An IIS Member Came To Visit Me....

[Jen]

Hey guys/girls i got to meet another IIS member on the weekend

Astroron was passing by and decided to pop in to say gday (he was only just passing through) but ended up staying three nights
I must have feed him to well

Anyway thanks to Ron and clear skies i managed to polar align my scope for the first time woohooooooo I was so happy to have the scope on Saturn and run off to have a ciggy and a can to come back and Saturn was still in the eyepiece i was one happy gal i can tell you

Ron got his 16inch out and there was lots of talking and lots of drinking and very late nights Hey i even got to chat to JJJ and say a quick gday to Ponders on the phone on Sat nite

Mind you there was a doh.... moment in the process before i managed to get it right hahaha
(i will post that on the doh thread)

Thanks for all ya help Ron he should be back home real soon
Will post some pics soon

and thanks to IIS too you lot are an awsome bunch

:l ove2:

[norm]

Ron got his 16inch out

Yeah, but what about the scope ?

Ok, I understand if this post is deleted. My bad...but it was too tempting to pass it up.

Well done Jen, sounds like you had fun and learnt some tips!

Norm

[Jen]

Originally Posted by norm

Yeah, but what about the scope ?

Ok, I understand if this post is deleted. My bad...but it was too tempting to pass it up.

Well done Jen, sounds like you had fun and learnt some tips!

Norm

lol Norm yeah i have a way of saying things so wrong sometimes

I can see the temptation

[GrahamL]

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

It was great to chat Jen.
All us girly IISers will have to get together one time eh.
Our Ron's a top bloke isn't he.
We'll be glad to have him back with us again.

[Jen]

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

It was great to chat Jen.
All us girly IISers will have to get together one time eh.
Our Ron's a top bloke isn't he.
We'll be glad to have him back with us again.

yep sounds good to me JJJ

[Lumen Miner (Mitchell)]

Originally Posted by nightstalker

16 Inches!!

[Jen]

Here are a few pics
How tiny does my scope look next to Rons hahaha

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Cheers Jen, thanks for posting.

[Liz]

Hi Jen .... thanks for the pics and news
I wanna know how/where Ron squeezed the big scope in if he was travelling around Aus!!
Wful that he did the polar align thing to

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

LOL It's a truss dob Liz.
He had my little iOptron Cube with him to use with his WO refractor if he wanted just a quick session.

[Liz]

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

LOL It's a truss dob Liz.
He had my little iOptron Cube with him to use with his WO refractor if he wanted just a quick session.

..... and a refractor!! Even if a truss, it still takes a bit of room, unless he had a truck and not a little camper van
Oh, I wonder if he can pop by my place and help me with the Argo Navis .... I seem to be making a bit of a meal out of it.

[AstralTraveller (David)]

Originally Posted by Jen

Here are a few pics

I though you said 'clear skies'?? What's that stuff in the last pic?

[AstralTraveller (David)]

Originally Posted by Liz

..... and a refractor!! Even if a truss, it still takes a bit of room, unless he had a truck and not a little camper van

Obviously a man who travels with only the bare essentials.

[erick (Eric)]

You cut the grass especially for Ron?

[supernova1965 (Warren)]

Originally Posted by Jen

Here are a few pics
How tiny does my scope look next to Rons hahaha

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

Cheers Jen, thanks for posting.

Originally Posted by Liz

Hi Jen .... thanks for the pics and news
I wanna know how/where Ron squeezed the big scope in if he was travelling around Aus!!
Wful that he did the polar align thing to

O NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO there is an explosion of Coloured Text look out it's going to be a rainbow of colour when we read IIS Hope it's not Catching aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[gary]

Hi Jen,

Thanks for the post.

After doing battle with the Sydney toll road system, Ron visited us yesterday afternoon
here at Mount Kuring-Gai, which in the far north of Sydney. He talked about how much
enjoyed his stay with you. He also mentioned being able to catch up with some of the
WA observers, including Roger Groom.

Ron had also visited us on his way down at the beginning of the trip and it was
great to catch up with him again over lunch. Not shy to just get behind the wheel and drive,
when I asked, Ron told me it was his sixth trip across the Nullabor!

One thing he was adamant about was never trying to do it again in summer.
I would imagine the 41C-plus temperatures whilst camping out can be hard going
after a while.

Despite carrying the scope all that way in the trailer, it sounds like he did not have much
luck weather-wise, experiencing the unsettled weather we have had across large
parts of the continent recently. So many an observing night was denied him for
want of clear skies. He also mentioned rolling into Port Lincoln when the town was
subjected to the bush fires.

When he departed late yesterday afternoon he was Newcastle bound and only
a few more nights from home. We wish Ron a safe trip home and hope to catch
up with again very soon!

Jen, thanks for looking after our mutual friend, Ron!

Best regards

Gary & Mai

[spacezebra (Petra)]

Hi Jen

Thanks - what a great post!

Cheers Petra d.

[Kevnool (Kev)]

Good to hear Jen i hope it was a great nite.
Did you lead Ron astray ?
Great times again.
Cheers Kev.

[mozzie (Peter)]

hi all he popped in to see me this afternoon we had a cuppa and i showed him my settup i met ron last astrofest and his a funny funny man.his knee has given in on him and trying to get home to the doctors,ron rang me around 4.00pm and i wish he'd rung before hand i could have shuffled work and let him stay the night ,4 months on the road he's had a gut full,safe trip home ron here from you soon