Nightfall 2016 … Keep Lookin’ Up!

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Post by Jim

Nightfall star party and imaging conference is held on a Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, typically around late October or early November. The Riverside Astronomical Society sponsors and hosts the event at the Palm Canyon Hotel & RV Resort in Borrego Springs, California. It’s a very informative and fun event.

This was our first time at Nightfall and we had a good time. We not only picked up some good astronomy tips, we also got to see fluorescent scorpions!

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Hello Yosemite!

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Post by Alexandra

In all my years of living in California, I had never been to Yosemite and Jim had not been there for a number of years.  I have always wanted to go but heard it gets congested, so that had deterred me. We both were really looking forward to camping there.  Since we were going in September, given that a lot of kids are back in school, we were hoping it would not be as crowded.
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