Thanks Ed, you can see my scope with all its bit and pieces and on the platform there too, and Anthony's 12" scope is on the right.
It was a good, fun, clear night, depsite the cold and the wind.
Got some widefield shots on the EQ platform again, will process them later and see how they turned out.
Was good company too, great to see some more NAS guys coming down too - except h0ughy, where were you!? And where was truffles?
I only stayed for 2.5-3 hours, as I didn't get there until about 9pm.. I didn't do a whole lot of observing, more socialising and whatnot. Great to see Nick and Rebecca there, getting some advice before making that all important purchasing decision.
After all the doom and gloom weather reports leading up to the night, it was great to have a clear night and at least make something of the new moon. I saw the helix for the first time, and also checked out a couple of the July challenge objects including NGC5128, M22, M20 and HN40. NGC5139 was amazing as usual,a nd had my first look at NGC4945 galaxy, a very night sight.
Was very impressed to see the SMC and LMC rising already, 47Tuc looked great and even got a glimpse of the Tarantula NGC2070 about 5-10 degrees off the horizon
Thanks to Anthony as always for hosting us bums!