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CURRENT MOON
Waxing Gibbous 88.5%
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26-12-2007, 06:41 PM
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Sir Post a Lot!
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Gosford, NSW, Australia
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It was supposed to be clear tonight!
After a partly cloudy morning, a beautiful clear and sunny sky all afternoon, it was looking good for the overhead ISS pass tonight, a massive -2.5 mag pass almost directly overhead (81deg).
I was also keen for some lunar and Mars imaging, it's been a long time since we've had clear skies!
But what's this? The clouds are starting to come over now..
satellite
They'd better go away by 9:15pm!
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26-12-2007, 07:12 PM
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6000 post club member
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Welcome to my world.
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26-12-2007, 07:19 PM
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Its only a column of dust
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: New Iceland
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enraging. Here it was crystal clear all day, now it's 7/8th altostratus.
I plan to view Saturn in the morning so all this crud better bugger off.
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26-12-2007, 07:42 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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I plan on getting outside tonight with my you beaut new binoculars,
and look at the street lights.
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26-12-2007, 08:08 PM
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Sir Post a Lot!
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hmm maybe i'll be lucky.. just over an hour to go and it's still patchy but clear.
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26-12-2007, 08:12 PM
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Moderator
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You gonna try some prime imaging on it Mike or a widefield?
I've got friends over so we're gonna just do a visual.
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26-12-2007, 08:18 PM
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aka. - Geoff
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Caboolture, Australia
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I thought I was supposed to be a millionaire by now, but it didn't happen. Moving on.
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26-12-2007, 08:37 PM
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Sir Post a Lot!
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Both, Andrew.. if I'm lucky
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26-12-2007, 08:58 PM
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Unfortunately...the 7-day forecast here is for cloud and showers...
It will no doubt clear the day I go back to work.
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26-12-2007, 09:07 PM
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Live long and prosper
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Brisbane
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Well, Christmas Eve I got about 3/4 of an hour of clear sky...just enough time to see Mars and take a snap of the moon to impress the rellies on Christmas Day and that was it...all it's been for weeks now...
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26-12-2007, 09:30 PM
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Sir Post a Lot!
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Man that was bright! And there was a satellite on the same trajectory on a few seconds ahead of it.. not the shuttle, I wonder what it was.
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26-12-2007, 09:31 PM
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Sir Post a Lot!
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WOW I'm just looking through the avi I captured, I got some frames! Yeh baby!
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26-12-2007, 09:51 PM
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Oh wow that was bright, it flared at one stage which really freaked the guys out, it was the first time they'd seen it.
Also saw the other two satellites in the same trajectory.
Great show !
Can't wait to see what you got Mike.
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26-12-2007, 09:59 PM
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Futurist
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Gold Coast QLD Australia
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I am so sick of the sky here recently. We haven't had a decent night for at least a few months. It's just constant cloud. What have we Queenslanders done to deserve this????
It's more frustrating because I have just bought a new scope, don't know when first light will come.
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27-12-2007, 02:54 AM
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Its only a column of dust
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Join Date: Aug 2007
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well surprise surprise - after clear all day, its cloudy. Yeah
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27-12-2007, 07:12 AM
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Support your local RFS
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I had a nice clear night last night, the first in months. Captured a few images and had a beautiful view of the ISS whizzing over as well.
Our fluffy friends arrived around 1:00 am to spoil the show as usual and I was packed up and in bed by 1:45 am. Still it was great to get out.
Cheers
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27-12-2007, 03:58 PM
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Retired, damn no pension
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= oxymoron
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28-12-2007, 09:08 AM
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~Dust bunny breeder~
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forgotten what my telescope looks like
either too busy, too tired or too cloudy...
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28-12-2007, 11:38 AM
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Sir Post a Lot!
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Or too many flies about
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28-12-2007, 11:43 AM
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