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Originally Posted by erick
Good things come to those who wait? Great report, pgch...(edit ) Congrats on the great session.
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Thanks! I'll bet my life that the next clear sky will be on a full moon 100 years after I'm dead, as per usual, Melbourne style. Living in a sub-arctic maritime climate which is identical to the Svalbards really sucks.
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Originally Posted by Rob_K
Nice report pgch (who's Sab? )!!
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It's a mystery to me....
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Glad you got some clear skies. Some good objects there, hope you get more opportunities!
Cheers -
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I have a saying....Every clear sky in Melbourne is 1000 years overdue.
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Originally Posted by Moon
It was a great night. No moon. No dew. Almost zero clouds. Not too cold, just a bit of wind like you mentioned.
Due to our recent run of bad weather, I also made the most of it until some clouds rolled in from the west at around 2:30 / 3:00 followed by a nice sleep in Sunday morning
I observed and/or imaged many similar targets as above, such as M20, M8, M17, M16, plus NGC 55 for the first time.
Let's hope for some more weather like that some time soon.
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I got those clouds at about 3:30am, so it was more or less a full night. Any sooner and I would've dropped a few million F-bombs big time. As far as no dew, no moon and relatively ok seeing, and most of the night cloud free in Melbourne goes, it was a 1 in Million.
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Great report pgc ! I'm glad you had some clear sky for a change, mind you 150,000 years of Melbourne cloud is a bit much ! If you recall it was clear sky's for 2 days back in '84 !
Nice detailed report
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Yeah my patience expired 149,999 years and 11 months ago. Great to be back at the eyepiece after all the time, but it's over all too soon.
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Originally Posted by Lismore Bloke
Excellent report PGC. You are seeing some seriously faint magnitudes. I wish I had your eyesight!!
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Thanks! My eyesight is actually really crappy, infact i't almost as crap as Melbourne's Iceland-like weather. Things 2 metres away become blurry. THe faintest star I was is mag 15.9 (see report), it takes alot of patience and perseverance to see. It's surprising how much more one see after 5-10 minutes studying the field as opposed to a quick glance. i also had a dark hood over my head which probably helped.
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Attached is a PDF of the area around 7012, made from the CNebulaX program. Hope it helps identify some of the faint fuzzies. Cheers, Paul.
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Thanks for helping out, but it turns out that the galaxy in question is not actually plotted on that chart.
Cheers!