Well now i’ve got a bit of time to organise my thoughts a bit more after winding down from IISAC2008..

Where to start!? It was a lot of fun.. In my opinion, star parties should be first and foremost about fun – about meeting likeminded people, about socialising, about making new friends, and reacquanting with old friends that you might only see once or twice a year at a star party.

For me, IISAC2008 achieved that. 

Yes, clear skies would’ve been nice. We were certainly blessed with clear skies (and a fantastic comet) in 2007 and 2006. But I don’t think it put a downer on the event – at least not too much :) After all, it’s the hobby we choose – we’re always at the mercy of the weather, and when you run an event like this you have to set the date and then hope for clear skies!

Being an online community, IceInSpace has members spread far and wide across the country and across the world. There are local groups that get together for observing nights, or that get together at their local astronomical society meets – but once a year it’s fantastic to get a large group from the IceInSpace community together with a single purpose, a common goal and a love for all things astronomy.

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