Thanks Alex all good input
Had another almost carbon copy of last night, clear all night with a frost in the morning. Only some cloud at times early in the evening, seeing about the same as last night, so that's good, two nights in a row
Observing again in my own backyard is great and I'm really enjoying it
...still feels like I am visiting someone elses dream rural mountain escape though..
Made myself Osso buco last night on top of the slow combustion heater
Its a great observing site, feels very similar in darkness to Wiruna (SPSP) the dark sky site of ASNSW and the Milky Way overhead last night was magnificent. Observing on the southern side of the Tinderry Mountains puts the glow of Canberra (55km to the north) mostly out of site behind the mountain peaks and nearby bush, so the sky appears essentially black all over.
It was cool to observe the Saturn Nebula while it is only a couple of degrees from Saturn, going between the two, I can see why it was named as such...they really do look similar
Last night tonight and it's looking good again for a third test night
Mike