| Moondark for November: 24 Hours at
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62 preregistered
– 101 total attendees – 75 overnighters – 34 cars, SUV's and trucks
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9 refractors –
3 reflectors – 16 Schmidt-Cassegrains – 3 binocular mounts – 20 Dobsonians
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0 Sunspots
– 1 Summer Triangle – 3 planets – billions of stars in
the Milky Way
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17 tents – 2 RV’s
– 7 scope trailers – 1 Old West Town – 1 red outhouse – 1 white barn
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2 tall ladders
– dozens of airplanes – 10 pounds of fish to fry
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19 Maryland –
10 Delaware – 1 New Jersey – 6 Virginia – 1 Illinois – 1 Rhode Island license
plates
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All seen at the No
Frills Star Party 30 September - 1 October 2005 at the Equestrian Center
in Tuckahoe
State Park, near Queen Anne, Maryland. Moondark is written by Doug
Miller, published at the Moondark
web site, and printed in the Delmarva
Star Gazers' Star
Gazer News. This document was last revised on 21 October 2005. Text
and images copyright © 2005 by Douglas C. Miller, All Rights Reserved.
This material may not be reproduced in any form without prior permission.
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