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glend
07-11-2016, 01:42 AM
About 1am I went out to the observatory to start an imaging run and the smoke hit me as soon as i opened the door. The sky was dull and you can see the smoke haze around the street lights in the distance. Luckily the observatory has a manual opening roof and it did not seem to smell to badly of smoke inside. I decided to bring the scope and camera back in the house to be safe. Obviously that kills the nights activities, which had looked so promising earlier. Luckily my scope has a tight fitting cap on the big end and the camera was mounted on the rear already, so no possibility of smoke on the optics.
I suppose the smoke came from the Karuah, Nelson Bay, and Cessnock fires. :mad2:

omegacrux
07-11-2016, 08:05 AM
It's a worry this early
I rang Mum and Dad last night , they live in Karuah all the roads blocked , they were getting important paperwork together just in case they had to leave , trouble is no where to leave to just the long Jetty

David

NoTan2
07-11-2016, 08:41 AM
The smell of smoke was quite strong here at midnight as well. Had a look outside and just went back to sleep.