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Paul, you forgot the junior astronomer, Jack, my 8yr old. He is truely a geek in the making, he was walking around wearing purple socks with his green sandles. He was the first to spot the tiny sliver of moon in the evening sky, also the first to spot a satellite. His main roll for the night was to turn my dob into a voice controled go-to. M42 please, Saturn please this time with the barlow.
I was playing around with my video camera getting .avi's of Mars and Saturn. Boy, a hand held camera sure makes for shakey movies. I put them through Registax today and got a couple of satisfactory images.
As Ron was away, we had no access to facilities. It was agreed that we should have a viewing night at my place outside of Kilcoy next time. I've got quite dark skys, with mountains blocking much of the skyglow from Brissie.
Anyway, it was a great night. Thanks for the company.
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