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Originally Posted by Rodstar
Glad to hear Coona has lived up to expectations. Sounds like the weather has been more co-operative this time, John?
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Hi Rod,
When I was there we had four excellent nights in a row and I understood the
fifth night was the same and hopefully last night was as well. At night,
there was absolutely no cloud in the sky.
Centaurus A was visible naked eye, the transparency excellent and the seeing
generally good to excellent.
Dew fogging up eyepieces was the only negative, owing to all the rain over the
past few months. This was despite the use of dew heater straps. However, each night
the dew became less and less, which was to be expected as the days were sunny
and warm.
Daytime temperatures were in the mid to high twenties and unlike when were there
in October, the annoying flies had gone. Night time temperatures were around 10C.
As some of the Americans pointed out, there was minimal attenuation of blue sky
as one reached the horizon. All the rain this year has meant there was a minimum
of bush fires and we certainly do not suffer air pollution in this part of the world
anywhere near as badly as many parts of the northern hemisphere.
Best Regards
Gary