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Tough job but some slob has to do it. :cry:Psst...Thanks Anthony for babysitting them for us for a while
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You do realise you will now start a run on those T-Shirts. I hope you've got some in stock.

Look forward to meeting you guys tomorrow.
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See you tomorrow!
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Please make sure you take good care of our guinea pig...er.. I mean John Murphy! :wink:
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since you 've treated well OUR guinea pig...er... I mean Leonidas :wink:
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John arrived! A great guy to meet! Now we are about to pick him up from the hotel and go for a BBQ dinner.
The weather is fine, hot, summernight. And of course it is dark here, 9:15 pm.
Got to go now... I am hungry

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Replied by Vagelis Tsamis on topic Re: Open Invitation to EAE Summer Star Parties-Mt Parnon, GREECE
It was a great weekend for all of us. We were all very glad to meet John Murphy. He enjoyed his time in Parnon, too.
Now he is in his plane, flying safe back home.
Be prepared for a lot of photographs!
John, untill we meet again,
Clear Skies!
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looking forward to the debriefing.
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So sad to leave Mt. Parnon and all my new Greek friends.
For those heading over in July and August - you are in for a real treat.
I have never been treated to a sky like this - the Milky Way blazes a trail right across the sky and culminates in Sagitarius and Scorpius - glorius constellations not well seen from our shores. As well as Astronomy there is also Gastronomy to look forward to, the food is to die for.
Many many many thanks to my hosts who made this possible - especially Vagelis, Kiriakee (hope I spelled it right), Leon, John, Adonis, and many many more.
I will give a full report with some pictures in a seperate post (in the meantime I have lots of pictures to sort through (not many of the night sky - I was too busy looking through so many scopes). I'll try to get some of this online tonight, in the meantime here is a rough stack of 4 shots unprocessed:
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Looks like you had a great time.That is a fine image looking forward to seeing the rest of your images from your trip.
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That one shot is enough to make me want to go for sure!
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A decent photographer (not me) could do so much with the sky here. Droool.

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Frank, if you haven't booked the flight yet and you are going then you'd want to do it now, every day you wait increases the cost and likelyhood of the plane been full.
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John shows me also a new constellation,the Irish black bush.
Now I am waiting at more friends coming in July from Ireland.

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I may have started a precedent. All those going to Mt. Parnon in July and August must now bring a bottle of Black Bush (not old Bush). This will then be shared out among all observers on the Saturday night. This way everyone gets a taste of Ireland. Given that there are more observers in July its just as well there are more going from here.
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From this time as we speak, nobody enters the greek borders without a bottle of Black Bush

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That's right John!
From this time as we speak, nobody enters the greek borders without a bottle of Black Bush![]()
You heard the man - the currency of astronomy is now Black Bush.
75cl will get you a weekend pass at Mt Parnon.
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Of course there are beds for all of you in the refuge:
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but how about staying in a camping tent? Me and John both chosed tents. Nothing compares to sleeping in the open country.
John brought his tent along, which he later left to us. So this is available for someone else.
Also, I do have a spare big tent for 2 people. So if you want to take advantage of that, feel free to use ours, and not bring your tent, in order to gain free space in your luggage.
John, would you like to comment on that?
(PS: Strange, we don't have any pic of the tents, John! How come?)
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(PS: Strange, we don't have any pic of the tents, John! How come?)
Given the size of the tent (skinny - greek for tent) I brought, I didn't want to put people off. My tent was quite small and whereas Dave Grennan might have found it adequate

But yes you are correct I found sleeping in the night air most refreshing, whats more it was convenient to have everything close to hand. Not necessary to have to trudge back up to the refuge if you'd left something in your bag.
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Me, I will use another tent of mine in July.
As you wisely suggested in Parnon, people could also use your tent for storing things, or gear, right?
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By "spare tent" I mean the huge one I had with me this time. That I intent to provide. That's for quite tall people, I guess
Me, I will use another tent of mine in July.
As you wisely suggested in Parnon, people could also use your tent for storing things, or gear, right?
Vagelis,
I you have a spare tent, you might keep me in mind for it/part of it for the moment please. I haven't booked anything with the refuge yet and so this would be great to use. It would save me having to buy a tent and then pay extra in luggage fees to the airline to bring it over and back. If the plan changes, i'll let you know.
BTW, is there any shop within reasomable distance of the place? I'm thinking here in terms of food and water for the few days thatwe are there? What do you normally do?
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As for food supplies, there are two villages in 1/2 hrs drive distance, Ag. Petros (St. Peter) and Kastanitsa.
Normally we buy supplies in Ag. Petros, on our way to the observing site. In case we need something during our stay, we can either drive back again, or ask someone to buy and fetch it. Observers keep on arriving on Friday and on Saturday and they always call us to ask if we need smth.
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