CAMBROON JAN 20th 2007 - Page 2

NewToStars (Jase) · #21 11-01-2007, 02:33 PM

hey few questions.
how long does everyone hang around for.
what will i need to bring. equiptment wise, food drink, etc?

thanks

astroron (Ron) · #22 11-01-2007, 03:54 PM

NewToStars,If the weather is good quite a few people stay all night, you can bring a tent and camp,or sleeping bag and mattress and sleep in the lounge on the floor or on the veranda.
Bring your own food as we usually have a BBQ ,and drinks, I supply the tea and coffee.
bring warm clothes and footwear and as you stand around quite a bit it can get quite cool, also a camp chair
There will be a variety of scopes and bino's so you will be able to get lots of info.
Most of all bring your scope

Nordo · #23 11-01-2007, 08:23 PM

Happy New Year to Everybody

I hope I can get to Cambroon.
I'm playing cricket on the 20th at Yandina. What's the shortest route to Cambroon from Yandina?

It will be good to see everyone again, and to give first light to my 13mm Stratus and my Orion 2" deluxe barlow

(Chrissy present - To John, with love, John).

Argonavis (William) · #24 11-01-2007, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by NewToStars

hey few questions.
what will i need to bring.

insect repellant

astroron (Ron) · #25 11-01-2007, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Argonavis

insect repellant

Thats only because the mozzies like you

astroron (Ron) · #26 11-01-2007, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Nordo

Happy New Year to Everybody

I hope I can get to Cambroon.
I'm playing cricket on the 20th at Yandina. What's the shortest route to Cambroon from Yandina?

It will be good to see everyone again, and to give first light to my 13mm Stratus and my Orion 2" deluxe barlow

(Chrissy present - To John, with love, John).

Nordo,look forward to you joining us on the 20th.
Go to this site and put in the details and it will tell you the quickest way to get here.
www.whereis.com.au
Cheers Ron

Nordo · #27 13-01-2007, 11:01 AM

Thanks Ron

NewToStars (Jase) · #28 13-01-2007, 11:28 PM

i'm definately going to turn up to this. i've had my first taste of saturn and i want more.... hmm.. those early morning planets is what i want.

any chance, if i don't have a 2X or 3X barlow lense in time i could borrow someone's on the night so i can really see what my scope is capable of.

cya's there.... i assume people are turning up from about 5:30pm onwards

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #29 13-01-2007, 11:44 PM

I have a spare barlow you could borrow. What's your name by the way?

astroron (Ron) · #30 14-01-2007, 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by NewToStars

i'm definately going to turn up to this. i've had my first taste of saturn and i want more.... hmm.. those early morning planets is what i want.

any chance, if i don't have a 2X or 3X barlow lense in time i could borrow someone's on the night so i can really see what my scope is capable of.

cya's there.... i assume people are turning up from about 5:30pm onwards

Anytime after 15:30 will be ok, it will give you a chance to set up and also look at other scopes and talk to everyone,and have the BBQ out of the way before it gets dark.

NewToStars (Jase) · #31 14-01-2007, 08:53 AM

my name is Jason..... or Jase

Nordo · #32 14-01-2007, 12:19 PM

Definitely need to be there and set up before sunset to catch comet McNaught. I think I will be struggling to get there in time, depending on when my cricket match finishes. Hope everyone doesn't mind a bit of BO (maybe Yandina cricket ground has showers

).
Another good reason to turn up early is to get to meet everyone. Once it gets dark, everyone is just a shadowy figure.
BTW, buy or make a red torch if you don't have one. So far I've made do using a normal torch with 6 layers of red cellophane tied over the lens with a rubber band. Not perfect but it helps you see what your doing, and helps prevent you tripping over 1Ponder's tripod while he's taking a sequence of images

.

NewToStars (Jase) · #33 14-01-2007, 06:12 PM

i work till 4. so 5:30 will be the earliest i can get there. should only take 40mins to get there from Redcliffe.

Xeelee (Chris) · #34 14-01-2007, 10:22 PM

Sorry guys I can't come this Saturday. I have found out about a birthday party that I must attend.

Will endevour to make it on the Sunday evening if that okay with Ron??

Chris

Gargoyle_Steve (Steve) · #35 15-01-2007, 02:00 AM

Shame we won't catch you Saturday Chris, but hopefully sometime soon!

Jase if you're coming from Redcliffe I'd say you have more than 40 minutes drive ... it takes about 30 minutes from Maleny to Ron's place, especially first time when you're not sure where you're going, and I would think you would have more like 40 minutes or so to get to Maleny (if you go that way)

Still thats not a problem, local sunset will be around 6:40pm at Ron's so you have plenty of time to get there in the light anyway, just not so much time for daylight chat.

Look forward meeting you there, and meeting any other recent additions to the Cambroon family, and I'm definitly looking foward to catching up with old friends again.

Roll on Saturday!!

Nordo · #36 15-01-2007, 08:45 AM

I just realised that due to the hills around Cambroon, the sky may still be fairly bright when the comet is visible. ie, the sun has gone behind the nearby hills, but is still illumunating the sky. Would that be right Ron?
I have too many trees to the west at my place to be able to spot the comet so far

.

Astroron

Do the hills hide Saturn? I tried to view Saturn last right, but all of the low north was obscured by cloud.

NewToStars (Jase) · #37 15-01-2007, 08:59 AM

i got saturn last night around 10pm. wasn't very good seeing though.

astroron (Ron) · #38 15-01-2007, 11:42 PM

Nordo, Saturn rises about 30 minites after it's official time due to the hill in the east

Nordo · #39 16-01-2007, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by astroron

Nordo, Saturn rises about 30 minites after it's official time due to the hill in the east

I have yet to see Saturn. With my barlow I can get down to 4.5mm, but that might be a bit beyond my 10" dob. Still, there's heaps of other things to see in the summer skies - and this is my first summer

.

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(that won't put a curse on the night, will it?)

NewToStars (Jase) · #40 16-01-2007, 11:16 AM

i just bought a 2X barlow and 6mm EP from york optical yesterday. so i can now get 400X mag. tried looking through last night, but conditions just weren't good enough. .but 240X mag with my 10mmEP barlowed is sweet.. but still. conditions weren't great.

weather looks fine for this weekend.. shouldn't be cloudy, but there might be a bit of wind around. it's still a bit far away to tell for sure though.