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Moon Phase
CURRENT MOON
Waning Crescent 4.6%
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21-01-2006, 07:40 PM
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aiming for 2nd Halley's
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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go you good thing DP 
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21-01-2006, 07:42 PM
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Planet photographer
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Location: Bundaberg
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Don't forget we want close up details of the machinery used to dig them canals dude!!
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21-01-2006, 07:44 PM
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Planet photographer
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I'll send the IIS mars crayon to ya' Rob after I'm done, ok? he-he!
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21-01-2006, 07:49 PM
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lots of eyes on you!
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Launceston Tasmania
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i am trying the tried and true asi-method of finding the planet while it is still daylight, gee it is hard.
mars is about to transit, so i will keep trying!!!
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21-01-2006, 07:58 PM
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Yup. It's not easy, try a pair of sunnies Davo...not real dark ones though! You'll be looking, & about to give up & then you will spot the lil' bugga & say to yourself "how did I miss that!?"
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21-01-2006, 08:22 PM
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lots of eyes on you!
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arrrrgghh past transit and haven't spotted it, ok sunnies on and try again.....it will dark soon so eventually i will win!!!
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21-01-2006, 08:26 PM
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Yes, in this case you will spot it eventually!
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21-01-2006, 08:34 PM
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I have a clear patch to the north, so I'm out there looking for it too! No luck yet!
Got side-tracked (like usual of late..a lovely sunset happening here!) I'll post it later.
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21-01-2006, 08:54 PM
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lots of eyes on you!
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got it!
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21-01-2006, 09:16 PM
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Cool! I keep forgetting your further east than me, Another 10-15 mins I should have it too.
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21-01-2006, 11:46 PM
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lots of eyes on you!
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Join Date: Jun 2005
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nah, a gooy mess, did lots of star test and i am really happy with the collimation tonight. got a rippa of 6 stars in the trap at 480x
saturn and jup are looking good for tonight
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22-01-2006, 12:33 AM
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aiming for 2nd Halley's
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Australia
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skies cleared here abruptly and took me completely by surprise - got the scope setup and about half hour only to cool, seeing was rubbish 3-4/10 and my electric focusser packed it in, but I did get a couple of avi's before mars sank behind a tree and the clouds started scudding back in.
will post soon - hope it's worth it... 
cheers,
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22-01-2006, 11:07 AM
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Who knows
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Blackwood South Australia
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Not imaging at mo. Heat wave has made seeing totally crap, plus last two nights it has been 35 at 1230 am. It is now 1033am Sunday and it is 39degrees already. Damn heat. No imaging for 3 weeks now.
As for the LPI, I find it cannot handle Jupiter well. With 60-90 seconds you cannot get enough frames in. That's why I went to the Toucam. More frames per second and the image scale is bigger. Not to mention the extra resolution that it gets. Chris Go did a side by side comparison and said they were fairly even, but those three things stood out. The LPI is fine as a starter (in my opinion, not that counts for much).
Paul
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22-01-2006, 11:19 AM
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Well I dunno, your opinion counts for much in my opinion Paul! I've been right thru this site & I know you talk from practical hands-on experience when you mention LPI's.
Picked it up fairly cheap so I'm just having a play with it. I may just use it for the moon, seems to do a good job on that. I think planets are out with it though. That's where the toucam comes in.
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22-01-2006, 11:35 AM
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lots of eyes on you!
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i also listen and put lotsa weight to your opinions mr g(rumpy) pants!!!
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22-01-2006, 11:44 AM
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Yeah!! See!? I'm no longer asi-grumps.......RUMPLE-GRUMPS!!
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22-01-2006, 12:01 PM
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aiming for 2nd Halley's
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I dunno, sponge bob still looks grumpy.. or is he just plain evil? He's scaring the kids 
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22-01-2006, 12:03 PM
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lots of eyes on you!
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poor old rumples has had a 3 week enforced break...i would be itching and grumpy too!
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22-01-2006, 04:46 PM
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Who knows
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Location: Blackwood South Australia
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Yeah getting a bit stir crazy at mo. However, it has forced me to get lots of sleep and do a couple of jobs that needed doing. Oh, and of course spend time on here.
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