Earth Sky Stars » Astronomy http://earthskystars.net/blog blog for earthskystars Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:35:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Advanced Imaging Conference 2011 http://earthskystars.net/blog/2011/11/24/advanced-imaging-conference-2011/ http://earthskystars.net/blog/2011/11/24/advanced-imaging-conference-2011/#comments Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:54:46 +0000 Bill Clugston http://earthskystars.net/blog/?p=289 Three weeks ago I attended the 2011 Advanced Imaging Conference in Santa Clara, CA. If you really want to improve your astrophotographs this is the conference to attend . Lots of great speakers and many vendor exhibits.

Check it out in 2012, the rates are very reasonable with lots of activities for the family. Here’s the link to their website: AIC Website

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The skies are absolutely great, with no light domes visible on the horizon and the humidity is non-existent. The only real draw-back to this site is it’s distance from civilization, the nearest large city is Bend, Oregon, 90 miles to the northwest. But that’s also why the skies are so dark :-)

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