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Table Mountain Star Party Page Index
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...Although the Table Mountain Star Party (TMSP) in
Washington's Cascade Mountains is a long way from Minnesota,
I had selected it as a fitting launch point for my ambitious
summer plan... |
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I started lugging stuff out of my car. I was struggling
with my oversized tent when I met my neighbor to the east,
Barry, a bearded friendly fellow that reminded me of a mild
mannered graduate student. In reality... |
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Most attendees had given up and gone to bed with the
cloud cover at midnight. A few of us accidently enjoyed the
clearing after 2:00... |
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...there were other canopies setup for astronomy-related
businesses and causes. Artists, photographers, telescope and
accessory retailers, social and political organizations, all
had the equivalent of a wilderness storefront... |
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...The temperature dropped to the thirties, but the
dewpoint was in the forties. I had dew heaters on nearly all
my optics, but the unheated secondary mirror in my telescope
eventually succumbed... |
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