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1983 TSE from Hood Point PNG.
2002 TSE from Lake Gairdner South Australia.
My first grazing occultation of Spica. This was my first ever graze observed with a borrowed 60mm refractor in the freezing pre-dawn near Goulburn. I'd had my license for a couple of months, borrowed the parents car and headed off with some mates for an adventure. I was hooked by what I saw and have continued to do grazes ever since.
My second grazing occultation of Spica. One saros later I observed another graze of Spica. Apart from being tremendously satisfying to be back at the beginning again, so to speak, it was also the most spectacular graze I've seen. The pea-soup cloud cleared with minutes to spare and I recorded a personal record of 20 events.
Comet McNaught. Far and away the best comet I've seen, despite the bushfire smoke. Every evening for a week or so we traveled over towards Picton and observed it with every piece of optics I own.
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