{"id":3573,"date":"2012-09-19T08:11:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T12:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/?p=3573"},"modified":"2012-09-19T08:12:23","modified_gmt":"2012-09-19T12:12:23","slug":"fallnstars-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/2012\/09\/fallnstars-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall’N’Stars in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>FallNStars is a star party held annually and jointly with the RASC
\nBelleville Centre and Kingston Centre.<\/p>\n

We switch leads each year to share the work and responsibility. 2012 was
\nour 13th annual, counting the inaugural DSNOS (Dark Sky Night Observing
\nSession) at Presquile Park in 2000.<\/p>\n

The event is basically the rental of an area (the Camp Sagonaska Boy
\nScout Camp in the Vandewater Conservation Area near Thomasburg Ontario)
\neach year in September, generally around a new moon weekend.<\/p>\n

Attendees can choose from weekend registration or a Saturday day pass.
\nTypical events include a opening rocket launch on Friday, swap meet on
\nSaturday along with a series of presentations in the afternoon, a group
\nphoto and a catered dinner.<\/p>\n

Observing opportunities are daytime Friday from noon on, Saturday all
\nday and Sunday morning; stellar observing Friday and Saturday nights.<\/p>\n

A main feature is the low cost of the event with low camp rental rates
\nand low dinner rates. The financial goal of the event is to not lose
\nmoney, as we are not out to make a lot of money. Profits or losses are
\nshared equally between Kingston and Belleville.<\/p>\n

Most people camp in tents or small trailers in the field with their
\nequipment, but there are also a limited number of bunks in the longhouse.
\nThe washroom facilities are primitive but we do our best to make your
\ntime spent there as inoffensive as possible <\/p>\n

Typical attendance is between 20 and 30 people. The longhouse capacity
\nfor dinner is approximately 36 comfortably with maybe 50 as a hard upper
\nlimit. The field can easily accommodate 75-100 campers if not more.<\/p>\n

Tree growth and increasing levels of light pollution is turning the
\nevent more and more into a social gathering moreso than a darksky
\nobserving session. The opportunity to see and share with others, their
\nequipment, techniques and knowledge are the big draw for many.<\/p>\n

A few years back Kingston did not have the volunteers needed to lead
\nduring our rotation, and Belleville stepped up to cover the gap. Thanks!<\/p>\n

We are proud that the event has continued for this long and hope that it
\ncontinues on into the future.<\/p>\n

Thanks to all of the volunteers over the years!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FallNStars is a star party held annually and jointly with the RASC Belleville Centre and Kingston Centre. We switch leads each year to share the work and responsibility. 2012 was our 13th annual, counting the inaugural DSNOS (Dark Sky Night Observing Session) at Presquile Park in 2000. The event is basically the rental of an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,12,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","category-travel","category-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3573\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}