[chaleur (Kaye)]

Hello there!

I'm a graphics programmer on Google Earth (I worked on the stars!) and an amateur astronomer. I am Canadian but I work in California. I am excited to say that I will be be at our Sydney office for some time in February.

I've never seen your wonderful southern sky before, and I know you have way better deep sky objects than we do. My question is: how can I see them? I see there are a lot of astronomy groups in Sydney, and I working on going through their web sites, but I was hoping for some recommendations.

I would bring my scope and wander off in search of a dark place myself, but I am afraid of your drop bears and box-jellyfish-tornados ;-). Also poisonous snakes and spiders. Anyway, I think I should probably not wander around the wilderness on my own.

Heck, I would even hire someone to give me a deep sky tour.

NB: I am a visual astronomer, so I am not looking to take pictures.