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Originally Posted by glend
I was outside at 4am this morning and was absolutely astounded at the depth and detail of the star field overhead. It was so still, no twinkling, shimmering, or wobbles. Just a sliver of Moon rising, but It did nothing to distract from the star field. I could clearly see the Magenellic Clouds, the Lagoon nebula and the expense of the Milky Way. Truely the best naked eye star show I have seen, since my last trip to Bretti. I considered grabbing my Star Quality Meter but recalled how the Milky Way can seriously influence readings in situations like this. I hope others were out last night to site to enjoy the show, and that it was not limited to the sky above me at Lake Macquarie.
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Sounds awesome, love those nights, make you feel very privileged
We had friends up at Eagleview Sat night and we sat out on the deck eating and drinking, with the lights low, they were marvelling at the night sky overhead, including through some excellent image stabilised binos. It was also very crisp and steady as you described and they even got treated to the spectacle/horror, of a day old train of 23 very bright Muskellites, trailing across the night sky, very sci fi, totally freaked them out, like seeing a mushroom cloud after dropping a nuke, spectacular yet the feeling of doom.....
Mike
