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21-01-2007, 02:09 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Mt Victoria
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1st telescope...1st post
Hi All
My wife bought her 1st telescope yesterday a Bintel BT202 Dobsonian 200mm FL 1200 f6.0.
What a night for our 1st star gaze.The comet was awesome.
Was that a once in a lifetime experience???
My mate had a pair of 10/50 bino's which were even better then the scope to view the comet with.
Quite spectacular  !!!!
By the look of the weather now, looks like we lucked out last night. 
We live in the upper blue mountains where we have next to no light pollution so I guess we have lots of good viewing to look forward to.
Cheers Dave
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21-01-2007, 02:21 PM
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Support your local RFS
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Wamboin NSW
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Hi Dave and welcome to the group  .
Congratulations to your wife on her new scope, she has got it at a great time with the comet about, but there are a lot of other fantastic sights to keep you going for many years to come.
Having a dark site is a real added bonus as well.
Cheers
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21-01-2007, 02:44 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Warrnambool
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Hi Dave, you certainly got the scope at a good time, but like Ric said, you will never run out of things to see, welcome to you and your wife.
Cheers Leon
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21-01-2007, 03:14 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Launceston Tasmania
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Hi Dave & welcome to IIS, you have lots of fun ahead, McNaught certainly has been great, despite the bad weather.
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21-01-2007, 03:42 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 1,013
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Hi Dave and a big welcome to you and your wife and congrats with her new scope!!!
Good to hear you got to see McNuaght..as things are a bit cloudy down South!!..but wait till you catch Saturn..truely awesome!!
Cheers!
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22-01-2007, 01:03 PM
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Compulsive Tinkerer
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Blue Mountains, NSW
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Dave, welcome to IIS 
Your scope and site mean MANY (read infinite) brilliant nights of observing.
Cheers
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22-01-2007, 01:24 PM
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~Dust bunny breeder~
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: The town of campbells
Posts: 12,359
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g'day dave
welcome aboard
great scope you have there
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22-01-2007, 05:36 PM
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lost in Calabi-Yau space
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Cairns
Posts: 161
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man, I hope you don't get too disillusioned when there *isn't* a spectacular comet in the sky 
(I'm just envious, still cloudy up here  , congrats +  )
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22-01-2007, 10:43 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Monto
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Hi Dave,
Congratulations on the new scope. I hope your wife will be joining us on the forum. We need to boost the female membership, there are too few of us here.
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24-01-2007, 07:19 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Mt Victoria
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Thanks for everyone
Well another day here in the mountains with lots of rain last night and NOW.
We have had TWO clear nights to see the comet since it appeared last week.We have clear days and then about 5pm in the afternoon the clouds roll in .
Here's hoping for another chance to see this great spectical.
Cheers Dave
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24-01-2007, 08:43 PM
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The 'DRAGON MAN'
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: In the Dark at Snake Valley, Victoria
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 Another Dave!
That's make about 15!!!!! 
Welcome 'Dave'.
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24-01-2007, 11:01 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Wentworth Falls NSW
Posts: 1,112
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Hi Dave,
Welcome to another Blue Mountaineer and yet another Dave.
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25-01-2007, 09:36 AM
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~Dust bunny breeder~
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: The town of campbells
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ballaratdragons
Another Dave!
That's make about 15!!!!!
Welcome 'Dave'. |
thanks ken, but i have been here for quite a while....
Oh! That dave!!!!  
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27-01-2007, 12:24 AM
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Open up. it's me, Dave...
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Townsville, Qld
Posts: 282
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Hi Dave
Welcome to the IIS Daves club!!!
Good luck with the weather in your part of Oz mate, because it's bloo, er really awful up here atm. 
Cheers
Dave W
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27-01-2007, 01:31 AM
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6EQUJ5
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Sydney
Posts: 3,663
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welcome, and congratulations on a great choice of first scope!
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27-01-2007, 11:44 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Mt Victoria
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Saw the comet last night after a week of cloud...fog...etc.Not as good as last Sat. night but still a sight to see.
Went home at 10:30 and my wife setup in the front yard....and you wouldn't believe but the 1st thing she finds was Saturn!She was so exited .
Thanks again for the welcome and see you all in space.
Cheers Dave
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28-01-2007, 03:40 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Sydney, Australia
Posts: 156
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Hey Dave!
Hope you and your wife feel welcome here at ISS. It's a great scope you bought there, I have the 10" Bintel BT-252 model but unfortunantely, mine didn't come with the dark skies that you have. I mean, I can SEE the harbour bridge and Sydney CBD from my house! Oh well, as long as I stay up long enough It's pretty spectacular.
Welcome again!
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30-01-2007, 03:41 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: France
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31-01-2007, 04:49 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Australia
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NEWBIE and a HALF
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31-01-2007, 05:04 PM
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Astrolounge
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: monbulk-vic
Posts: 2,010
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did someone say ASTROLOGY naughty naughty
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