Hi all,
Katoomba Airfield is available to us for Saturday, 11'th of September.
Believe it or not, I ACTUALLTY GOT THERE BEFORE SUNSET last month!! I managed to take a couple of pics too which I'll post in this thread latter on tonight.
As always everyone is welcome to join us. Telescope or not, it doesn't matter.
Access to the Airfield is via Medlow Bath, the first village west of Katoomba.
For those coming for the first time, it is BYO power. We are welcome to stay overnight in the office building. Thankfully there is a combustion heater there too, which became the central focus last month when the clouds rolled in,
, after only two, but spectacular, hours of darkness.
I got to see the Ring Nebula for the first time there- thanks Steffan! Wow, it is a big thing. I managed to pin it from Randwick two weeks ago in a couple of scopes, one 13.1" and 17.5". Couldn't quite make it out in an 8", but conditions were very poor.
Hoping for the same seeing conditions as last month, this time without the easterly wind.