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Originally Posted by Steffen
There is usually a night sky tour at IISAC, open to all who are interested. Last year we enjoyed some great views through an 18" (I think), with Argo Navis and ServoCat to make things easier with the crowds.
With Mars close by I'm sure it will get a lot of scope time this year.
Cheers
Steffen.
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Andrew Murrell and Gary Kopff will have two of the 3RF scopes at IISAC this year. A 25"/F5 Obsession and an 18"/F4.5 Obsession. I cannot attend this year as I have to work on ANZAC day, being our single busiest trading day of the year.
We had an exceptional view of Mars last week in Andrews 25"/F5 Obsession at Coonabarabran. We had a couple of nights of excellent seeing at Ozsky and took advantage of the conditions for some excellent views of Mars and Saturn. We had a photograph image of Mars in the 25" scope at 450X using a 7mm Nagler eyepiece.
Cheers,
John B