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Old 07-05-2018, 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by deanm View Post
2012 Transit of Venus: camped overnight with a C6 on cliffs above the Murray River to avoid Adelaide cloud.
Worked a treat & almost surreal as it ended, realising the next one isn't until 2117.
Not many folk alive today will live long enough to see that one....
Dean
me too on a clifftop between Berri and Renmark - tried to imagine how Jeremiah Horrocks must have felt when he saw the same thing in 1639. Used a really basic achro on a stepper driven mount to get the atmosphere right and the experience was unforgettable.
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