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International Astronomy Show 2014 - 7th / 8th June

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CBSAP will be well and truly represented at the International Astronomy Show at the Warwickshire Exhibition Centre here in the UK this weekend. Myself and Gary Palmer will be there on the CBSAP stand (stand 2) just by the main entrance, here we will be demonstrating Lunt products, and hopefully if it is sunny (it is thundering at the moment!) will be outside doing solar outreach with the Lunt equipment.

Richard Bailey will also be there on stand 47 (I think!), and have heard from several other forum and CBSAP members who will also be attending.

If you are going please take lots of pictures and post them here! If you aren't going but fancy coming along then please do so!

Look forward to meeting you all!

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Bad timing on my part. I have other commitments this weekend, otherwise I would have come along. It would have been good to have met up with you and others.

Good luck and enjoy the day. I'll have to live it vicariously through the posted images that no doubt will follow.

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Hi Mark

have a fine show. Almost perfect weather here for the long weekend


Only stardust in the wind, some fine and some less fine scopes, filters and adapters as well. Switzerland 47 N, 9 E, in the heart of EUROPE :)

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I wish you a beautiful day at the park! with many admirers! ;)


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Have a great weekend Mark I actually went along to a Darkside outreach and showed pics of the Sun on my phone. I am converting them to the light side. I look foward to your report on the event.


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Mark , Hope the Sun puts on a great show for your event today & tomorrow . Either way I'm sure it will be SUNTASTIC !!!! Clear skies


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What a great day, it poured and poured with rain until 2pm when a blue line appeared on the horizon and out went all the scopes, by 5pm there were lots. For all 48 pictures please view here https://www.flickr.com/photos/alexandra4/

but here are a selection

ImageDSC08937 by Alexandra's Astronomy, on Flickr

ImageDSC08953 by Alexandra's Astronomy, on Flickr

ImageDSC08954 by Alexandra's Astronomy, on Flickr

ImageDSC08957 by Alexandra's Astronomy, on Flickr

ImageDSC08959 by Alexandra's Astronomy, on Flickr

ImageDSLC08961 by Alexandra's Astronomy, on Flickr

ImageDSC08964 by Alexandra's Astronomy, on Flickr

ImageDSC08967 by Alexandra's Astronomy, on Flickr

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ImageDSC08973 by Alexandra's Astronomy, on Flickr

and the Quark!
ImageDSC08980 by Alexandra's Astronomy, on Flickr

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Hi Alexandra and Mark

I'm so happy for you that the sun finally came out. Great pics. Happy to see so many people


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More solar converts in the making.......maybe?

It looks like you had a great day.

Nice one.

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Thanks for the pics


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just saw this thread, great solar viewing session


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Slowly working through some timelapses from the weekend. Here's one from the saturday morning when it was raining, so lots of solar chat was happening on the stand:

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A timelapse of the solar outreach we did on the saturday afternoon, how many solarchat members can you spot? ;)

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Final timelapse from the sunday morning here before the clouds rolled in!

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These are cracking fun to watch :hamster:

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Bully! to the UK Solar A Team!!!! YAAAAAAAY :beanie: Y'all ROCKED!!!!!!!!! :band


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Good turnout. Glad the skies gave a lil break. Great work there team - Really. :bow2 :mrgreen:


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Who brought the Quark and how were the visuals through it?


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Thanks Joe! :) There were 2 Quarks there, both ironically demonstrated on alt az mounts which, IMHO, were rubbish for demonstrating the high mag field of view of the quark. The views were stunning, I have to say, but they were demonstrated on a 4" APM scope with a 4" focuser. I thought I didn't want a quark but after seeing them at the show i'm not sure :P


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I have to say that I am guilty of not really spending time trying to find the best possible visual tune for my Quark other than one outreach in the park that I spent with Astrodan. I should spend some visual time with it prior to this Sunday in an effort to get the most out of it for others.

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