Pony Club 28 December

[Shano592]

Any takers? Moon is scheduled to be a 20% waning crescent, setting around 10:20pm .

Of course, weather and PC events permitting.

I have my hand up. It has been entirely too long.

[GTB_an_Owl]

sorry Shane - i will be in Coffs till after new year sometime

geoff

[glend]

Hope your right about Thursday Allan L, as I will also have family staying at my place and it seems like eveytime my son comes down from Qld its cloudy and he's itching to have a look through the 16".

[Arthur Alchin]

Have an 8 day break from work starting the 25th so will be very interested in taking the scope on a date if one of those nights looks good and is a goer.

Will keep a check on the progress and see what is happening

[Inmykombi]

Sorry Arthur.... your 16 inch Orion scope has a date with me on that night :P

I will look forward to being there with my 10 inch finder scope....weather permitting....

Geoffro.

[Arthur Alchin]

2333 hrs, moonseed after 1000hrs

[Rick Petrie]

My scope is the 'Orion' Geoffro.;)

[Arthur Alchin]

Het rick
There's no dispute over which is the better scope, I'm happy to take second slot to the Orion, he just prefers size, not quality the Geoff fellow

[Inmykombi]

Whats that saying " quality not quantity " ? or is it " quantity not quality '?

Anyway, I could make it a double date with the Orion and the Skywatcher....:lol:

[Arthur Alchin]

At this stage 7 timer is painting a pretty picture for Saturday night, whilst as usual I won't put any faith in a meteorological organisation it is nice to think there might be a glimmer of hope for getting the scope out

[Inmykombi]

Any key holders going ?

I plan to be there around 7 to 7.30 ish.

[Irish stargazer]

Tempting. It has indeed been a long time since the scopes were out.

[Shano592]

Yeah, key holder here.

Looking to get there around the 6.30 mark on Saturday evening.

Tempted to slide on up there tonight, too.

[Arthur Alchin]

Usually get there early, about 1630-1700 hrs, will wait for the first key holder to arrive.

Anyone on the radio?? Channel 11 is where I'll be sitting,

Will only have the 16" with me

[Inmykombi]

I will be leaving at 6 pm. Arrival about 7 pm.

[Rick Petrie]

Lookin' good for tonight.:D
Come on all those closet people and brush the cobwebs off the scope and rock along for an end of year bash.
Planning on arrival at about 7.00ish too.:)

[Irish stargazer]

should be there by 7.45pm :stargaze:

[Arthur Alchin]

Scope packed, ladder packed, base packed, eyepieces packed, leaving between 1630 and 1700 hrs.

Channel 11 uhf or phone (have telstra)

[Inmykombi]

Packing now,
See ya there Arthur.

[Irish stargazer]

Only managed to get one semi-decent picture due to the murk that set in around 11pm last night.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3739/11614094566_6226a469b3_k.jpg

Thanks to everyone that showed up last night.

[Mattg]

Thanks for having me last night, pity we lost the sky after a promising start. When I arrived home just after 1 it was clear at Epping so I set up in the backyard until 3:30. Magically clear and the best seeing I've had at home. The heavy dew finished about 2am. Spent my time looking in Crux and Centaurus. Thanks again for the advice, friendliness, viewing and alcohol.

[Rick Petrie]

Pleasure to have you on board Matt and glad you had a good time.
Pity about the sky bombing out so early :( but wasn't too bad up until stumps, and good that you got some better seeing in at home later. Great sharp shot there John.
It was good to also catch up with the regulars for the last gathering this year and what more can I say but 'clear skies for 2014'.:)
Happy and safe New Year to all.

[Allan]

That's a beautiful picture John, nice little horsie there as well. What gear did you use?

Sorry I wasn't there, all the Christmas riff raff are still at my house. See you next year though.

[Irish stargazer]

Hi Allan

Canon 7D and a 24-105L lens on a Vixen Polarie. 18 x 1 minute frames stacked.

[Allan]

John, I looked through your other photos. Your moon pics are great, and that wider field Centaurus A looks really cool. Thanks for sharing.

[Irish stargazer]

Thanks Allan;)