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Hello viewers and thanks for the welcome.
Yes I am one of the blessed cheesemakers and now I have too many hobbies. Got a motorbike (sorry it's a jappa) a proper car (a loud and polluting Torana) and a diesel 4wd. (We don't mention the beach buggy because it's not finished yet). 48, average just about everything (weight, height, etc).
I am new to the astronomical stuff but I am learning new stuff (I think). It's generally nice and dark here (not much light pollution) and I often wander outside with a coffee and look up, so it was inevitable that one day I'd get something to help the looking up bit. After playing with a pair of binocs, I plunged and bought a cheapish Skywatcher 8" eq from Andrews. It arrived on a cloudy Tuesday of this week (apparently that is usual) but the sky had cleared at around 9pm so outside I went. Had it all together in daylight and I think the collimation is right and I did see Jupiter with bands and 3 of it's moons.
And last night was even better, until the cloud came over at about 10pm. Looked at a few other but I just have to figure out what they were. I did set up a bit better and I could at least track Jupiter with just the ra knob. Have to figure out what to do about the dew settling on just about everything that was outside.
But today, it rains. And that is good. People on tank water are still getting it delivered by tanker as we have also suffered from that lack of rain.
The Dad's Son was a bit of a mistake by me, as very few people call me Dave. I answer to it but it's usually David or, at work, just Mister (long story).
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