Post by rajasi on Aug 25, 2005 9:32:50 GMT -6
Hey everyone!!
Nine of us (myself, Linda and her husband Alfred, Vladimira and her friends, Bill and Arvind) went camping to Lake Geneva to see the Perseid's shower. Most of the places around chicago were very cloudy but we still decided to go camping. When we reached the campsite in Lake Geneva, the clouds were just clearing up - around 9ish. We had a good 6 to 7 hour window during which the sky cleared out and we were able to see the Perseid's shower. It was just amazing.
All of us brought our sleeping bags outside of the tent and just lied down under the beautiful clear skies. We got bitten a lot by mosquitoes and after a while everything outside pretty much got covered with dew. But we still had a good time. Around midnight Vladimira and her friends arrived with lots of bbq ribs and chicken and all the other good stuff and that just made it even more perfect. After eating, we decided to go look for some more deep space objects. The other most beautiful thing I saw was the Pleiades. I had my telescope with me (you can hardly see much details thru my scope, but I was glad I had it) so we looked at some deep space objects and then at mars. I am glad we all went there.
The next day we decided to go visit the Yerkes observatory and saw the refractor scope. Here's the link to some of the pictures we took at the Yerkes observatory. It is sad to know that the observatory might not be around for long.
pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/rajasi24/album?.dir=/2550&.src=ph&.tok=ph6C2eDBibJd1CTy
Rajasi.
Nine of us (myself, Linda and her husband Alfred, Vladimira and her friends, Bill and Arvind) went camping to Lake Geneva to see the Perseid's shower. Most of the places around chicago were very cloudy but we still decided to go camping. When we reached the campsite in Lake Geneva, the clouds were just clearing up - around 9ish. We had a good 6 to 7 hour window during which the sky cleared out and we were able to see the Perseid's shower. It was just amazing.
All of us brought our sleeping bags outside of the tent and just lied down under the beautiful clear skies. We got bitten a lot by mosquitoes and after a while everything outside pretty much got covered with dew. But we still had a good time. Around midnight Vladimira and her friends arrived with lots of bbq ribs and chicken and all the other good stuff and that just made it even more perfect. After eating, we decided to go look for some more deep space objects. The other most beautiful thing I saw was the Pleiades. I had my telescope with me (you can hardly see much details thru my scope, but I was glad I had it) so we looked at some deep space objects and then at mars. I am glad we all went there.
The next day we decided to go visit the Yerkes observatory and saw the refractor scope. Here's the link to some of the pictures we took at the Yerkes observatory. It is sad to know that the observatory might not be around for long.
pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/rajasi24/album?.dir=/2550&.src=ph&.tok=ph6C2eDBibJd1CTy
Rajasi.