Competitive Amateur Astronomy

OK, so there are no astronomy competitions in the Olympics :-(

What kind of astronomy competitions can people dream up? What are (or
would be) your favorite (actual or otherwise) competitive events to
attempt at a starparty? At a club observing session? For an online
astro-community? etc.

Bill Greer
To sketch is to see.

On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:27:02 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

OK, so there are no astronomy competitions in the Olympics :-(

What kind of astronomy competitions can people dream up? What are (or
would be) your favorite (actual or otherwise) competitive events to
attempt at a starparty? At a club observing session? For an online
astro-community? etc.

Timed reps, mounting and removing a 12" LX200 from a wedge.
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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com

wrote:
OK, so there are no astronomy competitions in the Olympics :-(

What kind of astronomy competitions can people dream up? What are (or
would be) your favorite (actual or otherwise) competitive events to
attempt at a starparty? At a club observing session? For an online
astro-community? etc.

Bill Greer
To sketch is to see.
Would restraint to start a fight at the drop of a hat, count to
winning that olympics?

wrote:
What kind of astronomy competitions can people dream up? What are (or

Number of hours continuous observing, switching between solar and
stellar as appropriate.

--
Glenn Holliday

If this were a few years ago, with film-based astrophotography, there could
be awards for most continuous hours of manual guiding.
--
Curtis Croulet
Temecula, California
33°27'59"N, 117°05'53"W

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What kind of astronomy competitions can people dream up?

Since we already have the ongoing competition of "who has the biggest
telescope," I suggest there be one for "who can see a given [faint] object
in the smallest aperture." How that can be verified is up to the judges,
not me. ;-)

Nekid human sundials?


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OK, so there are no astronomy competitions in the Olympics :-(

What kind of astronomy competitions can people dream up? What are (or
would be) your favorite (actual or otherwise) competitive events to
attempt at a starparty? At a club observing session? For an online
astro-community? etc.

Bill Greer
To sketch is to see.

Submarine races--- DUH!
(grin)

wrote in message
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OK, so there are no astronomy competitions in the Olympics :-(

What kind of astronomy competitions can people dream up? What are (or
would be) your favorite (actual or otherwise) competitive events to
attempt at a starparty? At a club observing session? For an online
astro-community? etc.

Bill Greer
To sketch is to see.

wrote in message
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OK, so there are no astronomy competitions in the Olympics :-(

What kind of astronomy competitions can people dream up? What are (or
would be) your favorite (actual or otherwise) competitive events to
attempt at a starparty? At a club observing session? For an online
astro-community? etc.

This is a "team" event:

How long you and your team can go in answering a newbie's question about
telescopes before your discussion devolves into a religious discussion on
what is the "best" type of telescope.

"katrinaxx" wrote in message
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Nekid human sundials?


wrote in message
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OK, so there are no astronomy competitions in the Olympics :-(

What kind of astronomy competitions can people dream up? What are (or
would be) your favorite (actual or otherwise) competitive events to
attempt at a starparty? At a club observing session? For an online
astro-community? etc.

Bill Greer
To sketch is to see.


Now, THAT seems to offer some interesting possibilities!!!

GO FOR IT!!!

Sharpen those pencils, Bill!!!

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