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A wonderful surprise was also a fantastic Astrocamp Cake which
was greeted by gasps and ahs by everyone! The creator, Helen
Knight, was very keen to have it cut as soon as possible due to
the adverse weather and lack of somewhere to keep it so it
only made it to the planned High Tea event on the Monday in
slices! But it was certainly the star attraction both visually and
gastronomically! As darkness fell the cloud remained persistent so it was a great opportunity to catch up with old friends
and make new ones over a glass of wine or two! Amazingly at
around 9.30 the rain stopped and the clouds managed to part
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equipment…and yes, there was intermittent sunshine!
Never dull moments at Astrocamp -there were astro
imaging workshops from Damien (@Dephelis) ongoing
throughout the weekend and a comet making session
with Paul Hill (@SiriusAstro) using some easy accessible household items (including HP sauce!) and dry ice!
This was great fun as many got to handle the ‘comet’
using gloves, of course!
No one misses out at Astrocamp! (Image HowardCooper)
revealing the most glorious sky! It was one of the most magical
moments as it was totally unexpected and the excitement was
treasure to behold! As no one was set up observing or imaging
it was great fun watching lasers pointing out various celestial
delights…and I took the opportunity to take some fun wide field
shots to capture the moment!
The following day more brilliant events were kicked off with Eric’s
(@EmmsStarGaze) SUN-day solar observing on the common
with many astros with specialist scopes and modified observing
Astro Nerds June 2014
Astro Nerds June 2014