Cambroon 10/04/10

[astroron]

The next Cambroon Astro Night will be held on the weekend of 9-11 April:)
If you are coming for the first time, see Sticky at the top of this forum, or see the new Cambroon Web Site at http://cambroon.gtbastrowise.com.au/
I hope the weather will be kind to us after such poor few months astronomicaly speaking:sadeyes:
I hope to catch up with you all again after such a long time:astron::stargaze:

[jjjnettie]

I hope to be able to make it Ron.:)

[DavidTrap]

And now there's another cyclone coming - Cyclone Paul - expected to come in from Arnhem Land and down through the Gulf...

DT

[[1ponders]]

Ron are you talking Fri Sat (9th, 10th), Sat Sun (10th 11th) or Sun, Mon (11th 12th)? :shrug:


:thumbsup:
update:Cheeers Ron

[astroron]

Paul I have adjusted the dates, I had a Doh! moment:sadeyes:
The Dates are if anyone wants to come on Friday the 9th till Sunday the 11th of April:)
All are welcome:thumbsup:

[adman]

damn - foiled again. I am away the week after Easter - but will try to be back for the saturday night if I can swing it....

Adam

[[1ponders]]

Ok should be able to fit a night in there somewhere :D

[RobF]

Hi Ron!
I'll be doin' my best to get there.
Seems like ages since last at Cambroon - July last year I think. Whew.

[lesbehrens]

hi.
hope to make up.
cant wait.
les

[astroron]

Yea Rob, it has been a while, I hope to see you and Les in 10 days time:thumbsup:

[Tandum]

Me too ... I'll need to service the old trailer though. It's looking a bit shabby after sitting out there in all that rain :(

[AlexN]

See what I can do Ron... Fingers crossed...

[astroron]

Wish for good weather people:sunny::sunny:we deserve it

[DavidTrap]

Here's hoping Ron,

I thought that Cyclone might be heading west over the NT, but the latest forecast has it heading back into the Gulf. We seem to collect the very end of the cloud bands from these cyclones...

I'm not trying to be negative - but living in SEQ with an Astronomy habit is proving disappointing lately...

Not sure what my plans are the for the weekend, but I'll keep Cambroon in mind.

David T

[astroron]

Keep in mind that this is still classed as the "Wet Season" I hope things will now start to dry up:)
In a couple of months we will be complaining that we need rain:rolleyes:
Anyway we will have a good weekend at Cambroon next week:P:stargaze::astron:

[RobF]

I've got a few days off after the weekend, so not adverse to shuffling earlier or later than Sat (Fri or Sun) if it helps dodge a cloud... :confuse3: :cloudy: :D

[jjjnettie]

Rain? pft Bring it on.
who cares....
As I said to a friend yesterday.
If I can't use my scopes, why should anyone else be allowed to.:sadeyes:

[007Borg]

Hey Ron, if there's a chance of seeing a single star count me in :)

will be good to catchup and see how you're trip went.

Shaun

[astroron]

:gday:Long Time no see, it will be good to catch up again.
See you next week:thumbsup:

[astroron]

I look forward to seeing you here next week Jeanette;)

[jjjnettie]

Fingers crossed I'll be up for the drive.
It will be a purely social evening for me. :)
Looking forward to NOT having to load the car up with gear.

[DavidTrap]

What's your feelings on the weather for the weekend Ron?

DT

[astroron]

Hi David, I have just come in from observing, I started at 19:00 through to 23:15, I had good to reasonable observing 50% of the time and the rest was intermittent cloud,:(
No good for imagers but OK for observers
Saturn was Brilliant under very high mag also did a spot of PN observing as well Blue Planetary and eight burst where really bright using my new UHC filter.
Omega and Cent A also being very good targets.:)
Skippy Sky says only a 10% chance of cloud and I tend to agree, I think by the end of the week we will have got rid of most of this cloud:)
See you on Saturday:thumbsup:

[DavidTrap]

Thanks Ron,

I've been out a couple of nights this week. Once with the scope setup to do a test on a focal reducer - the clouds have been "thinning".

I was hoping to be out for a two nighter this weekend. Unfortunately my half day on Friday just became a full day's work...

DT

[RobF]

Can't get there Friday, but praying for Sat skies :prey:

[[1ponders]]

I'll definitely be there tomorrow Ron.

[RobF]

Inbound.....
Probably be there 'bout 6

[adman]

how was it last night?? - I was pretty disappointed that I couldn't be there - but school holidays - away with the kids until today.

I was up in Noosa and was keeping an eye on the clouds in the afternoon, but by nightfall they had all cleared away. Then, this morning it looked like it had rained over night?

What happened up in Cambroon?

Adam

[[1ponders]]

Pretty good early on Adam. Closed out by 9:30 though. Good company for a bit of a chat about. From memory (its a worry) there were:

Ron astroron
Me ([1ponders])
Jeanette (jjjnettie)
Rob (F)
Wes (Zubenel)
Don & Tony (Gargoyle_Steve's brother and mate)
Maureen, John and Anthony & their daughter (?)
Terry and Peter (?)

Did I miss anyone? I'm sure Ron will add anyone if I forget.
So not a bad turn out.

[adman]

hmm...2 hours. I would have only just got my drift alignment done...:P

I still haven't given my new (2nd hand) guide scope and camera a decent workout. Here's hoping next weekend at ten chain hill works out....

Adam

[DavidTrap]

Hmmmmm, bit disappointing about the duration Paul. I decided not to come up to Cambroon and instead went to Hazeldeen with BAS. I thought the weather looked iffy, so I didn't want to go for a long drive. The seeing wasn't great at Hazeldeen, but the clouds stayed away until midnight.

DT

[RobF]

Yeah - thanks for having us Ron, and great to see/meet everyone.
I knew weather was risky, but wouldn't have forgiven myself missing a good one. Don't think I'll get a chance to get up to Cambroon again until at least July.