Yes, thats George, our mirror maker, yes he is making the 42 inch.
We go to the end of Mcarthur St, Shortland, either to the playing field at the end, or more normally through the gate at the very end of the street, and onto Water Board land , they allow us to use it, though this time they want us to have a safety induction to keep using it.
The next meeting of the NAS is on April 29, the May one at the 27th
I got the wrong object in my story too, it wasnt the Hourglass nebula, it was in fact
http://www.users.on.net/~josiah/icei...NGC%205189.jpg NGC 5189, I photographed it in my 6 inch the following night to verify.