt Pinos March 2007

On The Road Again

Heading up to the top on Pinos

SNOW IN MARCH!!!!

Yes there was some snow but now vey much

MORE SNOW

Some more snow on the north side of the mountian. The snow started at about 5,000 feet

At The Pinos Parking Lot

The Mt Pinos Parking lot is at 8300 feet

More Snow at the Top

there was still quite a bit of Snow at the top. It was realy nice during the day. Temp was around 75 degrees

Not a who lot of people on thursday

When I arrived there it was just one other person and I.

Paul all set up and ready

Just waiting for it to get dark now.

Finelly some more people are showing up

More Astronomers are starting to show up

The Leo Triplet from Thursday Night

A total of 4 hours of data.

Well its now Friday

More Astronomers are showing up

Nice looking Dob

Its a light bucket about a 15"

James Foster is setting up

Mr. Foster is one of the best CCD Imagers out there. He has some of the best Images I have seen.

The Blackeye Galaxy from Friday Night

M64 The Blackeye Galaxy. A total of 4 Hours of Data

Its now Saturday Afternoon

The Parking lot is filling up

More Astronomers

Looks like it will be a good turnout for Saturday Night

Its going to be a good night

At this point there are about 20 of us

NEXT

Now we are at around 30

Just some of the scopes and people

There starting to pack in

I'm not the only one taking photos

More People and Scopes

Now the count is up ot 40 scopes

There more than I can get in to the view of my camera

Its Pauls Setup

Waiting for It to get dark for the next Imaging Night

Look Like Everybody is Here

A total of 50 + Astronomers are here.

More Scopes

And More Scopes

ANd More scopes

Its starting to get Dark