Pressies?

[sharpiel]

So what did Astro Santa bring you all?

[mynameiscd]

I asked Santa for cloud free nights.....

[Ausrock]

Forget it. Totally out of left field SWMBO gave me a pair of Celestron 70x15 binos..........of course it's cloudy with the odd drizzle patch.

:rolleyes:

[Atmos]

Astro Santa sent some clear skies tonight with quite reasonable seeing but he also sent 1,000,000,000,000 mosquitoes so after 20 minutes I’ve got dozens and dozens of bites :/

[multiweb]

Here you go. (http://www.cloudfreenight.com).
Merry Christmas. :xmas:

[sharpiel]

The rainy days are my fault. I brought the Lunt LS60 with me to the NSW mid north coast for a two day trip. My apologies to any that live around Taree...

[el_draco]

I just wanted him to come in range... both barrels loaded; coward didn't show :rolleyes:

[mynameiscd]

:xmas:


Good one Marc
but I think it worked.
Very clear here last night but I was too tired to set up.

Merry boxing day

[ZeroID]

Ready to launch.....

[sharpiel]

Good luck to them!

Is that you Brent?

[ZeroID]

Yep

[Lognic04]

A C8 + Vixen porta with nexus 2 and train and track! Loving it so far! :D

[bigjoe]

Dont have a chimney ..the rotter passed me by.
bigjoe

[LewisM]

Too close to Canberra airport, and ATC wouldn't give him a clearance.

[sharpiel]

He brought me nothing material either. I am getting to spend time with mum though and that's more important.

[sharpiel]

Maybe he heard rumours of those three new presents you bought yourself and got scared Rom style...?

[xelasnave]

Well I did get a couple of hours under a dark sky playing with my new gear and I was rather happy to get to do some photography.
Alex

[OICURMT]

Another (used) Celstron SCT OTA... Santa couldn't pass up the deal, as it was Fastar compatible at a great price. Haven't tested it yet, as snow, wind and clouds (along with -18C) are getting in the way.

One more in the collection... (when will I learn to stop :sadeyes:)

[Allan_L]

My son bought us a framed print (computer generated of course) of "The Night sky over Fairfield on the night we said 'I do". (40 years ago).

WOW, I said, but I couldn't confirm its accuracy, as I don't recall looking at the sky that night. :question:

Interesting, and very thoughtful gift, if not a talking point. :)

There's an opportunity to make money everywhere if you look hard enough I guess.
But I wonder if some copyright was mistreated.

[StuTodd]

I got AstroArt 6 on the laptop, just need some clear sky now...

[Wilso]

Got some me time Christmas night!

Used my Fsq, wide field eyepieces , the moon, a nip or two of Adelaide hills shaw and smith sav Blanc and a bit of Michael buble' playing in the back ground.
Doesn't get much better than this!

[AstralTraveller]

Would you believe that Mum got me a used Tak 1.25" prism diagonal and a Parks GS 15mm eyepiece? ;) Just what I wanted for my newish C-11. Not bad for an old girl who doesn't even use the internet :lol:.

BTW my sister just visited Hobbiton NZ and bought me a LOTR mug. It's black with the gold ring on it. When you put hot water in the mug fiery letters appear on the side. Neat. Apparently the 'feast fit for a hobbit' is not to be missed (or taken lightly).

[sharpiel]

Both those gifts sound brilliant. One day if I'm good maybe Santa will bring me one or both. I'll be good...I'll be good...

[beren]

:thumbsup: Cool, must get one :D


Was Santa to myself, after selling off some gear and months of saving a little triplet travel apo, a mount hub pro and a copy/subscription to Pixinsight. Got to say at this early stage Pixinsight is fantastic :)

[Boozlefoot]

I got a "Pets Taking Selfies" calendar. All I wanted was a LOTR mug. (Bring back Festivus!) When I was a kid I got a purple dragster with streamers on the handlebars, and all the other kids got 10 speed racers. Bitter, twisted, where is my precious............mind you the Dragster would be worth a fortune now, despite the bloody Sturmey Archer 3 speed gears.

[Rodstar]

Astronomically speaking, Santa delivered me a 2 xPowermate and a 3mm DeLite.

I also splashed out and bought myself for Chrissy a Sky Atlas Laminated Field Version (https://www.bintel.com.au/product/sky-atlas-2000-0-deluxe-laminated/) - which is absolutely HUGE!

Gearing up for my new SDM f/3.8 20 inch scope which (I hope) is only weeks away from delivery...

[wavelandscott]

Santa was good to me too...received a Terminagler, the astronomical hand grenade. Unfortunately sub zero cold and snow means it may be a while before I get a chance to try it out.