Texas Star Party 2023. Recap. Jeremy Veldman. Memphis Astronomical Society

Texas Star Party 2023. Five nights at the Prude Ranch near Fort Davis, TX. Jeremy Veldman, Memphis Astronomical Society, attends the Texas Star Party for the first time.
May 15-19, 2023.
0:04:49 - Arrival at Prude Ranch
0:09:27 - Prude Ranch
0:11:26 - Set up on the Upper Field
0:17:39 - Night 1 Observing
0:21:11 - Jupiter Occultation
0:26:36 - Alpine
0:32:29 - Night 2 Observing
0:36:49 - McDonald Observatory Tour, bus ride
0:38:35 - McDonald Observatory Tour, 107" Harlan J. Smith Telescope
0:42:08 - McDonald Observatory Tour, 443" Hobby-Eberly Telescope
0:50:18 - Night 3 Observing
0:57:29 - Upper Field, post thunderstorm
1:00:05 - Group Photo
1:01:37 - Visit with Owners of the Prude Ranch (Carruth Roost)
1:03:32 - Upper Field & wrap up.
A video by Jeremy Veldman, president of the Memphis Astronomical Society
Memphis Astronomical Society
www.memphisast...
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Notable videos:
Keynote Presentations and other star party videos
@DeepSkyDude
Night 1 - Larry Mitchell - bit.ly/3PQQLCQ
Night 2 - Jon Talbot - bit.ly/3ObITe6
Night 3 - Dr. Scott Bolton - bit.ly/3pNRdHi
Night 4 - Dr. Angela Speck - bit.ly/3O9QQjT
Night 5 - Dr. Alan Stern - bit.ly/46WfUSS
I took a picture of the bright new SUPERNOVA!
@AstroBackyard
bit.ly/3PT5XiJ
Texas Star Party
texasstarparty...
/ texasstarparty

[@JeffreyHoeper]

Nice video, Jeremy. Holy smokes! Those shots of the moon occulting Jupiter are amazing. By the way, I really enjoyed meeting you at the Arkansas Dark Sky Party. Jeff

[@JeremyVeldman]

Thanks Jeff! I enjoyed meeting you too! Clear skies for '24

[@billwright9518]

Great video, living in England, the nearest dark sky's are Wales, Scotland or going into Europe, light pollution is getting really bad. Keep up the good work 👍

[@JeremyVeldman]

Thanks! Maybe a little taste of what Lord Rosse had to deal with in the 19th Century (??). We've had a rough year for weather too, hopefully skies will clear up as we wind down the year.

[@MC-qe7op]

Hi! What are you using for the night vision shots? I was impressed with how well you can see galaxy silhouettes with that thing.

[@JeremyVeldman]

Thanks! It's a generation 3 NV I borrowed from a colleague.