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Originally Posted by glend
Martin, I am very familiar with James Dunlop's contribution. His discoveries feature throughout the Southern Gems (Deep Sky Companions) by S O'Meara; which was my observation bible for a decade. I was recently in Parramatta to attend an NRL game with my son in law, after having left Sydney 13 years ago, and never expected to encounter the massive high rise development that taken place there. Dark sky has long ago been driven out of all of Parramatta. It was the toll that so called progress takes on our historical landmarks (and skymarks).
I just checked on Bintel and it seems O'Meara's Southern Gems book is not available through them any longer, but looking wider it is still available through Amazon.
Glen
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Glen,
Yes Parramatta has been classified as a “City” quite a while ago , not too many semi dark sites left in Sydney now ( only a few in the far outer areas)
Just to clarify, I did mean to say if your not a professional or amateur astronomer and have no connection with then Parramatta area, then the name James Dunlop ( the astronomer) doesn’t really mean anything, most folk would say “ Oh yes that Tyre and textiles bloke “
That’s what I was inferring to
Cheers
Martin