Kulnura (Central Coast) meetup - Sat 1st Oct new moon - Page 3

RB (Andrew) · #41 30-09-2005, 09:02 AM

I'll probably be there.

Louie you coming?

ausastronomer (John Bambury) · #42 30-09-2005, 09:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rocket Boy

I'll probably be there.

Louie you coming?

Yup, Louie told me last night on the phone he is coming, rain hail or FLU

Myself and Andrew Murrell will also be there. If I get off my lazy butt I may even get "Hector" fixed in time, which would be nice, but I doubt it, gotta make 3 new blocks for him which will take a while.

CS-John B

atalas · #43 30-09-2005, 04:44 PM

Ah yes Its looking good for tomorrow night guy's ! Andrew I'll be there !
Narayan looking forward to imaging together !
A thank you to all who wished me well , It worked ! I feel like I can pack that back breaking G11 in the car again

Louie

ausastronomer (John Bambury) · #44 30-09-2005, 06:47 PM

Got 2 of 4 blocks made for Hector this arvo so Hector is firming rapidly in the market to even money

CS-John B

cahullian · #45 30-09-2005, 07:28 PM

Glad to see you are feeling better Louie
The beers in my fridge are going to be out of date before you get to drink them at this rate.
I am looking forward to the nights viewing as I saw the Andromeda galaxy for the first time last night and also the great orion nebula. Cant wait to see them under dark skies.

Gazz

Nuri · #46 30-09-2005, 09:07 PM

I'd like to come up for a few hours to check out some gear and talk to you guys about scopes and mounts. Does anyone have the GPS coordinates for the site at Kulnura? If not is it easy to find you guys once you enter the field from Greta Rd? (I have the JPG from Iceman's post below)

Cheers,
Nuri

P.S. I'll bring my Canon 20D if anyone wants to use it for imaging

iceman (Mike) · #47 30-09-2005, 09:09 PM

Hi Nuri.

You're more than welcome to come up! Once you go in the driveway, turn to the right and you'll see us across in the paddock ahead and to the left. There's plenty of space to park your car there.

I'd love to take some widefield shots on my EQ platform with your 20D!

Nuri · #48 30-09-2005, 09:21 PM

Hi Mike,

No problem... that's one thing I want to learn to do anyway, so maybe you can show me how polar alignment is done etc..

I've been researching astro-equipment on the net for more than a year now with view to purchasing an imaging scope. I've enjoyed learning so much about the models and technicalities, that I'm just continuing to research!

I'll probably end up with a C9.25 or C11 and ED80 or ED120 if released soon on a EQ6 Skyscan (all from Andrews) - waiting on the release of the updateable hand controller version... I've never actually seen any of this equipment though!

What time are you guys meeting?

Cheers,
Nuri

iceman (Mike) · #49 30-09-2005, 09:24 PM

Some guys will be there about 5:30-6pm, others a little later. Where abouts do you live?

If you get there when Louie (atalas) does, you can see how he sets up his C11 + Losmandy mount. He's planning to do some imaging tomorrow night.

I've got an EQ platform (for a dob/newt), not an EQ mount, so you won't learn much about polar aligning from watching me put it on the ground and turn it on

Nuri · #50 30-09-2005, 09:52 PM

he he.. that's cool, that in itself is a leaning curve for me. Do you know when Louie will arrive?

I live in Newington (Olympic Village in Homebush) and have a Pajero, so if anyone needs to transport large equipment from central Sydney that they otherwise cannot, that's no problem. I can't promise that I'll stick around till you do though!

atalas · #51 30-09-2005, 10:07 PM

Hi Nuri I'll be there about 5.30pm ,I live in Bankstown . If your there I can take you through the set-up and polar aligning method used for imaging .
I'm using a C11 with a ED80 guide scope mounted on a G11 EQ mount.
Louie

Rodstar (Rod) · #52 30-09-2005, 10:24 PM

Looking forward to Saturday night. Weather looks very promising (at the risk of spoiling it). Glad to hear you are better Louie.

Gazz, interesting to hear your comment about Andromeda Galaxy - I too saw it for the first time last night....very low on the Northern horizon, a very large smudge. Hopefully I can make out a bit more detail tomorrow night under dark skies.

Last night I had a good look at the Saturn nebula and Helix nebula in Aquarius too - might be a bit easier at Kulnura than my backyard to get a really good view of those objects.

Nuri · #53 30-09-2005, 10:32 PM

Hi Louie,

I'll be there at 5:30pm. Can't wait to see your setup!

Cheers,
Nuri

ving (David) · #54 01-10-2005, 09:32 AM

looks to be a good turnout

I'll prolly be there early... setting the dob up takes such a long time!

last time i was up there the trip knocked my collimation out so I wanna make sure its ok before it gets dark.

seeker372011 (Narayan) · #55 01-10-2005, 12:45 PM

looking foward to catching up ..seems like ages since we last went up to kulnura

atalas · #56 01-10-2005, 01:02 PM

It's been ages since clear skies thats for sure Narayan ! looks like we might get the biggest
turnout we've had there .

Louie

cahullian · #57 01-10-2005, 04:22 PM

Looking forward to seeing you all there. I'll be leaving in about an hour or so.
Gazz/ Irish

frogman (Anthony Lord) · #58 01-10-2005, 04:41 PM

S 33' 14.004
E 151.14266

should get you to my site.

See yas when you get here.

Tool

seeker372011 (Narayan) · #59 02-10-2005, 08:52 AM

I'm sorry we had to leave in a hurry without saying goodbye to anyone..we got a phone call saying my daughter had hurt herself at home so we rushed back...she's fine now

anyway it was nice to catch up and the highlights for me were NGC 346 through Hector and NGC 2070 through John's 10 inch and O III filter

Narayan

ving (David) · #60 02-10-2005, 01:03 PM

my god hectors a biggun!

thanks for the view

Thanks froggy for being such a great host again

good to see everyone there again, it's alway such a friendly atmosphere

finally got to see mars. the seeing wasnt great but I saw some detail. more detail was seen with the apperture mask on.

thanks everyone