Well I thoroughly enjoyed IISAC again this year as did Lyn and the girls.
Highlights for me were being able to put faces to names, being able to leave my scope set up from one night to the next, and comet McNaught. The waterhole is, of course, an oasis during the day!
The only imaging I did was on the comet. The 20 x 80s were great for finding the head of the comet early, but the real show was the naked eye view of the tail as it set which so many others have captured so well in images!
A quick summary of my observing list:
18/1/07:
Comet McNaught
M42
NGC2022
Mintaka
M44
NGC2024
Tarantula Nebula
Omega Centauri
Eta Carinae
Jewel Box
19/1/07:
Comet McNaught
M42
47 Tuc
Eta Carinae
Jewel Box
Saturn
NGC1999 (not found)
NGC1924 (not found)
M78 (with a satellite pass through the FOV)
NGC2071 (not found)
NGC2112
Rigel
NGC1980
20/1/07:
The comet again
M42
IC405 Flaming Star
M38
M36
M37
Saturn
M104 Sombrero Galaxy (declared before it rose! Shattered unit!)
I forget all the things I looked at in other peoples scopes...
I've attached a couple of sketches I did. I haven't sketched in over 25 years but Sidewinder's sketches inspired me to have another go. I haven't put the same amount of work in that he does, but I have scanned them, inverted them and tidied them up a little.
Al.