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A huge thank you to Malcolm and Paul for 'facilitating' another fantastic weekend of astronomy at Snake Valley. It was really nice to get out of suburbia and spend the weekend with you all under the stars, and the clouds and fog when they rolled in!
To Pat and John G, thank you both so much for the time and effort that was put into your presentations on the Saturday and Sunday - food for thought wrt processing images in PS from John G, and Pat encouraged us all to look beyond the Tarantula in the LMC. Although I didn't get to image NGC 5128 as I'd hoped I still managed to get some data on NGC 2359, IC 2177 and NGC 5189.
Malcolm again spent time with the newcomers (Lara et al), as did a couple of others, showing them around the night sky and helping them with their scopes - and Lara on behalf of all of us thank you for the two delicious pavlovas you made on Sunday night!
Personally I cannot wait until the next SVAC in October - but in the meantime I must first practice the processing skills that John taught us.
Thank you all for a great weekend and I hope that you've all had a safe trip home. See you at the next SVAC.
Paul
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