How about my place on the 12th and/or 13th October, weather permitting.
You might want to think about bringing some mozzie repellent, although
Ill more than likely have some here if you forget.
sounds great rob .. I'd love to bring the new scope out your place
I don't think it will be quite done though..yours be finished soon ?
Well I hope someone brings a scope, mine is currently in pieces . I could
put it back together and pop it on the EQ mount yikes!. No dont think the
rebuild will be finished by then. Its pitty your scope wont be finished looking
forward to having a look through it.
Thanks, Graham, we had a great time. I love the Nthn Rivers....glorious!
I have come home to some very cool weather, actually. We went up to the Cape Byron Lighthouse on Saturday morning to see the sunrise, and at 4.45am it was 16 degrees celcius. Guess what temp it was when we got back to Gosford at 4pm the same day? 16 degrees! Brrrrr!!
19:18 -1 flare to the NE, I'm 27kms away from centre which I think
could be near you Glen. And then at 19:19 we have the ISS at -0.2
starting WSW ending in the NW.
Worst than yours I'm getting a load of ash from the mill up the road to
re-level it. It's getting to the stage where I'm unable to use it, and the
recent rain hasnt done any favours for it.
No telescope Rob? The old plan was Sept Alex, Oct Glen, Nov Rob.
We missed Alex in Sept, Alex do you want to have it there in Oct?
I've managed to talk the ex into swapping around kid time for school holdays
so I didn't have the little one here to look after, which is a bit like negotiating
with the N Koreans.
Glen, I could put it back together, but you guy's dont seem too impressed
looking through an 8" if you prefer to go up to Alex place it's up
to you.
I may not be able to make alexes next month , got to go to brisbane one of those weekends .
I'm looking forward to haveing a look through the new 8" rob
I'm going to cut my 10" up next year and make it very portable
dismantleing the thing every time I want to take it somewhere is amajor pain
and the way the chipboard is slowly falling out every time i do it
is going to make it a must do sooner or later
I'm looking forward to haveing a look through the
new 8" rob I'm going to cut my 10" up next year and make it very portable
dismantleing the thing every time I want to take it somewhere is amajor pain
and the way the chipboard is slowly falling out every time i do it is going to
make it a must do sooner or later
Pretty much finished the secondary cage, just got to add the hardware
and paint the inside black. I'm thinking of lightly smearing it with PVA and
a sprinkling of sand to give it a rough surface before I paint it. I pick up the
ali tubing for the truss poles today apart from the laminate that will be used
for the bearing I have everything to complete it. Also the wood for a
parallelogram mount for my 20x80's, man Im get sick of hand holding them
but love using them.
Pretty much finished the secondary cage, just got to add the hardware
and paint the inside black. I'm thinking of lightly smearing it with PVA and
a sprinkling of sand to give it a rough surface before I paint it. I pick up the
ali tubing for the truss poles today apart from the laminate that will be used
for the bearing I have everything to complete it. Also the wood for a
parallelogram mount for my 20x80's, man Im get sick of hand holding them
but love using them.
regards
Try saw dust it wieghs much less
....unless you are going for a non slip surface...
alex
I had thought about sawdust but trying to make the consistancy and size
of the particle that I'm after seemed to much trouble. I've tested sand
on a couple of bits of wood and did a lil weight test and found it will barely
add and extra 1/2 gram which will mean a lil over 3grams to counter weight
not too bad to notice really. I only have to do a strip 55mm x 734mm. I'm
open to alternatives... even thought about grinding plastic up
. I could
I have just checked my emails now (22/9). 
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