Mid-week Mogo Observing session

[Rodstar]

Hey guys!

Regarding the mid-week observing session we discussed having on Wednesday night (4th Jan) at Mogo camping ground, according to SWMBO, I will not have a leave pass until 10.30pm on Wednesday, which will mean not getting there until 11.30pm.......mmmmm......not the best for me.

From an entirely selfish point of view, any chance we could reschedule for Thursday (5th Jan)? As penance (or as an act of bribery), I have a 7 year old bottle of Henschke Cab Sav which I could bring on THURSDAY. :prey:

[h0ughy]

hey check the NPWS as this site is closed at the moment, the whole park is closed. Now where exactly is Mogo park area?

[iceman]

I think Thursday might be better from a weather point of view, apparently it's going to be showers/cloudy on wednesday.

I'm fine with Thursday.

mogo creek is about 30 minutes further up the road from Kulnura, huffy.

[h0ughy]

got a map?

[frogman]

ill be home.... if mogo is off i know a place ! :)

[RB]

Thursday sounds much better for me too guys, I should've sobered up by then to try 7 yr Cab Sav !!! :lol:

I'll bring my 3 yr old Cab Sav too. :cheers:

[Rodstar]

HOughy,

To be more precise than Mike's previous post, you keep going north west along George Downs Drive rather than taking the turnoff to Paintball at Spring Street at Kulnura. After about 15 minutes past the Kulnura general store, you will come to the Wiseman's Ferry Turnoff on the left. Proceed along that turnoff for about 10 minutes. It quickly becomes a dusty dirt road, with some pretty large potholes. Keep the faith....just when you have given yourself minor motion sickness, you will see a turnoff sign to the left to the "Mogo Camping Ground". It is about 500 metres down that road.

It truly is worth the inconvenience. You do not have low horizons at the site, but the sky is even darker than Kulnura, in fact, IMHO, the sky is not noticeably different to Ilford (South Pacific Star Party).

Thursday it is then, subject to firestorms, Tsunamis and military coups! :nerd:

[RB]

Just be careful of your collimation HOughy.......... :lol:

[ving]

how bout you just bring the cab sav to my place?
it was just an idea :P

[Rodstar]

Good things only come to those who dare to brave the dusty road..... ;)

[h0ughy]

I will be seeking a leave pass. i have to be a good boy from now till then

[iceman]

If the moon is not setting until late, is it worth going an extra half hour to dark skies at mogo creek? The sky will be fairly bright thanks to the moon.. maybe we can use the convenience of kulnura..?

Just a thought..

[Rodstar]

Go Mogo! Mike, it truly is worth the extra few miles....

[RB]

Guys I just got back from the hospital (11 pm), I've spent most of the day there.
My eldest son might have appendicitis and will be opperated on tomorrow if needed. In a lot of pain.

I'm gonna have to give this week a miss.

Sorry about that.

[Rodstar]

Andrew, I hope your son's op. goes well, and he has a sppedy recovery. We will all look forward to seeing you on the next occasion.

[iceman]

RB, sorry to hear about your son! I hope everything goes ok and he's back home soon.

mogo is fine with me for tomorrow night, though the weather report is not looking good.

[Rodstar]

What have you hearad about the weather, Mike? The weather report I saw last night was for mostly clear with moderate temps of about 25 degrees for Thursday.

[iceman]

From BOM:

[Rodstar]

Yeah, a shower or two.....just enough to clear the air for perfect seeing! :prey:

[h0ughy]

that's optimism!

no leave pass guys, sorry. I would like to have gone, my wife says if I can have time to go out like that I can clean out my room and the shed. Why are women like that???

[Rodstar]

Only because you tolerate it. :poke: ;)

[iceman]

Weather not looking promising for tonight :(

[Rodstar]

Still hasn't improved. I think we can consider this one officially postponed. What about Friday night, if the situation improves by then? I am already booked for Saturday night.

[iceman]

Friday is fine for me, but I won't be there until 8 or 8:30 (or maybe 9).

The weather forecast doesn't look good :(

[iceman]

The weather isn't too bad today, no rain, but supposedly chance of a thunderstorm this arvo.

If it's clear after the storm i'll give you guys a call and see who's keen on heading out.

[Rodstar]

I was having similar thoughts.....maybe we should only go to Kulnura, in case that extra 50+ mins (in total) of driving to Mogo is wasted by those storms, though.

[Rodstar]

Further to above, I just checked Weatherzone, and it looks promising, so long as the cloud cover lurking over Sydney moves fast enough over the next 3-4 hours. The predicted thunderstorm seems mainly related to a thick patch of cloud off the east coast, currently just south of Sydney's latitude. Fingers crossed. xxxx

[h0ughy]

Enjoy the night guys, I have to wait for the saddle mount adapter for the eq6, I get that next friday.

[frogman]

Whats the story boys ???? whats going on ? ?

[ausastronomer]

2 much "mooning" for me to drive tonight boys. I will observe the moon for a bit from home then adjourn to my recliner :)

CS-John B

[Rodstar]

Any chance we could invade Kulnura tonight? How's the weather up there, Froggy? :prey:

[frogman]

welll with the amount of clouds i might just crash tonight !

[Rodstar]

That bad, huh?! :sad:

[Octane]

Looks like tonight is off?

Regards,
Humayun

[frogman]

big thunder so im going to turn my PC off night all !

[iceman]

Just heard from Rod, we're going to wait until 9pm or so and if we see stars, we'll head to Kulnura for some moon viewing I guess :)

[Octane]

Mike,

I'm up for that; I want to try out my ND filter. :)

Regards,
H

[frogman]

Still raining

[Octane]

Anthony,

Keep us posted every fifteen minutes. :D

Regards,
H

[h0ughy]

I am really really sorry Guys, my 'new" celestron OTA arrived yesterday along with a whole lot of toys. and I have ordered mounting plates to be delivered next week. I am really sorry for the weather.

[frogman]

she cool hou overcast but no rain

[iceman]

Called off.. no sign of cloud clearing.

Try for 3rd quarter I guess.

[Rodstar]

Damn shame that..... :sad: