The SkippySky and esp APanel forecasts have improved quite a bit since yesterday, so I'll be there. With the slim pickings of late (and likely to come) I'd hate to miss a good night because of gloomy forecasts. Gotta be in it to win it
A few of us are heading up. If still overcast, we'll meet 'round 7:30 at "The Grand Olive", 5/38 Station St, Wentworth Falls for pizza to wait out the cloud before we hit the Airfield!
My phone number is noted in my previous post.
Last edited by mental4astro; 06-11-2010 at 02:57 PM.
Sorry guys, I won't be able to make it tonight
Next month let's hope we'll get a better forecast!
Can't wait to do a bit a real deep sky with my mak...from Sydney there's not much to look at.
While you're listening to the sound of drizzle I've managed to reach Shangri La and had a good lpok at the northern sky from the hotel roof (it has an observing platform). At 3,600 metres altitude (not feet !), the town had a nice habit of turning the lights off at 1 am.
With killer skies yesterday and today i managed a few astrophotos with my LX5... even some of the Andromeda Galaxy and Polaris of course... More for the memory than as serious astrophotos...
We met up at The Grand Olive for dinner and shop talk, then after a good hour headed to Medlow Bath train station to monitor the weather. Very thick fog.
The weather didn't improve by the time we left at 11:30pm. By the time I got home at 1am, some breaks appeared towards the south, and cleared by 3am, but too knackered and too late with dawn appearing.
Lets see next month.
Great to be able to spend some good time not at the eyepiece with good company and talk!
We'll see about doing something this coming Friday or weekend here in Sydney maybe.
Last edited by mental4astro; 07-11-2010 at 01:12 PM.
