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Originally Posted by rogerg
Maybe I'm really dumb or maybe I should read the webpages more carefully before asking this, but either way I'll go right ahead...
I'm really interested in this and have the equipment to be able to take images of such an event, I only just noticed the thread about it here today. But, is there anything I can do over/up in Perth? Or is it simply not visible from here? I'm not certain if it is or not from the carts.. there's a red star on perth, but it appears to be outside of the bars showing viewable range..
Thanks,
Roger.
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As Hitchhiker has noted, Perth is within the path of possible P2 observations.
A local guru to contact for advice is Shevill Mathers down in Hobart.
Email
shevillm@gmail.com
From my correspondence, Shevill is devoting most of his waking hours
to being prepared for this event.
Between he and Wolfgang Beisker, they would be in the best position to
advise on the probability of a P2 observation from your locale for whatever
equipment you specify. Contact Wolfgang at
info@iota-es.de
This is the closest thing you can get to Rocket Science and can actually
help influence the design and planning of current & future long range missions
to Pluto. If that sounds fanciful, then check out this web page devoted to
a previous occultation in June 1988 that helped influence the planning
of the New Horizons spacecraft. See -
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/science/ever...tmosphere.html
Good luck!
Best regards
Gary Kopff
Mt. Kuring-Gai