A night at Tebbutt Observatory

[RichardJ (Richard)]

I had a lovely time on Saturday night showing people the night sky at Tebbutt Observatory at Windsor. There were also other amateurs with their scopes. The Hawkesbury Historical Society had a back to Tebbutt night at the observatory. The first one since the end of lockdown. We were treated with a lovely clear sky and got to tour through the observatory. So much history.

Some shots I took. I would love to go back when there are less lights on and get shots of the observatory and the milky way.

RichardJ

[John W (John Wilkinson)]

A good report Richard.

Cheers, John W.

[ahmed_haider (Ahmed)]

Thanks Richard.


I was there too with my 12 inch dob
It was a nice event, the free coffee and excellent muffins/cakes other accompaniments made up for all the work setting up my big scope



Cheers
Ahmed

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Can only imagine how dark the skies would have been back when Tebbutt was using it......likely Bortle 1

Mike

[ahmed_haider (Ahmed)]

One can dream
And this is a specially nice dream for those of us living under the LP dome of big cities.

Although I doubt a Skywatcher Synscan 300p dobsonian would be available in Tebbut's time

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Can only imagine how dark the skies would have been back when Tebbutt was using it......likely Bortle 1

Mike