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Old 29-10-2012, 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Jen http://www.iceinspace.com.au/vbiis/i...s/viewpost.gif
Do we have an eclipse countdown clock anywhere yet i think i need one .[/QUOTE]

If you want one to the millisecond try this:
http://www.eclipse2012.org.au/
But don't use it in the final few minutes it counts down to a few minutes too early - but they have promised to fix it.
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Old 29-10-2012, 09:48 PM
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For all of you that would like to meet and greet a few IIS members there is an after party @ 1pm onwards at Palm Cove check out the thread for details hope to see you there

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...522#post909522

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Old 30-10-2012, 08:33 AM
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Northern Deep Sky Objects

The attached file lists Northern Deep Sky Objects that are visible on the nights before and after the eclipse.
All of these 65 objects were seen by William and/or John Herschel (WH & jh) with an 18.5 inch speculum reflector.
The list includes 7 northern Messier objects. All up there are 5 planetary nebulae, 7 nebulae, 17 galaxies and 36 open clusters.
M31 and the double cluster will be high in the sky.

The data comes from http://www.klima-luft.de/steinicke/ngcic/ngcic_e.htm
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Old 31-10-2012, 01:05 PM
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just found this little gem - another spot off the list:

Ballot for best eclipse view
Melanie Petrinec

Saturday, October 27, 2012

© The Cairns Post



PORT Douglas residents are vying for the opportunity to see next month's solar eclipse from one of the best vantage points in the Far North.

Cairns Regional Council is conducting a ballot for 100 local people to receive two tickets to view the eclipse on November 14 from the stairway to the headland on the northern end of Four Mile Beach.

Police and the council have determined the popular lookout area only has a safe viewing capacity of 200 people, so decided a ballot was the best way forward.

"It is a wonderful opportunity for quite a number of very lucky people to hopefully have a spectacular view of the total solar eclipse," Division 10 councillor Julia Leu said.

"It is important for locals because we have to unfortunately limit the number of people who would want to go up on the headland via our stairway. We have only recently upgraded and improved that."

The stairway to the headland ballot is just one of many activities planned in Port Douglas around the eclipse.

Cr Leu said there would be evening markets for three days before the event featuring bands, music and food organised by the Port Douglas Chamber of Commerce.

"We have been working on this for some time trying to maximise not only local enjoyment, but visitor enjoyment in the area," she said.

On November 10, a unique game combining football, soccer and cricket will be played as part of the festivities.

Application forms to view the eclipse from the headland are available from www.cairns.qld.gov.au or the council’s Mossman administration office. Entries close November 2.
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Old 01-11-2012, 12:49 AM
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Time to hit the road

Sorry, I haven't been able to spend much time on IIS this past month. My web site clocked up 35783 page views for October and those generated a fair number of inquiries. Add to this the administration and organization of my viewing site which has more than 300 coming to it and I've been struggling to cope with 200-400 email per week workload.

Tomorrow I hit the road : -
Canberra - Dubbo - Walgett - St George - Roma - Emerald - Townsville - Cairns (on Sunday)

Good luck and clear skies to all.

Have a great eclipse.

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Old 01-11-2012, 06:54 AM
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the view from the Cairns esplanade at 6.30am
http://www.gorgecreekorchards.com.au/nade011112.jpg
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Old 01-11-2012, 11:19 AM
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Palmerville Station owners charged with murder

In 2010, I posted about the Palmerville Track and Palmerville Station having a long
history of disputes and as I mentioned at the time, "so to avoid disappointment,
I would not recommend setting off there as one may be turned back."

See http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...lle#post626267

Palmerville Station lays directly along the eclipse centerline.

Now there appears to be a new chapter in the colorful saga of disputes with the
husband and wife Palmerville Station owners being arrested two days ago and charged
with "with one count each of murder and improper conduct with a corpse."

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Originally Posted by carins.com.au
The arrest comes almost four months after Mr Schuler, 48, disappeared while prospecting with three friends along the Palmer River, west of Cooktown, on July 9.

His friends last saw him about 10.30am that day and police spent weeks searching the large 1200sq km station and nearby goldfields.
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Far Northern Region regional crime co-ordinator Det Insp Bruno Asnicar confirmed yesterday Mr Schuler's body still had not been found and made a fresh appeal to the community to come forward with information into his disappearance.

He echoed earlier calls for information from people who may have previously been the subject of threats or intimidation from anyone in the Palmerville area.

The accused pair are due to appear in the Cairns Magistrates' Court this morning.
Story here -
http://www.cairns.com.au/article/201...ocal-news.html

Story here -
http://www.cairns.com.au/article/201...ocal-news.html

Police media conference video here -
http://mypolice.qld.gov.au/cairns/20...s-palmerville/
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Old 01-11-2012, 11:24 AM
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In 2010, I posted about the Palmerville Track and Palmerville Station having a long
history of disputes and as I mentioned at the time, "so to avoid disappointment,
I would not recommend setting off there as one may be turned back."

See http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...lle#post626267

Palmerville Station lays directly along the eclipse centerline.

Now there appears to be a new chapter in the colorful saga of disputes with the
husband and wife Palmerville Station owners being arrested two days ago and charged
with "with one count each of murder and improper conduct with a corpse."





Story here -
http://www.cairns.com.au/article/201...ocal-news.html

Story here -
http://www.cairns.com.au/article/201...ocal-news.html

Police media conference video here -
http://mypolice.qld.gov.au/cairns/20...s-palmerville/
there are lots of dangerous things up there - crocs, death adders, now this i just want a nice spot to image and view the eclipse
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Old 01-11-2012, 06:15 PM
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I've abandoned my plan to drive up from Sydney to Cairns partly because of the sheer distance, but mostly because if I wasn't able to drive for one of the days (e.g. because the van wouldn't start, or didn't feel well enough to drive) then I'd either have to push myself to drive unpleasantly large number of kilometers per day.

Instead I'm flying to Townsville, staying there a couple of nights, and then getting the train from Townsville to Cairns (http://www.queenslandrail.com.au/) as it's cheaper than flying directly to Cairns.
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Old 05-11-2012, 08:35 PM
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I've abandoned my plan to drive up from Sydney to Cairns partly because of the sheer distance, but mostly because if I wasn't able to drive for one of the days (e.g. because the van wouldn't start, or didn't feel well enough to drive) then I'd either have to push myself to drive unpleasantly large number of kilometers per day.

Instead I'm flying to Townsville, staying there a couple of nights, and then getting the train from Townsville to Cairns (http://www.queenslandrail.com.au/) as it's cheaper than flying directly to Cairns.
thats quite an adventure
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Old 05-11-2012, 11:03 PM
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In 2010, I posted about the Palmerville Track and Palmerville Station having a long
history of disputes and as I mentioned at the time, "so to avoid disappointment,
I would not recommend setting off there as one may be turned back."

See http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...lle#post626267

Palmerville Station lays directly along the eclipse centerline.

Now there appears to be a new chapter in the colorful saga of disputes with the
husband and wife Palmerville Station owners being arrested two days ago and charged
with "with one count each of murder and improper conduct with a corpse."





Story here -
http://www.cairns.com.au/article/201...ocal-news.html

Story here -
http://www.cairns.com.au/article/201...ocal-news.html

Police media conference video here -
http://mypolice.qld.gov.au/cairns/20...s-palmerville/
So.... we can view from there now?

That's terrible though. Can't help but think some eclipse goers dodged a bullet there though. Literally. :S
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Old 06-11-2012, 03:52 PM
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So.... we can view from there now?

That's terrible though. Can't help but think some eclipse goers dodged a bullet there though. Literally. :S
It is a terrible story.

It is also not hard to envisage that some eclipse goers, perhaps coming from the
other side of the world, ignorant of the station's colorful history, might still roll up
there without permission, blissfully unaware of the recent turn of events and
never realize how lucky they might be.

The massive cattle property had been declared a crime scene back in mid-July.

They had employed an indigenous police tracker, mounted police, quad bikes,
the dog squad, police divers, the Special Emergency Response Team, SES
volunteers and aircraft to search for the body.

The terrain is difficult and rugged.

The inspector in charge had said at the time "please stay away from
Palmerville Station - we still are up there controlling it and conducting searches."


Since they have not found the body, it will undoubtedly still be a crime scene
and police would likely be looking for evidence.

If one had observed from there, ideally it would have been in reasonable proximity of
the house as the center line passes very close to it.

When we first considered going there a couple of years back, before contacting the
owners, we spent several days Googling to find out more about the station.
The more we looked the more we discovered that the property owners were
notorious for deterring fossickers and 4WD tourists. Some reported in online forums
of having been confronted with guns.

Police have appealed to those who may have been intimidated in the past to come
forward.

Between 1873 and 1879, the Palmer River goldfield was the richest alluvial
field ever found on the continent. Even in those days, if one Googles the newspapers
of the time, Palmerville had a bloody history, including multiple murders and lynch-law
hangings. One of the roads that crosses the station is still called Cannibal Creek Road.

How many people have died in the history of the world whilst in the search of gold,
nobody will ever know.

I had recommended a couple of years back that it would be unwise to go there.
For the time being and for the purposes of the eclipse, my advice would still
hold true because of its crime scene status.

As a footnote, here is a very interesting story about Queensland's last police tracker,
Barry Port, now 70, who was brought in to help in the search -
http://www.news.com.au/national/hunt...-1226427461934

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Old 06-11-2012, 07:36 PM
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i've now add to my web page http://www.gorgecreekorchards.com.au/solar_eclipse.html live snapshots of a Davis Vantage Pro plus console.
To see if the temps, uv, bar etc changes during eclipse/Totality

please comment if i need to do anything else ?
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Old 06-11-2012, 08:12 PM
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i've now add to my web page http://www.gorgecreekorchards.com.au/solar_eclipse.html live snapshots of a Davis Vantage Pro plus console.
To see if the temps, uv, bar etc changes during eclipse/Totality

please comment if i need to do anything else ?
Thank you cyclone. That's fantastic! I think I could speak on behalf of everyone and thank you so much for your efforts.

Best Regards

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Old 06-11-2012, 08:52 PM
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Some charts generated in Starry Night are attached - might help in identifying bright stars and planets during totality. PANSTARRS is shown as a challenge to imagers! Time on each should be 6:41am, SN added DST.

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Thanks Rob, will be nice to see Venus and Saturn.
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Old 07-11-2012, 08:58 AM
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Thanks Rob, will be nice to see Venus and Saturn.
Cheers Mike, yes Venus particularly should be a stand-out! Marking the comet is a bit of a joke, but you never know. Miloslav Druckmuller, the 'god' of corona photography, has got stars down to mag 11 in some of his shots. And who knows what little SOHO comets might be about on eclipse day?
http://www.zam.fme.vutbr.cz/~druck/eclipse/
http://www.zam.fme.vutbr.cz/~druck/e...mo1/0-info.htm
http://www.zam.fme.vutbr.cz/~druck/e...m_1/0-info.htm
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Old 07-11-2012, 10:00 AM
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A murder mystery, a total eclipse, strangers congregating from everywhere – sounds like something Agatha Christie would have come up with…
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I hope the weather forecast improves for all you guys heading to Cairns. Today Accuweather was forecasting showers for Cairns to Port Douglas and inland...

Fingers crossed it improves.

...but there's always the after eclipse party!

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i've now add to my web page http://www.gorgecreekorchards.com.au/solar_eclipse.html live snapshots of a Davis Vantage Pro plus console.
To see if the temps, uv, bar etc changes during eclipse/Totality

please comment if i need to do anything else ?

The Davis Vantage Pro is in Mareeba? I found the humidity is as high as 100% at night time. Would it be foggy in the early morning?
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