WSP a bust!!

OK, I'm back a couple days now, it was nice to get a break in the winter (I missed the worst of the cold weather) but apparently according to WSP veterens the weather this year was the worst ever! I was watching the trend a couple weeks before the party and was a bit worried because it seemed that it was very cloudy and rainy.
We had 2 nights of poor transparency and wild dew, the seeing never got past average (I think the jet stream was parked over us the whole time).
Still I got one spectacular view of Omega Centuri through a Zambuto equipped 24" Starmaster!! There were great talks from Don Parker and Sue French, and best of all I finally got to meet Paolo who was very disapointed and depressed about being shut out again by bad weather!
Still, I had a good time in spite of the conditions, Key West is a very funky culturaly diverse town. I guess I'll have to go again next year!

-- Mike W

I'm really sorry to hear about the bad weather at the WSP this year Mike...
I've been to several ones, and the weather has always been great, with maybe a night or two of clouds (or sucker holes), but for most part it has almost always been excellent...

I feel particularly sorry for the ones that travel quite a distance to get down here... I can surely understand the disappointment, even though we must understand that WEATHER is one of the few things we cannot control, or know for sure, way ahead of time...

I surely hope next year will be a better one... (I'll be there!) 8)



Clear skies to all!

I'm sorry to hear about the poor conditions guys. I was really looking forward to some of the tremendous images that usually come out of the WSP.
I hope Mother Nature makes up for it by providing everyone with exceptional conditions when they return home.

Regards,
Ed Roach