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AstroJunk
21-03-2012, 01:02 AM
I've landed an hour or so of one-on-one time with the 8.1m Gemini North telescope for my Birthday:eyepop:

Ok, that's not entirely true, I was offered some time for the NACAA programme, but the guys in Hawaii couldn't do the Saturday during the event so I decided to keep it as a present to myself! Am I terribly selfish???

Just to try and keep some good karma, I thought I'd invite my IIS buddies to the show (no further presents necessary:rofl:). It's on from 3:30 at UQ in St Lucia, the AAQ's usual meeting place and is free and open to anybody. If you don't know where that is, here are the instructions! http://www.nacaa.org.au/2012/talks/1093

Louwai
22-03-2012, 09:37 PM
And why doesn't it suprise me that you would secure time on that scope.....:D:thumbsup:

AstroJunk
22-03-2012, 10:12 PM
If we could just find another 254 20" SDM's we could get the same light gathering power...