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Old 11-10-2017, 11:18 AM
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C'MON !! You have to pop down for one night !!

.......and bring a Spearmint Milkshake (with Malt) from that Cootamundra cafe that makes the great shakes (Helens Coffee Lounge)
Lol, I would drink it before I got to your place... Will try for the 21st, depends how I feel after a week with the grand kids....
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Old 11-10-2017, 07:54 PM
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Everywhere Phil goes - spearmint milkshake...
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Old 14-10-2017, 12:29 PM
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Just finished a phantom pack of most of the stuff, very tight squeeze.
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Old 20-10-2017, 03:10 PM
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Just finished a phantom pack of most of the stuff, very tight squeeze.
We shall call you Colin, the ghost who stargazes...
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Old 20-10-2017, 03:57 PM
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We shall call you Colin, the ghost who stargazes...
I’ll be there in spirit!
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Old 20-10-2017, 04:00 PM
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Spirits we got, people we need....
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Old 20-10-2017, 04:19 PM
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Bit far for me to travel for one night. Will spend more time in the car than in Yass!
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Old 20-10-2017, 04:42 PM
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Perfectly clear clear here at Cootamundra but a bit ordinary looking towards Yass...

See you all tomorrow evening.

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Old 20-10-2017, 04:46 PM
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Perfectly clear clear here at Cootamundra but a bit ordinary looking towards Yass...

See you all tomorrow evening.

Cheers
Actually tomorrow night in Yass looks pretty clear with good seeing.
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Old 20-10-2017, 05:22 PM
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Bit far for me to travel for one night. Will spend more time in the car than in Yass!
Fair point Colin, we can always do another weekend when the sky allows it...
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Old 22-10-2017, 09:05 AM
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Well, we did it - all 6 of us - and the clouds MOSTLY co-operated, but the seeing was, on a 0 to 10 scale, pretty ****e

I even managed to sneak in an in-situ camp chair nap while Phil and Fred (aka Matt) faffed around trying to see the Horsehead Nebula (Barnyard...errr...Barnard 33)

Still, 4 Tak scopes on the hill makes it officially Tak Attack 2017 done and dewed
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Old 22-10-2017, 09:17 AM
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Well, we did it - all 6 of us - and the clouds MOSTLY co-operated, but the seeing was, on a 0 to 10 scale, pretty ****e

I even managed to sneak in an in-situ camp chair nap while Phil and Fred (aka Matt) faffed around trying to see the Horsehead Nebula (Barnyard...errr...Barnard 33)

Still, 4 Tak scopes on the hill makes it officially Tak Attack 2017 done and dewed
Transparency was probably a little better than sydney. Lots of moisture in the air. But seeing should have been pretty good like here last night and a big chunk of the east coast.
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Old 22-10-2017, 11:15 AM
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I had largely the same experience in Heathcote on Friday night. Clouds mostly not around until 2am but the 30km/h wind destroyed the seeing a bit. No dew though!
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Old 22-10-2017, 11:34 AM
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A rather casual and sociable observing session....
the seeing was a bit all-over-the-place but reasonable at times...
I took along the monster sized FOA60 as well as the TEC Mak.

The other scopes were the TSA102S, TOA150 and the Mewlon 300.

Quite a few meteors streaking about though most were not of Orionid origin.
One smoking one went from zenith toward the Magellanics and bisected LMC nicely. Another went through my field of view as I watched N2070.

After quite a wait, M42 cleared enough to see the E & F stars in the TEC.

Time to start planning TA #4 in the dark skies of Coolah, NSW
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Old 22-10-2017, 08:18 PM
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I'm glad to hear you guys had some nice observing.

It's time to get serious though and ramp this thing back up again to the status that a Takahashi Star Party deserves.

Bring on 2018. Coolah will be open for observing.
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Old 23-10-2017, 08:09 AM
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Yes indeed Allan, who knows what scopes one might have to play with by then

I hear it may be possible to connect two Taks together to make a pair of binoculars

Just name the date, I have the motorhome packed already
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Old 23-10-2017, 12:48 PM
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Here's at least one shot from TA'17

(my TSA-102S on my SXP in the field, photographed by the Mafia Spy Ring)

Sorry to say Coona is just a little too far for me to go, especially when Yass is just 45 mins up the road.
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Old 23-10-2017, 01:00 PM
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Here's at least one shot from TA'17

(my TSA-102S on my SXP in the field, photographed by the Mafia Spy Ring)
Oooooh ... Astro Porn ... more pictures
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Old 23-10-2017, 01:04 PM
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See what I get when you send the Black Limo Col...backfires back at ya
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