Texas Star Party
Prude
Ranch, Fort Davis, Texas
April 19-26, 2009
Trailer packed with all our gear in Michigan
Unpacking trailer in Texas
Setup on the field
Crescent Venus in the daytime
through Jim's scope
Dave
Bill
Jon
Jim
Phil
Our rooms
Three of the many big Dobsonian telescopes on the field
Jon with Sam Picheloup,
inventor of the Couch Potato Telescope
Jim entertains us
Tour of McDonald Observatory
Field full of tents, trailers, and covered telescopes
One of many vendors selling the gear that we really need
Astronaut Don Pettit presents a
great talk
with photos he took from the International Space Station
Six good friends from the Warren
Astronomical Society, at the end of a fabulous week together:
Jim, Bill, Phil, Joe, Dave, Jon