July Astronomy Trip -- Let me know right away if you want to go!

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As you may have heard, we are doing the second annual Vegan Galaxy

Expeditionary Festival in July.

 

I have reserved a week (July 18 - 24) at a timeshare at June Lake, CA. The idea

is that people can visit for whichever days/nights during that week that they

want. During the days there may be opportunities for hiking and the like.

 

Weather permitting, we'll be doing astronomy 9:30pm - 12:15am each night for the

6 nights (July 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23). This means that in addition to enjoying

wonderful unaided eye views of the universe, it is likely that we can show y'all

25 - 30 remarkable objects each night through a powerful telescope, for a total

of perhaps 180 objects over the 6 nights of the festival.

 

This year, we'll do our observing from a site not far from the hotels. While

the sky there will not be ideally dark - June Lake has a light pollution

problem, too - it will be dark enough to get a far better view of dozens of

amazing galaxies, nebulae, star clusters, etc. than one can find in the Bay

Area. Plus there will be easy access to food, restrooms, etc. and no hassle

driving out to a remote observing site each night.

 

We might schedule one " cosmic night " where we do actually drive out toward

Nevada just so people can see what a truly dark sky looks like.

 

As for food, we'll buy food in town and cook our own yummy vegan meals.

 

The time to get hotel reservations, carpools, etc. arranged is rapidly

approaching. So if you want to join the fun, please email me by May 28 with the

following information:

 

Your Name

Your phone # & email address

Whether you can drive a carpool and how may people can ride in your car

What day you want to arrive and what day you want to leave