TRIP FOR THE NIGHT OF THE STARS

First arrival at McClellan-Palomar airport (KCRQ) is 4:05 local time.

Here is our little team Luc our pilot, scientific expert and journalist, Joanne and me (Mia) journalists for our expedition to Mount Palomar almost arrived at their destination finally almost !

Problem the keys of the helicopter that Luc must then use are not there !

Whoever dropped off the Bell 206 left with it by mistake.

Satisfaction all the same because undoubtedly the Mont Palomar awaits us, to us the stars !

After a telephone contact we are authorized to land near the observatory to leave the standard landing zone (zone H) free in case another helicopter needs to come on site.

Before installing on board the Bell 206, Luc as a good Pilot weighs everything!, because there are three of us on board plus the equipment and in the event of overweight, safety would be engaged.

Yes hard for me because my wardrobes will stay in the jet, but that's the price of safety.

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Takeoff and after a short flight here we are at Mount Palomar.

As soon as we arrived, at work, but what a joy to be there, what an unobstructed view of a cloudless blue sky that promises us success.

We have installed photo equipment outside to do astrophotography.

Night falls with it, the magic of the stars begins.

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 I attach  to this article some photos taken on the spot but, for technical reasons on our online newspaper it is not possible to deposit high resolution versions, part of our readers are with smartphones, others with a connection not top.....

However, I hope you will be amazed by the beauty of the sky and the stars, the images speak for themselves.

We would like to thank the whole team who received us and welcomed us so well and without whom our expedition would not have been the same.

I am composing this article on my laptop sitting in the back of the jet, hoping that this expedition carried out for you, our readers, will make you discover a starry sky which is too often invisible to citizens living in cities where observation is almost impossible.