Central Coast - Pony Club this week sometime?

[GTB_an_Owl (Geoff)]

i probably won't be there till about 8pm
i have a very busy day ahead

so someone else should get the key if thats possible

looks like a nite on the "beach" if the grass is that high

geoff

[Sue Lang]

Is it definitely on tonight? If so (sky is clear here), alright if I join you?

[GTB_an_Owl (Geoff)]

you will be most welcome Sue

geoff

[Sue Lang]

Thanks Geoff, see you there then.

[Inmykombi (Geoff)]

I am a definate, wow look at the sky.......woooo-hooooo.

I will get there around 8.30 it seems, after a Horror day at work.

Rick sends his appologies.

Sorry to hear you are sick Rod, hope you get better soon.

Hi Sue, you are welcome to come, I hope you find the place OK.

Geoff

[GTB_an_Owl (Geoff)]

what a top nite
great views through the 8" dob of saturn around 2am
good roll up despite the few missing regulars

all too tired so we locked the gate around 4am

geoff

[Rodstar (Rod)]

Originally Posted by Inmykombie

Sorry to hear you are sick Rod, hope you get better soon.

Geoff

Thanks, mate. I really needed the night in, and am feeling much better this morning.

Sounds like you had a great night, from Geoff's short report.

[Inmykombi (Geoff)]

Those who made the treck were treated to a totally clear night all night long.

I stayed in ORION for acouple of hours observing some deep sky objects 2 x Galxies NGC 1682 and NGC 1684. Also a reflection nebula NGC 1788. Viewing was still at times.

Also, some "sharp as a tack" views of Saturn through Geoff's 8 inch DOB. WOW.

Some lovely naked eye views of the Milky Way around 2 am after a full night with my eye to the scope.

Jupiter rose above the trees around 3.30 or so.

Thanks for the company everone.

I hope you get your Laptop sorted out Mike.

See you all soon.

[RB (Andrew)]

I'm glad you guys had a great night !

Hope to catch up next time.

My wife and I celebrated our 21st wedding anniversary last night so it was a rare treat to have a nice romantic dinner, just the two of us, without the kids.

[GTB_an_Owl (Geoff)]

and just how did you manage that RB?

(without the kids i mean) did you have them arrested or something - lock them in the chook shed - WHAT ?

glad you had a great nite my friend

geoff

[GTB_an_Owl (Geoff)]

did i mention you missed great views of saturn through the 8" RB !

oh - and deeno's single cuban didn't really create the ambience for the evening (sorry deeno)

[ausastronomer (John Bambury)]

Originally Posted by RB

My wife and I celebrated our 21st wedding anniversary last night so it was a rare treat to have a nice romantic dinner, just the two of us, without the kids.

RB

21 wedding anniversaries and only 20 kids !!! How come you missed a year ?

In all seriousness, congrats

Cheers,
John B

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by GTB_an_Owl

and just how did you manage that RB?

(without the kids i mean) did you have them arrested or something - lock them in the chook shed - WHAT ?

The kids were probably happy to get rid of mum and dad for the night....
Actually granny babysat.

Originally Posted by GTB_an_Owl

oh - and deeno's single cuban didn't really create the ambience for the evening (sorry deeno)

We'll remedy that next time.

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by ausastronomer

RB

21 wedding anniversaries and only 20 kids !!! How come you missed a year ?

In all seriousness, congrats

Cheers,
John B

The first year was a honeymoon....

Thanks John, happy new year to you and your family, hope to catch up next time mate.

[jakob]

Is anybody at the Pony Club tonight?

(edit: just looked outside, forget the question!)

Sorry I missed last night.

[iceman (Mike)]

Was a great night, thanks to all who turned up. The weather was lovely, couldn't have asked for a better night.

Around 2am the seeing looked spectacular with no twinkling.. I would've loved to have imaged Saturn from home.

Had some frustrating times with my laptop (see thread in general chat), but thems the breaks.

I took my friend Derek (from Karate) for his first dark site trip, he had a great time and is keen to come to more.

[Inmykombi (Geoff)]

It was nice to meet you Sue.
I will help you some more with your Celestron setup next time we get together on the mountain or where ever.

Congrats to Andrew and your wife for 21 years. You beat us by one year ( 20 yrs last November ).
It is great to get a break from the kids , and I am sure they think the same about us..
My wife once asked me if I knew what the precious item was for 21 years marriage ........I said I think it is RUST......

Seriously.....all the best....

[koputai (Jason)]

Yep, thanks to all for a good nights viewing.
I realised as I passed Brooklyn that I'd left all my eyepieces at home, but thought I'd carry on as there was no way if I went home that I'd be heading out again. Various kind offers of loan eyepieces were much appreciated, but I thoroughly enjoyed just checking out the views through every one elses scopes. Many thanks for that guys.
Oh, and as far as anniversaries go, I've got a while to wait for our first, as we were only married three weeks ago!

Cheers,
Jason.

[GTB_an_Owl (Geoff)]

there you go giving yourself up Jason

we were all going to keep mum about your little blunder

geoff

[Deeno]

Tried to keep the regular ambience going with the Cuban but, wasn't really quite the same.

Great to see clear skies all night and a good roll up despite missing a few regulars.

Sorry I dozed off there at the end while watching for shooting stars. Big couple of days and a little sleep deprived.