tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72404537481721349182011-04-21T11:52:26.280-07:00You've never been to a big star party? This is the one to try. We make it easy.... kids of all ages are welcome.GSSPnoreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7240453748172134918.post-38574200912304626412008-01-31T10:41:00.000-08:002008-04-23T10:29:09.335-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">These images are from various TAC star parties over the past dozen years.<br />Adjust the speed or pause</span> the slideshow at the bottom left of the image window.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Turn on/off captions</span> at the bottom right of the image window in Options.<br /></div><iframe marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lumpydarkness/sets/72157603557912912/show/" align="left" frameborder="0" height="800" scrolling="no" width="800"></iframe><br /><center><br /><a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width: 0pt;" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/88x31.png" /></a><br /><span style="">This work is licensed under a<br /><a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/">Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License</a>.<br /></span><br /><p><br /><a href="mailto:info@goldenstatestarparty.org">Contact GSSP</a><br /></p><br /></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7240453748172134918-3857420091230462641?l=gsspimages.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>GSSPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7240453748172134918.post-60824937422814351112008-01-30T13:38:00.000-08:002009-01-30T13:38:30.671-08:00Star Party Video<br /><iframe marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXRHusjY0pk" align="left" scrolling="no" width="650" frameborder="0" height="600"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7240453748172134918-6082493742281435111?l=gsspimages.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>GSSPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7240453748172134918.post-41600812288086841682005-05-28T11:39:00.000-07:002008-12-08T15:33:24.774-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thank you to our host...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><p align="center"> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.frostyacres.net/"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://www.frostyacres.net/Photos/frosty_acres_3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="center"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">and the support of</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.shasta.com/fireline/" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:Verdana;" ><strong><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />FIRELINE SUPPORT SYSTEMS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA</span></strong></span></a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.shasta.com/fireline/" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:Verdana;" ><strong></strong></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>PORTABLE SHOWER FACILITY</strong></span></a></span> </p></div><p align="center"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" >Vendors Attending or Supporting GSSP</span></p><div style="text-align: center;" align="left"><p style="text-align: left;">There is no special vendor area at GSSP, set up your display at your campsite. Admission for vendors is the same as general attendees. Vendors bringing goods for sale must provide proof of liability insurance, and sign a liability waiver upon arrival. This can be done when you arrive at GSSP.<span> If your company or organization would like to support GSSP</span> or plans on attending, send us your your logo, and we'll post it here and link to your web-page. Here is our <a href="http://www.resource-intl.com/gssp2008.gif">banner</a>.<br /></p><p align="center"> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" >You<br />- Our Individual Supporters!</span><br /></p><p align="center">Support GSSP with a link exchange.<br />Grab our <a href="http://www.resource-intl.com/gssp2008.gif">banner</a>, link to us, and send us your URL. <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" ><br /><br />The vendors and supporters listed below<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">and many others have been invited to GSSP.<br /><br /></span> <a href="http://www.sjaa.net/" target="_blank"><img style="width: 142px; height: 69px;" 0="" src="http://www.sjaa.net/img/icon.gif" /></a><a href="http://www.sjaa.net/"><br />San Jose Astronomical Association</a></p><p align="center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.stellarvue.com/"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WBrbFPMTcfc/SE7ahZF6yvI/AAAAAAAAARI/UfrdH8wdjv0/s400/seeingisbelieving+w160.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210342086120491762" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.400years.org/index.html" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 637px;" src="http://www.400years.org/img/child_head.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> </p><p align="center"> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.equatorialplatforms.com/" target="_blank"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WBrbFPMTcfc/R5jwh1PDIBI/AAAAAAAAAHk/6AqQEOVme-s/s320/WebFront1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159137837169451026" border="0" /></a><br /></p><p align="center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.lightholderoptics.com/index.htm"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://www.lightholderoptics.com/images/logo%20black.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.optcorp.com/" target="_blank"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WBrbFPMTcfc/R6usglPDIkI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/0FZj5It_abE/s320/OPT+Logo+Red.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164411073461428802" border="0" /></a><br /></p><p align="center"><br />FirstBase Custom Mounts and Rings<br /><a href="http://www.astronomy-mall.com/FirstBase/" target="_blank"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WBrbFPMTcfc/R5zSclPDIHI/AAAAAAAAAIY/4yij4GuDGgw/s320/rings1.i.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5160230661533147250" border="2" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.scopes4rent.com/" target="_blank"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WBrbFPMTcfc/R6x7FFPDIlI/AAAAAAAAAMY/pVDYOQWUx18/s320/Scopes4rent+button.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164638199921975890" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www201.pair.com/resource/astro.html/regular/products/astronomical-adventures/" target="_blank"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WBrbFPMTcfc/R5j7JVPDICI/AAAAAAAAAHs/VQ4DFFOXSbg/s320/ai.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159149510890561570" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Compact Precision Telescope<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www201.pair.com/resource/astro.html/regular/products/cpt/" target="_blank"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WBrbFPMTcfc/R5zUvVPDIII/AAAAAAAAAIg/1gu3qOPeaIM/s320/cpt.and.base.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5160233182678950018" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sky-spot.com/index.htm"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.sky-spot.com/images/Skyspotstarsfinal.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.faintfuzzies.com/ObservingGuidebooks.htm" target="_blank"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 153px; height: 207px;" src="http://www.faintfuzzies.com/ObservingGuidebooks_files/image006.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.hutech.com/" target="_blank"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.hutech.com/Pictures/AstroHutechLogo.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><br />Equipment for the Serious Amateur Astronomer<br /><br /><br /></span> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.kendauzat.net/" target="_blank"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 349px; height: 74px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WBrbFPMTcfc/R5fX5lPDH7I/AAAAAAAAAG0/BQNsQXl1npE/s320/tele.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158829282423938994" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.greatredspot.com/"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 474px; height: 73px;" src="http://www.cleardarksky.com/csk/logos/GRS.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="color: rgb(241, 247, 49);"><a href="http://www.astrocalculator.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><br />Sunshine Design Engineering Services</span></a></span></b></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.darkskypanels.com/" target="_blank"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WBrbFPMTcfc/R5jo51PDH9I/AAAAAAAAAHE/V3TDsSxAFuE/s320/logo+new+white.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159129453393289170" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.amateurastronomy.com/" target="_blank"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WBrbFPMTcfc/R5jpo1PDH-I/AAAAAAAAAHM/JttpbCtU03M/s320/AA+Mag_banner_rs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159130260847140834" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.aavso.org/" target="_blank"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WBrbFPMTcfc/R5jrP1PDIAI/AAAAAAAAAHc/DD8JPeNQwno/s320/titleimage1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159132030373666818" border="1" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.chartmarker.com/" target="_blank"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.chartmarker.com/webheader2.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.discmounts.com/" target="_blank"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WBrbFPMTcfc/R5oiUVPDIDI/AAAAAAAAAH0/H4gXkH0mxDo/s320/DiscMount_banner.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159474055799316530" border="2" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.gazeraids.com/" target="_blank"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WBrbFPMTcfc/R5oivFPDIEI/AAAAAAAAAH8/jmBh9UhTa34/s320/gazeraids.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159474515360817218" border="2" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sbtc.co.uk/" target="_blank"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WBrbFPMTcfc/R5o5zVPDIFI/AAAAAAAAAII/l9I_3dHaymo/s320/stockbridge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159499877142700114" border="0" /></a><br />Stockbridge Binocular &amp; Telescope Centre, UK<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.1800destiny.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc" target="_blank"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WBrbFPMTcfc/R5vvKFPDIGI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/FqbLWCQroYs/s320/destiny.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159980754566062178" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.velocitees.com/"><img src="http://logo.cafepress.com/nocache/5/583005.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://gotgrit.com/" target="_blank"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 204px;" src="http://gotgrit.com/images/gotgrit.gif" alt="" border="1" /></a><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.davidchandler.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />David Chandler Company</span></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 51);font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size:130%;" ><i>Quality software and publications for astronomy and astronomy education</i></span><br /></p><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7240453748172134918-4160081228808684168?l=gsspimages.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>GSSPnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7240453748172134918.post-60880823116668100982005-04-14T11:32:00.000-07:002008-12-08T15:33:24.961-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">These images provide a view of the planned layout for GSSP 2008.<br />Click on the images for greater detail.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Each of these group campsites is 175 feet by 90 feet.</span><br />There will be plenty of room for everyone to stretch out and set up.<br /></span><br /><br />Site plan overlaid on Google Earth view of location:<br /><center><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WBrbFPMTcfc/SFKlexopziI/AAAAAAAAARQ/WnfdUbFnMw8/s1600-h/GSSP_googleearth_AreaMap_061208.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WBrbFPMTcfc/SFKlexopziI/AAAAAAAAARQ/WnfdUbFnMw8/s400/GSSP_googleearth_AreaMap_061208.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211409666959592994" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Detail of site plan:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WBrbFPMTcfc/SFKlsoVt-8I/AAAAAAAAARY/07m0SSy1A60/s1600-h/GSSP_DetailMap_061208.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WBrbFPMTcfc/SFKlsoVt-8I/AAAAAAAAARY/07m0SSy1A60/s400/GSSP_DetailMap_061208.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211409904982424514" border="0" /></a><br /></center><br /><a href="http://goldenstatestarparty.blogspot.com/2007/12/gssp-2008-rules.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Imagers with generators, please follow this link.</span></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7240453748172134918-6088082311666810098?l=gsspimages.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>GSSPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7240453748172134918.post-69492056460904886922005-03-11T08:09:00.000-08:002008-03-11T09:26:00.301-07:00<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Comparing GSSP's Location</span><br /></div><center><br /><iframe marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://www.resource-intl.com/GSSP/mount.bachelor.html" align="middle" frameborder="0" height="675" scrolling="no" width="800"></iframe><br /></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7240453748172134918-6949205646090488692?l=gsspimages.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>GSSPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7240453748172134918.post-2520108092792157332000-01-30T13:16:00.000-08:002009-01-30T13:37:43.209-08:00Star Party Video<br /><iframe marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXRHusjY0pk" align="left" scrolling="no" width="650" frameborder="0" height="600"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7240453748172134918-252010809279215733?l=gsspimages.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>GSSPnoreply@blogger.com0