Open Invitation to EAE Summer Star Parties-Mt Parnon, GREECE
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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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= John MurphyGood Luck to all the guys heading over this week.
John, when at the airport, look for the guys with the white EAE t-shirt!
My mobile is 0030-6973047420
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Vagelis,
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.
I land at 18:15 on flight AF1832
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.
I land at 18:15 on flight AF1832
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I thing that it is better for me not to know that a guinea pig is.
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Reporting live from Athens:
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
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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Well - I'm back.
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:
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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Replied by JohnMurphy on topic Re: Open Invitation to EAE Summer Star Parties-Mt Parnon, GREECE
Frank - GO.
A decent photographer (not me) could do so much with the sky here. Droool.
A decent photographer (not me) could do so much with the sky here. Droool.
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This is awesome, I cant wait !!! 
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.
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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I am happy that John enjoyed his staying with us at Parnon mountain.We had a wonderfull weekend and I am so happy that I have a new friend in Ireland.I allways believed that astronomy is a good way to make friends all over the world.Of cource we have a good combination between astronomy and Gastronomy,nobody stayes hungry at Parnon mountain!
John shows me also a new constellation,the Irish black bush.
Now I am waiting at more friends coming in July from Ireland.
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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That's right John!
From this time as we speak, nobody enters the greek borders without a bottle of Black Bush
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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(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
it was quite another thing for me as I'm 6'1" (185cm in todays currency).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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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?
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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