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Yeah Saturday night was great, I finally had the CPC out again after a noticable absence from the PonY Club, not to mention I hadn't used it since early April - still had it on day light saving time when I turned it on and wondering why it wasn't finding anything after aligning. Apart from the dew and that bit of cloud that drifted by around 8:30pm conditions were great but cold. The dew got a bit heavy there for a while. Unfortunately my battery pack ran low just after 9:00pm trying to stay the dew away but I got at least three hours out of it before it conked it.
Thanks Rick for the helping me to tweek the collimation on the CPC11 - views look a lot sharper now.
I didn't see the meteor that Rick saw, but saw a different one to the north that exploded into 4 fireballs that streaked across to the west before disappearing behind the trees. Biggest one I've seen like that.
Thanks Allan for the piece of pineapple charlotte (yummy in my tummy !!!).
Deeno, I hope the light at the bottom of the shot wasn't from when I left. I'm sure my headlights were facing towards the west (right of shot) so it wouldn't have lit up dob alley. The trails look great.
Andrew well done with the stich shot - southern cross looks tops perched up in the top right hand corner.
Thanks to all for a great night. Till another time...
Tony
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