[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Originally Posted by Shiraz

just plain amazing detail for something so far away - as you say, a good time to be alive.

Thanks muchly, Ray.

Optimistic and hoping for colour, we managed to squeeze off an hour each of red, green, and blue last night under excellent seeing before the storm came. It was nice standing at the house (350 metres away) with binoculars and a 6W Cree LED super-torch watching the dome roof close itself at midnight (under scripted control) well before the first fat drops fell. Sadly, some vanguard cloud meant guiding was lost during the blue, so no colour yet.