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Originally Posted by Paddy
Ah, la Nina, the girl child. We in central victoria need her so much to bring life to our dry soils and empty rivers, but she will cover the sky with a gentle blanket of cloud to protect her works. Sooo much cloud. But even worse, the seemingly clear sky with a layer of moist air so that the might Jupiter illuminates a fog, the gem-like Pleieades barely peep through, the stunning magellanic clouds are vague patches instead of beacons in the night sky. Sucked in, seduced, beguiled into getting out the scope, firing up the hopes, making the list, oh so short the session before the sight of NGC 1365 minus arms, just a faint fuzzy bar and nucleus sent me to bed.
Tonight the stars beckon again - do I have to wait for the hard dry fiery times to see them properly again? The mirror is cool, what will the night bring?
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A very poetic description of suburban Melbourne observing
