23-02-2006, 01:30 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Carnegie VIC
Posts: 28
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Originally Posted by janoskiss
We have clear skies across most of VIC right now and here in Melbourne, ...for the first time in quite a while...
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It’s true. I can’t believe it. I picked up my 10" dob from Bintel on Saturday after months of saving. It was a cloudy morning and I expected to have to wait the mandatory couple of weeks for a break in the clouds. Saturn looked so sharp between the clouds on Saturday night, I’m still excited about it. This week I’ve checked out M42, M79 and had a general scanning of the Eta Carina area. Even spotted a very faint M65 or M66 in Leo last night, not sure which one, it was so faint and took about an hour to find. The seeing doesn’t appear as sharp as on Saturday night even though there are fewer clouds but no complaints here. Looks like tonight could be good also!
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