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Matt Wastell (Matt) · #21 25-09-2009, 07:37 PM

Congrats Jeanette - new toys are great fun (a little frustrating at times too!). Looking forward to your feedback!

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #22 25-09-2009, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Davros

Evening Jeanette
yah for the new toy, oopps serious astro equipment

I put down the deposit on mine today, pick it up on Monday all going to plan. Question though, what are you using for power if your not running it on mains?

I ordered a Powertech DC Regulated Power Supply at the same time. Also bought a double adaptor to go with it. Nothing worse than buying a new toy, I mean a new serious piece of Astro equipment and not be able to use it straight away. Just need that serial to usb adaptor now.
I'm drift aligning as I write.

mozzie (Peter) · #23 25-09-2009, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by jjjnettie

My new mount has arrived.

A shiny new HEQ5Pro.

Now, which plug goes where?
Better sort things out so I can be up and running tonight cause it looks like it may be getting a little dusty again tomorrow.

well have to blame you know for the dust coming oh how its changed from the rain

enjoy you deserve it
mozzie

PS JJJ BROUGHT THE DUST!!!!!!

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #24 25-09-2009, 08:02 PM

At least I'm getting first light before it hits.

BerrieK · #25 25-09-2009, 08:13 PM

Y - A - Y for you Jeanette!

Congratulations on the arrival of your new baby

, hopefully it was an easy delivery!!

I was lucky enough to be spoilt and get one of these beauties for my birthday from my hubbie and kids. It really is more than I need but, although I havn't had much opportunity to use it of late I just love it...hope you get as much enjoyment from yours. I'm sure that it will be well used and cared for. Oh and thanks for the dust

Kerrie

dpastern (Dave Pastern) · #26 25-09-2009, 08:19 PM

Congrats Jeanette

Have fun with that new mount :-)

Dave

RobF (Rob) · #27 25-09-2009, 08:45 PM

Have fun Jeanette!
I Luv my heq5....

I'm setting up tonight too, for first time since AF. If only I could remember where all these wires go

Baddad (Marty) · #28 27-09-2009, 03:49 PM

Hi jjj,

Congratulations on the new toy. I had a peek at the long range rain forecast. 9 to 12 Oct rain expected. Just after this dust settles. That was not forecast until a few days ago.

How do you justify that???

You get a new toy and we all have to tolerate dust then rain.

Cheers Marty

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #29 27-09-2009, 04:06 PM

Bring on the rain, we really really need it.

[1ponders] (Paul) · #30 27-09-2009, 04:10 PM

You've got the ball rolling Jeanette but maybe if we make a concerted effort. If every IIS member in SE Qld bought $150 worth of Astronomy gear (averaged out of course

) then we'd get just enough rain to settle the dust, top my tanks up (at 80% atm so not a real worry) and bring the ground up to field capacity again (a real worry atm). If you don't know what to buy or don't need anything, send me the money and I'll place an order for you for stuff i need.

dpastern (Dave Pastern) · #31 27-09-2009, 04:24 PM

I think I might have had a hand in it as well Marty - I've ordered the Orion shorty 80mm guidescope kit from Bintel, as well as a TV 32mm plossl and Astronomik UHC-E filter. Blame it on Dave, everyone else does

Dave

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Originally Posted by Baddad

Hi jjj,

Congratulations on the new toy. I had a peek at the long range rain forecast. 9 to 12 Oct rain expected. Just after this dust settles. That was not forecast until a few days ago.

How do you justify that???

You get a new toy and we all have to tolerate dust then rain.

Cheers Marty

Baddad (Marty) · #32 28-09-2009, 07:58 AM

Hi Dave,

I think I might have had a hand in it as well Marty - I've ordered the Orion shorty 80mm guidescope kit from Bintel, as well as a TV 32mm plossl and Astronomik UHC-E filter. Blame it on Dave, everyone else does http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/....s/tongue05.gif

That ordinarily would have caused a two day downpour on its own. The El Nino effect means we get dust instead. That is just too much to purchase at once.

I'll have words with jjj too when I meet with her next time.

Cheers Marty

mithrandir (Andrew) · #33 28-09-2009, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by dpastern

I think I might have had a hand in it as well Marty - I've ordered the Orion shorty 80mm guidescope kit from Bintel, as well as a TV 32mm plossl and Astronomik UHC-E filter. Blame it on Dave, everyone else does

Dave

You can probably blame Duncan and me too with our QHY8s. Ever since mine arrived it's been either dust or gale force winds or wind-chill or all three.

Davros (Lauren) · #34 28-09-2009, 08:35 AM

And throw in the HEQ5pro i am picking up on my way home this arvo.

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #35 28-09-2009, 10:18 AM

Whoo hoo Mick.
So tell us, exactly how excited are you???

dpastern (Dave Pastern) · #36 28-09-2009, 01:26 PM

muhahaha Andrew & Marty - we're all bad bad boys! Poor IIS members, having to put up with dust and rain and winds cos we lashed out ;-)

Dave

DavidU (Dave) · #37 28-09-2009, 01:35 PM

Are you folks trying to screw up the weather with all that nice gear?

pgc hunter · #38 28-09-2009, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by DavidU

Are you folks trying to screw up the weather with all that nice gear?

mate, our weather has been screwed since those british clowns decided to colonise this most antarctic part of Australia, rather than the blissfully hot and sunny Pilbara coast... Too bad the Batavia ran aground.....

Thanks for nothing, John Batman

Atleast you could've followed James Cook and settled somehwere near that perpetually sunny and warm place they call Sydney

AstralTraveller (David) · #39 28-09-2009, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by pgc hunter

mate, our weather has been screwed since those british clowns decided to colonise this most antarctic part of Australia, rather than the blissfully hot and sunny Pilbara coast...

Thanks for nothing, John Batman

Atleast you could've followed James Cook and settled somehwere near that perpetually sunny and warm place they call Sydney

Well it's cool and cloudy today and was cold and windy yesterday. Sunny and warm?? Yes I think I remember that.

As for the 'blissful' Pilbara, I can only assume you have never been there. On Sundays we sometimes drove 80km to the De Gray River so we could find a tree big enough to sit under. And those 40++ temperatures did marvels for the seeing, stars could look like jelly fish naked eye. Then remember that that coast is the cyclone capital of Oz. In my experience the northern part of Oz is not much chop for astronomy.

pgc hunter · #40 28-09-2009, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by AstralTraveller

Well it's cool and cloudy today and was cold and windy yesterday. Sunny and warm?? Yes I think I remember that.

sounds like an odd one out in hot and sunny NSW. Here it's been far colder and windier over the last 3 solid days. The remaining hundreds have just been insipidly overcast. Sunny and Warm, I recall something like that last January.

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As for the 'blissful' Pilbara, I can only assume you have never been there. On Sundays we sometimes drove 80km to the De Gray River so we could find a tree big enough to sit under. And those 40++ temperatures did marvels for the seeing, stars could look like jelly fish naked eye. Then remember that that coast is the cyclone capital of Oz. In my experience the northern part of Oz is not much chop for astronomy.

I don't have to be there to love it. 1. The stars look liky jelly fishy to the naked eye 99 out of 100 nights in Melbourne, 2. Cyclones aren't common enough to worry over, and 3. here I'd have to drive 500km at least to find some clear sky 9 out of 10 weekends. (or days for that matter).

Port Hedland averages 210 clear days per year. Melbourne barely scrapes 50.

Check mate Iceland.