I missed last night, but I think I'll be getting the scope out tonight if
this weather holds. Currently got the PST out there checking out the
sun spot group that is currently transiting.
Looking forward to Mallanganee, should be a good night. Not sure how
many locals we'll get.
Another fantastic night wasted : ( I setup the 16" last night only to
crash out on the lounge in front of the TV. Woke this morning as dawn
was breaking. Oh well I was all over the place yesterday and went for
two swims so I must of knackered myself.
I hope you will excuse me for not posting on the weekend event before now. The wife had been planning a trip to Sydney in January, but the dates were uncertain. Not helped by her falling over some rubbish I left in the back yard and breaking 2 ribs ... ouch!!! She is in Sydney now and I have the weekend free. Hoping for good weather.
I hope it is OK for me to attend, if so probably only with the binos, I haven't worked out whether I can carry the 12" (and base) in an ordinary car. The Patrol is filled up with drawers and cupboards, so not much spare space there. Will probably bring the eyepiece box as well. Hope to see everyone there. Cheers, Paul.
Your most welcome to attend, it will be great to meet you. However
since this is going to be a public viewing we are expecting possibly quite
a few people attending along with children. I wouldn't bother bringing
EP's, certainly not good ones until we have one of our regular sessions.
If you can bring the 12" great if not np's, c u there
I left minnie water this morning , a southerly change arrived yesterday
which brought in a little rain down that way , fingers crosssed it stays around the coast as its fairly clear at home now .
Took my binos and had a couple of very clear nights, weird hearing the odd dingo howling in the night while observing.
Glen, np's I'm going to be hitting the surf first thing tomorrow morning. I
should of had my fix by mid morning and home again between 11am-12pm.
I'll start posting weather reports from around 1pm and on the hour after
that.
Hoping all will be cool!!!! it should be a great night. I'm feeling confident
that it will be. It's been getting pretty messy here of an afternoon but
coming good late.
Cheers,CS hope to see everybody tomorrow in Mallanganee.
There is now a severe thunderstorm warning for the adjacent area to the west http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDN65156.shtml and the radar pic has some stuff on it. As I was going mainly for photographing star trails I may give it a miss.
Just got home from the coast, the surf was beautiful this morning. My
Neighbour Vincent says it has been slowly clearing all day from a
clouded in morning. It's hard to say what it'll do. But it has been cloudy
in the afternoons and then clears up later. Still got another 5 hours in
the day yet... although that may well be just me trying to be hopeful.
Yes there is a system to the SW with light to moderate falls. And there
is another lil one to the west. I think these will fade away. There isn't
much heat and humidity for any real storm action. It’s basically patchy
cloud at the moment.
