Misspent youth & comet Lulin

acropolite (Phil) · #1 25-02-2009, 09:12 AM

Wednesday night, 24th Feb I managed to gather North Island IISers John & Anna and Leon & Alice together for a few drinks & nibbles. An enjoyable evening was had by all, studying Newtons laws of motion, colliding bodies and tracking errors on the Large Alcock Thomson & Taylor Collider...

(No Higgs Bosun particles were observed despite our best attempts.)

We finished the evening with a quick viewing of Lulin around midnight, through sucker holes, almost visible to the Naked eye, an easy binocular target and showing a faint tail. The view through an ED80 was slightly better, using a 25mm EP giving 24x mag (using a cheap 25mm Kelner from an old ebay scope). Interestingly we threw some higher magnifications at it but the views were not as good. At 24x Lulin nicely filled the FOV on the ED80.

iceman (Mike) · #2 25-02-2009, 09:17 AM

haha excellent! Great that you could all catch up while Leon's down there.

Nice photos!

h0ughy (David) · #3 25-02-2009, 09:28 AM

LOL what a motley crew

- those poor women

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Its great that you got to share in the physics experiment, for the record who won?

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #4 25-02-2009, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by h0ughy

LOL what a motley crew

- those poor women

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It would have been very theraputic for them, being able to share their experiences as Astro widows.

astroron (Ron) · #5 25-02-2009, 10:16 AM

I hope Phil had one foot on the floor

Great to see you all together and having a good time

acropolite (Phil) · #6 25-02-2009, 12:39 PM

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It would have been very theraputic for them, being able to share their experiences as Astro widows

Actaully Anna's the chief Astronomer at Xtream HQ, John's the token Widow....

Ric · #7 25-02-2009, 12:48 PM

Great photos Phil.

That's a fantastic looking table you have there. I have a three quarter version myself. Do love a good game of Billiards.

Cheers

xstream (John) · #8 25-02-2009, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by h0ughy

Its great that you got to share in the physics experiment, for the record who won?

Let's just say a couple of lessons were dealt out.

xstream (John) · #9 25-02-2009, 01:40 PM

Twas a great evening last night, thanks Phil and Liz.

Leon, Alice, Anna and I were discussing this morning what an enjoyable evening we had before Anna and I departed from the caravan park.

BTW great pics Phil!

Jen · #10 25-02-2009, 09:27 PM

Awwwwww its so nice to hear IIS peeps getting together thanks for the pics Phil

RB (Andrew) · #11 26-02-2009, 09:25 AM

So whhhich one's Leon ?

Glad to see you guys met up and nice photos Phil !
I've met Elizabeth and I know Anna but I haven't had a chance to meet Leon and Alice yet.