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16-04-2006, 10:08 AM
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Cyberdemon
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Rubyvale QLD
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Joint amateur + HST imaging Monday morning
Tomorrow morning there is a GRS transit at about 3.45am, and the HST will be imaging Jupiter half an hour later at 4.17am AEST. This is a great chance for joint imaging between amateurs and professionals, so if you have clear skies please try and join in!
The website for this event is organised by Chris Go: http://www.redspotjr.com/
If you think you have a chance to get high resolution, high quality images, please try and do everything to preserve the raw data as well as the processed images. Also record camera settings such as gain, gamma, exposure etc as these may be important for photometry measurements.
The seeing around here has been uniformly poor for the last few weeks but I'll be out there trying anyway :-)
cheers, Bird
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16-04-2006, 10:14 AM
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Retired, damn no pension
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Obi Obi, Qld
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Man I hate getting up early. I'll just have to stay up all night then  Thanks for the heads up bird.
If you leave now you might just be able to get up here and setup in time. The seeing's been pretty good this week . 
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16-04-2006, 11:08 AM
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Cyberdemon
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Rubyvale QLD
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grrr.
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16-04-2006, 11:10 AM
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Retired, damn no pension
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Obi Obi, Qld
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We'll do our best to keep the conditions the same until you get here. How soon do you leave for your trip? Mid May you get up here isn't it?
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16-04-2006, 11:32 AM
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6000 post club member
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Launceston, Australia
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I'll be in it, Bird. Fingers crossed Canberra skies serve up something special
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16-04-2006, 11:47 AM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Sale, VIC
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Looking forward to the images guys. 
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16-04-2006, 12:31 PM
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Sir Post a Lot!
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Gosford, NSW, Australia
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Jupiter is too far in the west for me at that time, i'll have trees in the way so I won't be able to help out 
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16-04-2006, 12:52 PM
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Cyberdemon
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Rubyvale QLD
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Originally Posted by [1ponders]
We'll do our best to keep the conditions the same until you get here. How soon do you leave for your trip? Mid May you get up here isn't it?
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Booked into Rocky on the 4th of May, so I'll probably leave Canberra on the 2nd. I'll have to get your contact number so I can give you a call...
Bird
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16-04-2006, 01:34 PM
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Retired, damn no pension
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Obi Obi, Qld
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That's be good bird. I'll pm you my number.
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16-04-2006, 06:09 PM
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lots of eyes on you!
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Launceston Tasmania
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i am in, not sure on the jetstream, but not a cloud anywhere at the moment
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16-04-2006, 06:11 PM
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6000 post club member
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Beautiful here too. Also not sure what the jetstream's doing but I'm cooling the 9.25, then ready for collimation check and full dew systems operational c'tain!!!! LOL
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16-04-2006, 06:22 PM
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Planet photographer
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Bundaberg
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I'm obviously in. I predict yuck seeing though, winds coming from the wrong direction. Clouds forming too. I'll be trying in any case.
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16-04-2006, 06:33 PM
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Retired, damn no pension
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Obi Obi, Qld
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Well I think you can count me out tonight. Looks like the windy, wet and wild winter weather is on its way. Looking at the map I think it's getting blown straight in from NZ
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16-04-2006, 06:50 PM
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Dazzled by the Cosmos.
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 11,817
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Just popped my head outside to be greeted by clouds and wind - lots of both, so not looking too promising in Brisbane right now.
Oh well, who needs another 142 avi's anyhow.
Cheers
Dennis
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16-04-2006, 07:08 PM
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lots of eyes on you!
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Launceston Tasmania
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collimation is now asi like!!!
temp is meant to get to 1 degree tonight so 8 to go!!!
seeing is at least 5 already. 5 stars in trap and cd on saturn. all this with a 4 degree diff in temps ie tube currents
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16-04-2006, 07:10 PM
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6000 post club member
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Let's hope Hubble doesn't crash. Now that we haven't got your images to look forward to Dennis! (LOL)
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16-04-2006, 08:44 PM
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lots of eyes on you!
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Launceston Tasmania
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8:44 pm
ambient 2.5 degrees, mirror 5 degrees and falling.
250x magnification, jupiter and moons hardly moving, seeing is very good i would say 7ish.
looking good
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16-04-2006, 08:54 PM
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Dazzled by the Cosmos.
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 11,817
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Hi Dave
No pressure mate, but the collective hopes of IIS and all the good folk in this mighty southern continent are resting on your broad, strong shoulders.
Cheers
Dennis
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16-04-2006, 09:02 PM
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Retired, damn no pension
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Obi Obi, Qld
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2.5 deg  Man I'm sitting here with the windows open and a blue singlet on (goin' for the truckie look tonight  ) and you're freezin' your mirror cells off. That's weird.
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16-04-2006, 09:09 PM
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Planet photographer
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Location: Bundaberg
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Not weird, thats Tassie for ya!
ten four, over & out good buddy!
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