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Originally Posted by ath
Brrrrr!! Certainly was chilly here in Gippsland last night hey? (6/5/13), I'm located just out of Stratford (which is a lazy 30kms out of Sale, Vic) and was super impressed. I'd never seen a Meteor shower before and was wrapt that the weather was on our side. Over the years whenever there's been something awesome happening in the sky, the weather tends to dislike me. Not this time! I managed a few average images, here's hoping for another show tonight... fingers crossed.
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Nice to know there are a few locals interested in astronomy too!
We often have good clear skies... until the fog rolls in and spoils it for us. The icy cold mornings would probably put a few people off though. The first night I tested out my telescope I spent 4 hours outside with the thermometer in the negatives! I didn't even have gloves on but I couldn't drag myself away long enough to go find them
I started wrapping an old electric blanket over my telescope and bought myself an electric throw rug. I plan is to convert the throw rug into a dressing gown and get someone to make me a battery pack so I can ditch the cable
