Up in western Victoria, really into photography but have wanted to get into space work, have been doing Milky Way work for about a year with just my camera and tripod.
Anyway - I have a good location available near here for dark DARK work, also happy to tag along with more knowledgable members!!
Super amazing night at Kinglake on Sunday night, the views were simply spectacular! Peter bought his 14" monster dob and saw some pretty amazing things. I managed to get some good data on the chicken neb, and in the mean time set up a 2 hour star trail pic (See attached, or see here for more details - http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...47#post1052947). Wish I lived somewhere dark now Cant wait for next time John
Nice photo Meru, I liked the green laser providing an point of interest
Thanks also for helping me out with getting Stellarium and EQMOD started. I am still sorting out my images for the night, but all I can say is when the sensor is running at 30c, it's pretty noisey!
Bo
great Photo Meru!
It was a wonderful night - thanks to John for his hospitality.
John was saying that I should warn people about the rapid onset of aperture fever before they look through the 14" Skywatcher
Peter
great Photo Meru!
It was a wonderful night - thanks to John for his hospitality.
John was saying that I should warn people about the rapid onset of aperture fever before they look through the 14" Skywatcher
Peter
Yes Peter, the view of Tarantula Nebula was nothing short of breathtaking through that dob.
Bo
No worries Bo, and thanks Peter. Yes I am still raving on about the view of the Tarantula to everyone... John was right, you should get us to sign the T's and C's before looking through hehe
After a lengthy contract overseas I'm back in the country and will be very interested in finally getting up to John's place sometime in the future. Glad the thread has had wheels and that gatherings are still occurring! Cheers, John.
Cant wait for next time John
