Any Good For Starry Nights??

Bobj · #1 23-07-2008, 07:04 AM

Driving back from Darwin to Mackay, we had a few nights camping under the stars; simply brilliant, no trees, lights or intrusions. Unfortunately, it has miles nothing

1 Tanami Desert looking south west. Taken near Powell Ck station
2 Barkly Tableland looking east. Taken near Banka Banka.
3 Savannah part of the Barkly Tableland near Avon Downs, NT.

iceman (Mike) · #2 23-07-2008, 07:09 AM

Wow were you there at night? I bet that would be a beautiful view with the milkyway overhead!

Bobj · #3 23-07-2008, 07:16 AM

It was great going north as the moon had not risen. We just lay a tarp on the ground, sleeping bags on top and a pair of binoculars. Went to 'bed' as Jupiter was rising, and got up when Andromeda was rising.
Not too good on the way back due to the full moon.

Bugga!!! It was cold....5 deg C.

AlexN · #4 26-07-2008, 12:09 PM

Andromeda through bino's from that location would have been stunning..

Shame I wasn't into astronomy when I lived in darwin... so many great places for it up and around the top end.

astroron (Ron) · #5 26-07-2008, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Bobj

Driving back from Darwin to Mackay, we had a few nights camping under the stars; simply brilliant, no trees, lights or intrusions. Unfortunately, it has miles nothing

1 Tanami Desert looking south west. Taken near Powell Ck station
2 Barkly Tableland looking east. Taken near Banka Banka.
3 Savannah part of the Barkly Tableland near Avon Downs, NT.

I was up there last week as well

Got back from Birdsville on Thursday Morning after five weeks on the road through Queensland and the Gulf and Darwin,Mt Isa and back to the Sunshine coast

Great trip

took my 20cm scope but in most places we camped the trees got in the way, when there was no trees there was lots of Moon

Great trip

Ron

Matty P (Matt) · #6 27-07-2008, 05:57 PM

Wow! The Milky Way must be stunning at night with no Moon at that location.

Thanks for posting.

Amy · #7 05-08-2008, 01:50 PM

Great pictures! Reminds me of West Texas. Here's a picture showing some of Lubbock, Texas. No, I didn't take the picture. I've never been there....was born in Texas but it's a big state. Most all y'all's states are big I've noticed. lol. Not so in the USA.

When I moved to Florida...drove myself....discovered you can actually drive thru some states in an hour. I had never done that before. From the bottom of Texas to the top is about a 14 hour drive. I drove thru Louisiana in an hour, Mississippi in an hour and Alabama in an hour. Blew me away. lol.

http://hansyork.com/Images/NT07/lubbock2.jpg