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No need for this  ,
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Awesome Mike!
Have fun!
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Yep two right there Bartman, been doing that for too long now, will be so awewseom to just have the gear in my own yard!!
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Looking awesome Mike, and that is a serious driveway!  |
Yep 1.5km long
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Have fun building your obs, I'm sure you will soon be happily imaging from your new site.
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Only renting so building anything sustantial will be out of the question, but having more control over my sessions and under a dark sky will be great.
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It's interesting to compare limiting magnitudes. I can just glimpse magnitude 5.6 stars near the zenith from where I am (15km from Auckland CDB), so if you can see that in the glow from Canberra then I guess your overall limiting magnitude must be 6 or deeper?
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My eyesight is the main limiting factor, I need glasses to correct mostly astigmatism but a small amount of short sightedness too, it doesn't worry my day life but it would likely be enough to blur out the faintest stars at night
...but that means my new skies must be even a little better than they appear
Mike