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ICSTARS meets
the 501st Legion at Charity Event
ICSTARS Owners attended the local charity event, Launch Mission G19:1 in Warrensburg on Saturday, August 13th.

Darth Vader and a storm troopers from the local chapter of the 501st Legion (Vader's Fist) also attended.  The infamous characters enjoyed a few minutes to share astronomical stories.

ICSTARS hosted views of the sun through DayStar Solar Filters and later that night, offered views through the 16" Starmaster and 24" Starmaster telescopes.

In attendance were Grant Miller, Rick Owens, Fred Bruenjes and Jen Winter; all of Warrensburg, Missouri.


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Darth Vader accompanied by Storm trooper from the 501st Legion checked out the C-8 Telescope set-up by Grant Miller of Warrensburg.


This storm trooper describes a history of his work.
It turns out the trooper's history included work
assisting Clyde Tombaugh with photographic plates.

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The 501st Legion (Vader's fist) attended the charity event, Launch Mission G19:1 in Warrensburg on Saturday, August 13th. Darth Vader takes a quick look at the Sun in the DayStar Filter wheel, showing a prominence on the sun using a .4Å H alpha filter on 110mm telescope.

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Darth Vader took a quick peek at the sun through the Daystar .7Å H alpha solar filter on our 80mm telescope. This Storm trooper is very interested

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