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Observing Night
Hi All,
This is an image taken by fellow IIS member Kevnool at our astronomy groups recent observing night.
Kev used the self timer on his camera to capture our scopes. He is a little out of breath as this was the third attempt, the previous two the timer took the shot before Kev, at full gallop, could get in position.
It is a good shot of his highly modified GSO 16" Dob and my 12" Lightbridge, which also is highly modified. Both scopes are equipped with Argo Navis computers which performed flawlessly through out the night.
We were set up by 7pm with the rest of our group turning up at about 8pm along with a reporter from our local ABC radio.
We always set up on tarps which we secure with tent pegs. The tarps prevent dust being raised as people walk around the scopes through the night and if something is dropped it doesn't end up in the dirt.
Regards
Trevor
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