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Originally Posted by Zuts
Sounds nice, I left Sydney on the 4th of January, it was raining west of Cobar and cloudy until Wilcannia. Broken Hill was completely clear for my 5 nights there
The previous summer I went to Ivanhoe, but this time that was wet as well. Ivanhoe was better though as I sometimes stay in Airbnb's rather than camp and Ivanhoe is certainly darker than Broken Hill. If anyone goes to Broken Hill there is a lookout about 20km north of Silverton. It's flat and a couple of hundred feet above the plain, and around 50 km from Broken Hill so there is basically zero light pollution. However you need to setup and tear down every night, unless you want to be stuck in a tent at 45 degrees in the morning...
Paul
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Hi Paul,
Yes there were 3 days of cloud on Jan 6,7, 8. The last two images in my Leonard sequence has images taken on Jan 5 & Jan 9. Cloudy/rainy on the 3 nights in between. However, your original post stated "over Christmas," when most nights were clear.
Before buying out here, I use to observe and photograph from a friends B2 property 50 mins drive Canberra. Had to set up and pull down every night.
In 2018, I developed a very simple fast and accurate polar alignment technique. It requires a laser aligning device which I built for about $30. It only takes me 4 mins to precise polar align. If the mount shifts during the night, a bump or sinking into soft ground, it only takes another minute or two to recheck the alignment. No computers, cameras, plate solving, or networks required.
Joe