Sick of traffic

[Dujon]

Kerfuffle fixed.

Not to worry, Karl, no one will think the worse of you. I suspect that most of us have mucked up the odd calculation or ten over the years.

*picks out atlas from bookshelf - draws imaginary circle around Blaxland with 19Km radius in vain attempt to pin down your location*.

No, Karl, it is of little importance. It simply gives us some idea as to where you are located should you comment upon seeing or other sky conditions.

Cheers

[DobDobDob (Ron)]

Originally Posted by Karls48

I forgot to add that it shows if the coordinates are correct distance calculation on IIS is accurate

Yes Karl and as John said, it is a good tool to compare astronomical events from roughly the same position. Now that you have corrected it you are my closest neighbour so far, only 10 k's you are practically in my backyard

Now when I want to borrow your EP's it's just a short distance for you to come and drop them off for me

[DobDobDob (Ron)]

Originally Posted by Dujon

*picks out atlas from bookshelf - draws imaginary circle around Blaxland with 19Km radius in vain attempt to pin down your location*.

Hey John, if I don't tell you that Karl is in Mt. Druitt, you can still work it out from available data, you live in Blaxland, draw your 19k circle, and you know I live in prospect, so draw another circle with a 10k radius from Prospect on the same map, where the circles intersect is Karl's location

[Karls48 (Karl)]

Ron, you are welcome to borrow eyepieces but I must disappoint you, my eyepieces are no brand el cheepo types that come with scope. I don’t do visual observing; my eyesight is getting pretty poor. I use Starlight type CCD security cameras and I don’t take pretty images like some members do. I’m stunned by some images I see on this forum. I’m searching for some unusual phenomena such as a star orbiting invisible companion (possible black hole), search for undiscovered double stars. I also take images of Alpha Centaury and Delta Pavonis, close Sun like stars. I miss Blue Mountains where sky was darker and I had much bigger unobstructed view.

[DobDobDob (Ron)]

LOL sweet mate, I was just kidding wid ya