Zombie party!

The Atlanta Astronomy Club (AAC) holds it's very popular Zombie Party every spring. The name comes form the look in everyone's face once they've stayed up all night for a a full weekend of stargazing. However, it's always great fun and a chance to get together with other enthusiasts at a dark site.

In 2006, I had only recently purchased my first telescope, a six inch Schmidt Newtonian reflector on a computerized mount. So, it was quite a thrill to pack up my new instrument and head for North Georgia in April that year for one of the first AAC zombie parties. My brother in law Frank got this picture while I was checking out Jupiter early in the evening.

It was a great weekend up under dark skies despite the very electric thunderstorm that popped my camp the next day!!




The author at the eyepiece of the Schmidt Newtonian