ballaratdragons
25-12-2006, 12:05 AM
For those of you that aren't going to bed yet, you can see Santa through most Telescopes and even some Binoculars.
His co-ords for most of Australia will be low in the East at approximately 8 degrees above the horizon, heading westerly in an erratic zig-zag pattern. He will vary from Mag 6 down to Mag 9, so the hunt won't be easy. Start looking at about 0130 hours local time.
Sorry to say that tracking with GoTo's will not work as no-one has bothered to write his path into the Sky Programs. Those of you with a keen eye may be able to track him Manually. Alt/Az is the best for this. In previous years it has been discovered that EQ's have a hard time.
I look forward to seeing the results from anyone capturing pics of this annual event.
Good luck and happy hunting!
His co-ords for most of Australia will be low in the East at approximately 8 degrees above the horizon, heading westerly in an erratic zig-zag pattern. He will vary from Mag 6 down to Mag 9, so the hunt won't be easy. Start looking at about 0130 hours local time.
Sorry to say that tracking with GoTo's will not work as no-one has bothered to write his path into the Sky Programs. Those of you with a keen eye may be able to track him Manually. Alt/Az is the best for this. In previous years it has been discovered that EQ's have a hard time.
I look forward to seeing the results from anyone capturing pics of this annual event.
Good luck and happy hunting!