Well, it's two weeks to GCSP and I am getting revved up! Who is going? (Other than Thom, Linton, and I...)
Thom: I'll BMOB.
Linton: My turn to buy breakfast.
In jokes aside, folks, this is a truly special event. The combination of the spectacular setting and the gathering of visitors and astronomers from all over the map is unique. The skies are dark, but you do need to work through the public hours - this is not for astronomers who don't enjoy outreach. Ah, but then you have time for some quiet personal observing if you can beat the late night fatigue. After eleven the buses stop running, things quiet down, and some nights the seeing settles down around midnight. A stone's throw from the edge of the canyon, you hear the familiar low murmurs and sounds of slewing scopes and ladders being moved in the darkness. You are out with a few good friends (some of whom you only see here each June, but good friends nonetheless!) under dark skies, and life is good...
As usual, I can't WAIT!
Jim
Thom: I'll BMOB.
Linton: My turn to buy breakfast.
In jokes aside, folks, this is a truly special event. The combination of the spectacular setting and the gathering of visitors and astronomers from all over the map is unique. The skies are dark, but you do need to work through the public hours - this is not for astronomers who don't enjoy outreach. Ah, but then you have time for some quiet personal observing if you can beat the late night fatigue. After eleven the buses stop running, things quiet down, and some nights the seeing settles down around midnight. A stone's throw from the edge of the canyon, you hear the familiar low murmurs and sounds of slewing scopes and ladders being moved in the darkness. You are out with a few good friends (some of whom you only see here each June, but good friends nonetheless!) under dark skies, and life is good...
As usual, I can't WAIT!
Jim
