North Casino November

[glenc]

If it is fine lets try Friday 17/11 and if Friday is cloudy lets try Saturday 18/11. Let me know if this is not suitable.
Unfortunately astro twilight ends late at 20:50.
I have a 12" dob now and everything is 40% brighter. :)

[CoombellKid]

Sounds good to me Glen,

Are we still going to look at heading up the Alex place?

Did you see the deal going in the Buy And Sell forum, 12" dob with Argo Narvis $1000.00!!

regards,CS sunny days

Rob

[glenc]

Alex is living in Sydney for a while.
Must try fitting my Magellan decoders to the 12".
Have only had 1 clear night since I bought it.
I think if everyone in Oz bought a scope they could break the drought!
;)

[CoombellKid]

I've had one observing evening since you guy's came over. All this year in
northern NSW the skies have been pretty crappy : (

Rob

[mattweather]

wat about ballina and alstonville? never had astro party at all in the area? Maybe u love casino so obbsessive, casino pet

[glenc]

The 28 day forecast says there is a low chance of rain on Sat 18/11.
http://weather.smh.com.au/local.jsp?lt=aploc&lc=2960
Will they be right?
Fri nt looks better than Sat according to the above but its too early to say.

[CoombellKid]

Here's hoping!!!

Are you going to catch the Mercury transit on Thursday? Have taken
the day off to try and catch it. Hoping this weather settles down
a lil so I can try some imaging through the PST.

regards,CS sunny days

Rob

[glenc]

Will watch Hg if its fine.
Forecast says clearing shower.

[CoombellKid]

If it's clear I should be able to catch the whole event from here. O'l sol
will have just cleared the tree line to the east.

And wolah! I might get a chance today, looks like it's going to be a
nice day!

regards,CS sunny days

Rob

[GrahamL]

I'm good for one of those nights the other is a x-mass party for wifes work so I'll be busy in deep conversation ( :drink:).. on a river cruise
..must find out which night it is .. I'd rather have be looking at the sky .. but
can't weazel out of it I'm afraid :mad2:

[xelasnave]

yes I am in Sydney went back up on the weekend and back again. I had a similar problem Glen I remeber dragging it in and out in and out but that was the neat thing..you can. Got to covering the whole sky in about 30 minutes ..not even I go that fast normally but just to see everything thru it ..well I bet you know what I mean. Good luck with it and any Mercury Trans participants.
alex

[glenc]

Nice and clear last night, got to use the 12" again.
Looks fine for the weekend.

[GrahamL]

I'm good for either night now .

[xelasnave]

I hope to get back..maybe with a new eq6.. I just cant come to grips that I will spend more on a mount than I would on a car..
If it looks clear I may buy one on Monday but the way things are shaping up down here (Sydney) I can not see that I can continue my happy life up there as a hermit star gazzer... heck a lot has happened to the world whilst I was gone.
alex

[glenc]

Both nights are fine with me. Come whenever it suits you.

[CoombellKid]

Either night is ok for me at this stage, although weather wise Saturday is looking more promising

regards,CS sunny days

Rob

[glenc]

Forecast says
Fri Possible Shower and
Sat Mostly sunny.
http://weather.smh.com.au/local.jsp?lt=aploc&lc=2960

[xelasnave]

The eq6 may have to wait they wiegh 100lbs that will be fun in the train for old git with a hernia.. I might go to the Sydney one however if as it seems I cant get up ..if I dont get the mount and can leave here I will fly back for a change
Hope it all goes well
alex

[glenc]

ok
clear skies

[glenc]

Looks like Saturday night is the best bet, if that is ok with everyone.
The last two nights have been good.

[CoombellKid]

Sounds good to me

[GrahamL]

yep saturdays good ...little brisk out your way tonight guys ?

[glenc]

Please bring some good eyepieces.
Thanks

[CoombellKid]

I'll bring along 14mm & 10mm XW's + 20mm t5.

Yup Graham, she was a lil nippy 3:30am this morning, almost put a fire on.
Looking quite nice out here tonight, got the scope cooling, coffee brewing.
It be about the second or third time I've been out since you guys were here.

Glen I'll head over to your place around sundown. I'll have to check back
through the threads on how to get to your place. Looking forward to
spending sometime with your GSO 12" dob. Never really checked one out
before, I'm sure I've probably looked through one up at Astrofest.

Anyways I'll see you guy's tomorrow.

regards,CS sunny days

Rob

[GrahamL]

27 pano and 13 nagler in the box to go;).. did we have a peek through the 10mm last time rob I don't remember?.

Little cloudy on the coast tonight .. its been very clear most of the week but always a late night.. last night looked great about 11.30
but just couldn't go another night with 4 hours sleep :zzz:

sunset it is ,will check in late arvo

take care

[CoombellKid]

I dont think we did through Glen's scope. Just the 14mm and the Nagler.

Just come in, we have a bit of clou coming through from the south west. I've
tarped everything as I will dont he usual and be up between 3-4am, get a
look at M42 when it's higher, and a gander at Saturn amoung other things.

Will check in tomorrow arvo as well.

Cheers, c'ya's tomorrow

Rob

[glenc]

Those eyepieces are great.
Bring a list of things you want to see, if you like.
I will have a laptop connected to an old very faint CRT monitor.
You can use my 10" & 12" dobs.
Sunset is 7:20, astro twilight ends at 8:50pm.
I suggest you come sometime between those two.

[CoombellKid]

Sorry guy's I'm going to have to pull out of tonight, due to unforseen circumstances.

Hope you all have a great night, looking like a good one!!

regards,CS sunny days

Rob

[glenc]

ok Rob.

[GrahamL]

hows it look out your way glen ?

[glenc]

Nice blue sky, no clouds, some smoke to the south but it's not a problem.

[CoombellKid]

Pretty smokey down here.

Rob

[GrahamL]

leaving soon.

[GrahamL]

great night out .. we looked at a lot over a few hours
plenty of galaxies.. it was a pretty clear night ,bit of smoke around
but very clear all the same ,thanks glen the 12 '' is a great scope :)

[CoombellKid]

Good to hear Graham, wish I could have made it. But the missus needed the
car and I had to look after the kids. I didn't bother trying last night, too
smoky out this way, although it cleared a bit to the south later. Looked like
a reasonable size fire towards Coraki.

Glen, did Andrew (aka, astro_south) get a hold of you, he was keen on a
quick trip south of the border last night.

Could be keen on a get together next Friday night, if you guy's are up to it.
There will be a three day old moon out and about for the first part. What
do you guy's think.

regards,CS sunny days

Rob

[glenc]

Next Fri nt is fine with me.

[GrahamL]

maybe from me , I have to go to brisbane to pick up a boat sometime

your scope does sure pick up a lot more glen, its not as obvious without
the 10" to compare , but from home last night that small galaxy
in andomeda near the star (400?) was just visible in mine
and clearly in yours.

[astro_south]

Rob,

I got onto Glen, but after getting off the phone, time got away from me and I had to decide that it would be too much of a rush to get packed and down there before dark.

I will see how I am travelling for Friday, but I am sure we are doing something Saturday morning which will require me to be here :( Sounds like last Saturday night was great - always the way.

[glenc]

Graham, the galaxy in And was 404.
Graham, Andrew and Rob, hope you can make it.

[CoombellKid]

Hi guy's

Sorry been away for a day or two. Np's guy's who ever is keen, or can make it. Just let me know, otherwise see you out here.

Rob

[CoombellKid]

Still looking good for tomorrow night, being Friday. Will check in tomorrow afternoon with a weather update.

Regards,CS sunny days

Rob

[glenc]

Looks likes some hot clear days ahead.

[glenc]

It's clearing up but still half cloudy.

[CoombellKid]

Yeah I thought it started to look promising there for a lil while, compared
to this morning and most of today. We have 50/50 patchy cloud here,
coming in from the SSE with more behind. Been warm though especially
yesterday up at the Mill.

regards,CS sunny days

Rob

[GrahamL]

Can't make it guys ,I have some rewireing(trailer plug ) to take care of tonight.. you know early this afternoon it looked pretty iffy .. now its looking pretty good on the coast most of the cloud is gone 95 % clear .

have fun :)

[CoombellKid]

Np's Graham,

Dont think it's going to get to much better for awhile here. I think I'll
setup ready for possibly an early morning call. LMC will be nice and
high.

Here's what it's looking like here S, W, N & E

regards,CS

Rob

PS: sounds like we need to use your driveway lol, not sure how it looks
at Glens, but looking north from here it dont look much better.

PPS: I would offer tomorrow/Saturday but unfortunately it will be beer
and rugby.

[glenc]

Still clearing here. Eastern half is clear and west half clear.

[CoombellKid]

No good here pretty much 100% cloud cover now.

Might been keen for Sunday night, no work monday : )

Rob

[glenc]

Full cloud here too, Sunday is ok except the moon might be a problem.

[CoombellKid]

Unfortunately yes, and it wont set until just after midnight. any obscure doubles on ya list?

Rob