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Originally Posted by richardda1st
Hi Eric, I had really bad views of Mars and Saturn last night, I could not achieve a clear image. You would have had similar conditions as me. When you say "heavy particulate in Melbourne's air tonight" could that have been the cause. Mind you, to my eyes it was very clear.
Have been getting crappy views this last week or so.  |
I went for a search for a location to watch the Moon rise. Ended up in the Brisbane Ranges National Park, SW of Bacchus. A "lookout", facing East was marked on the map. A reasonable amount of dirt (very stony some of it) road to get there, but a fair tree cover made it difficult to get a clear view. But when I set up the binoculars I realised the reason for the location - the CBD is in the distance, and, in clean air would be a nice view. But not Sat night. The horseflies were thick! I put some repellent on and it just seemed to encourage them!
My wife was a bit nervous as we picked our way back out of the Park in the dark over narrow, stony and sometimes steep dirt roads.