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- Vagelis Tsamis
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Well, u have no excuse now, start making plans for Greece!
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- artyfarty
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This is really a good idea. We can organize it and have a great time. Maybe next spring or summer. This spring we will organize for the first time a Messier Marathon for southern Greece observers. An interesting bonus is a view of Omega Centauri.
In summer time things are much more safe as regards the weather. The site is Mt. Parnon at LAT 37deg 16min, 3hrs drive from Athens. We usually count 60 - 100 observers. Most of us prefer mountain camping (me included), and there is an option to stay either in the mount refuge (30 beds), where the charge is really minimal, or at hotels 40 min drive from the observing site.
I and a handfull of people use to visit the site EVERY single month of the year, regardless the weather, with or without telescopes, unless there is winter snowfall and the road is closed. But in the summer months it is a paradise there.
Well, it is up to you! You are all welcome!
Vagelis
Sounds like a nice trip, all I need to do now is convince herself that I should be allowed go Difficult but not impossible.
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What is the largest scope anyone has ever brought on a plane?
The Lord giveth, the Revenue taketh away. (John 1:16)
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Carrying around my 20" obsession is going to kill me,
but what a way to go.
+ 12"LX200, MK67, Meade2045, 4"refractor
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Dave,If that's not a loaded question, I dont know what is :lol: :lol:
I can already see you at the check-in counter with your 18" .... "I promise to disassemble it on the plane and store it in the overhead cabin" and "no, no, no, it is not a weapon of mass destruction" ... :mrgreen:
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Make it here just once and you WILL be back every year. The Milky Way looks like one serious overhead "cloud" running from the northeastern to the southwestern horizon.Sounds like a nice trip, all I need to do now is convince herself that I should be allowed go Difficult but not impossible.
If you think you know the constellations inside out, you WILL be lost once you look at the sky from Mount Parnon .... so many stars that you do not know where to begin and where to end.
Anthony Ayiomamitis
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