Hey all,
Let me premise this by saying that I've been on leave from work for the last four and a half weeks, and by renovating the bathroom during the day the wife has left me and the telescope alone at night which has seen me put in some hours in both, good to very bad seeing conditions.
What I hadn't beenable to do was manage to see Jupiter or Venus, (cloud cover) or clearly identify a galaxy (to my own satisfaction).
So thus following advice I packed up last night and headed for darker skies at Daylesford (rain) then the road to Catlemaine. I eventually found an area just past Mount Franklin, the sky looked great with the naked eye, but the wind was the kicker, blew a gale, or what felt like a gale on the side of a Mountain.
To top it off I find that one of the pivot points attached to the OTA has worked loose???? and after about an hour intermittant cloud kept annoying me.
Now some may say this was a waisted trip, not so, I learnt that it isn't as easy to navigate through a dark sky as there are just so many more objects visible to the naked eye. I also learnt that I will definately be heading away from Melbourne more in the future, however a bit more research on a good site, out of the wind is a must.
Ah well, back to work tonight, Dark clear skies to you all!
