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I don't know what a CDMA phone is, so I guess that means I don't have one. I'll take my wife's mobile so we can communicate en route as need be, and perhaps we can stop somewhere for lunch together?!
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Sounds like a good idea Rod, for a 4 hour drive we'll need at least 1 break and if we leave around 10:30, a lunch break will be right on time.
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As for the car convoy, I am happy Mike to firm up an arrangement to meet at Hornsby Station at, say, 10.15am, to give Robby plenty of time to get from the airport to Hornsby Station. I suggest we meet up on the western side of the line in the Street where the taxi rank is. There is parking on the other side of the road to where the taxis are. How does that sound? If Robby is a bit later than that, no dramas!
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Sounds perfect.. I'll meet you there.
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BTW, I am thinking of planning my viewing a little bit in anticipation of the dark skies, to maybe focus some of my time on one or particular constellations. Do you have any favourites, Robby or Mike??
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Good idea, i'll program some stuff into my SkyCommander. I'm keen to check out some galaxies and planetary nebs, stuff that really excels in dark skies.
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Sounds doable.. Now I know nothing about Sydney trains, and have based all this on the timetable. So it is possible that it will not work at all like this. This is just an initial guess. Does it sound ok to you guys?
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Sounds good Robby, you have a 30min wait at Central so if you're a bit late through the rubber glove, you should still have a bit of spare time up your sleeve.
It might be worth checknig the timetable and seeing what the next train is from the airport and from central to hornsby, just in case you miss that one.. then at least you can ring me and let me know when you'll be at Hornsby.
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Now, this is what I plan to bring..
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Looks like a good list. I wouldn't worry about the DSI or focal reducers, i'm not planning on doing much astrophotography with my dob, and I don't think Rod is with his SCT either. Do you have any good quality planetary eyepieces? I'm keen to compare against my humble 9mm GSO plossl.
Can't wait, only a few days away now!