[Deeno]

What Bizarre weather!

Both nights showed signs of promise but, delivered very little in the way of conditions even remotely conducive for good observing.

Friday night started calm and clear with some very poor seeing. Then the temperature rose almost 10 degrees in fifteen minutes, the humidity halved closely followed by a nor-wester that had me chasing the dust cap of the 10" across the paddock....in the dark...with a red light torch.

Saturday showed even more promise until the nor-wester kicked in again with as much venom as the previous evening.
Fortunately the only victim was my poor old tarp. It copped a battering on Friday night. Saturday night has left it beyond repair.

Still managed to make friends with my new HEQ-5, which was the primary goal for the weekend. Looked like I had coaxed a reasonable polar alignment in the end. It should be a lot easier next time without the hurricane.

Thanks for making the trek to 'WindyLostockHeights' and the lesson on the finer points on collimating a Newtonian Rick. You have now made my list of "Top Ten Collimators in Australia". Perhaps the World.........maybe even the known universe......

Anyway, Lostock is a beautiful location and really enjoyed a laugh with some terrific company. I still had 'just' the best time.

Thanks Arthur
Hopefully we can do this on a regular basis?

Cheers
Deeno