Mt. Kobau Star Party Speaker

Southeastern view

Overlooking Lake Osoyoos

76 days until 2013 MKSP

Chris Beckett

Chris Beckett is from Nova Scotia where his family has a long history as mariners. He was taught celestial navigation at an early age, sparking an interest in astronomy. Since the age of 6 Chris has owned (and broken) a variety of telescopes. Today he enjoys traveling to dark locations and meeting other observers. Chris lives in Saskatchewan with his wife Rebecca.

2012 MKSP prizes were generously donated by the following sponsors.

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SPONSOR	DONATIONS
All Star Telescope	Skywatcher T-shirts (12 times)	All-Star coffee cup (2 times)
All Star Telescope	Bag-o-pens	Key chain light
All Star Telescope	Super tiger headlight	Energizer headlight
All Star Telescope	Celestron Outland 8x25 binos	Binos 10x42
All Star Telescope	KE 10mm ep	LE 9mm ep
All Star Telescope	SWA 7mm ep	Astronomy 2013 calendar (2 times)
Astronomical Society of the Pacific	Gift Membership ($55 value)	Tours of the Night Sky (CD and audio cassettes)
Astronomical Society of the Pacific	Cosmic Decoders (card game)
Dan Dixon (Software developer)	Voucher for free Universe Sandbox game (4 times)
Gary Seronik	Binocular Highlights (6 times)
Kalmback Publishing Co.	One year subscription to Astronomy Magazine
Software Bisque (Colleen Bisque)	$99 gift certificate
Sky and Telescope	SkyAtlas 2000.0	Pocket Sky Atlas (3 times)
Sandy Nagler- Tele Vue Optics	32mm Plossl
Vernon Telescope	6x30 binos	Mini-keychain light (2 times)
Vernon Telescope	Skywatcher T-shirt (3 times)	1 Olivon cap
H.R. MacMillan Space Centre (2 prizes)	Complimentary pass to the Space Centre
Khan Scope Centre (Ray Khan)	Green Laser Pointer