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Hi Gary,
Yes Mum and I are attending Boarder stargaze, looking forward to a great weekend.
Well the AN got first light tonight.
I cheated and used really easy bright objects for the alignment. (using mode align not mode align star) Jupiter and Venus, that got things pritty close so then I used alpha centuri as well.
We found about 8 objects in total from our suburban backyard in Melb, with a nearly full moon.
M11
Butterfly cluster
NGC 6752
Omega Cent
Eta Carina Nebula
Jewel Box
Trumpler 29
and a small smudge on the sky that I'm pritty sure was Sombrero Galaxy (AN said it was anyways)
The pointing accuracy was great, usually to within 0.3 degrees in each direction, and I'd used a 26mm eyepeice for alignment. I'm sure that will only get better as I get better at alignment.
I used a variety of modes including Mode identify and mode Catalog and Mode Alt Az (for identifying constellations)
I had the most fun tonight with Catalog popular deep sky objects.
All in All still very impressed and I'd still be outside but it's to cold!
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