Viewing night in Melbourne

[scagman (John)]

Hope you get things sorted. Its been cloudie here that last hr or 2 but looks like it might be clearing to the south.

[alistairsam]

Had a look at skippy sky and it's cloudy between 5 and 10 pm and clear after that.

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Looks like it will be absolutely clear for you guys from about midnight

Have a great night

[pgc hunter]

Was looking pretty grim before, but all the cloud has amazingly disappeared into thin air and is now perfectly clear. Can see the tops of thunderstorms to the NE hopefully that wont come here.

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Originally Posted by pgc hunter

Can see the tops of thunderstorms to the NE hopefully that wont come here.

The Northwest/West ones came over here
They are just dissipating now.

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

http://www.weatherzone.com.au/warning.jsp?id=IDV65756

[alistairsam]

Just returned from a great night at Johns place at Kinglake. Really dark skies, so many stars, had the odd patch of clouds, but was clear right till morning.
we imaged our first galaxy as well. definitely going back.
Thanks for the hospitality John.

[pgc hunter]

I just came in from one of the most amazing sessions I've ever had. Seeing was incredible. First time in my life I saw a near perfect airy disk resembling that in the textbooks - at 600x. Stars at a rather high 342x were dead set pinpoints (this is with an 8"), the stellar images were so crisp that I could've sworn I was using half that magnification. The reality of the situation was quite astonishing.

[scagman (John)]

Originally Posted by alistairsam

Just returned from a great night at Johns place at Kinglake. Really dark skies, so many stars, had the odd patch of clouds, but was clear right till morning.
we imaged our first galaxy as well. definitely going back.
Thanks for the hospitality John.

Your welcome, I'm glad you enjoyed it.

I had a great night and learned a heap. I have been stuffing around for ages each night triing to get aligned and gotos working and probably would be for a long time to come, but after last night I think I have got it sorted. Thanks for all your help.

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Sounds like you guys had a fantastic night

Originally Posted by pgc hunter

I just came in from one of the most amazing sessions I've ever had. Seeing was incredible. First time in my life I saw a near perfect airy disk resembling that in the textbooks - at 600x. Stars at a rather high 342x were dead set pinpoints (this is with an 8"), the stellar images were so crisp that I could've sworn I was using half that magnification. The reality of the situation was quite astonishing.

Sab, I had to quote your post so it will be kept forever in case you decide to go edit it.
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