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Thanks everyone for your fine company last night.
The skies were somewhat murky at times, but we had some excellent clear portions of sky for most of the night, and seeing was quite steady near zenith.
Geoffro surprised us by coming after all, and bearing gifts of lolly pops to boot!
Great to see RB again after a long absence - while the chickens are away....
It was great to meet Mark who came from North Sydney with his 12 inch Dob (nice views of M8 and M20 thank you!).
A big thank you to Allan who kindly loaned me his laser pointer so that I could explain things a little more easily to my three visitors - Shona, David and Lerle. They had a great time, especially Lerle, who entertained us with her "wows" and "that's amazings". She asked lots of probing questions and really delighted in just how much she could see through a large telescope. I think her favourite was the Sombrero gxy, followed by Saturn.
Good to catch up with some of the other usual suspects, Greg, Rick, John and GTB the Owl.
Until next time...
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