Pony club 13th March 2010 - Page 3

sally1jack (Phil) · #41 20-03-2010, 09:16 AM

I'm unsure if i can make it, Peter read is coming over to do a little work on my scope & I don't know when when he will finnish, if there is time i'll be there.

Phil

Allan_L (Allan) · #42 20-03-2010, 10:18 AM

I hope to be there, early.
Just hope this cloud cover burns off.

markman123 (Mark) · #43 20-03-2010, 02:21 PM

Thanks for the hot tip, Geoff. I think I've remedied my coordinates...

I plan to be there tonight - what time would you recommend to arrive? What time are you planning on getting there, Allan?

I see you guys have got some serious gear... Hope it's not a cardinal sin to setup a 90mm refractor... ;-)

Mark

iceman (Mike) · #44 20-03-2010, 03:31 PM

I'm hoping to be there tonight! Weather looks good.

gb_astro · #45 20-03-2010, 04:15 PM

Hi Mark.
There is always someone there around sunset, 19.07 tonight.
Things should be pretty relaxed until after moonset, 21.14.

Phil, no chance of dragging Peter Read along?

Greg.

Allan_L (Allan) · #46 20-03-2010, 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by markman123

Thanks for the hot tip, Geoff. I think I've remedied my coordinates...

I plan to be there tonight - what time would you recommend to arrive? What time are you planning on getting there, Allan?

I see you guys have got some serious gear... Hope it's not a cardinal sin to setup a 90mm refractor... ;-)

Mark

Hi Mark,

I will be leaving shortly.
I expect to be there before 7.
90mm is fine.
Even binoculars are great to use up there.
I will aim to have a look through it myself If OK?
We like to share our views generally.
** Bring some Warm clothes in case it gets chilly**
See you there.
Al

GTB_an_Owl (Geoff) · #47 21-03-2010, 02:04 PM

C'mon - wake up you guys

it's not as though we observed to dawn

not as many as we expected - but a happy little bunch enjoyed some clear sky for a good while
light cloud started to build after midnite from the south
still we got some reasonable views of Orion and later, Saturn.
i thought i had had one too many tooheys when i was seeing a double image of Saturn's band - but others confirmed what i was seeing

any one else observe that effect anywhere else last nite ?
or was it something in the air at the pony club ?

good to see Mike out and about again - and we were assured that Deeno had not packed up and gone to America to have another look through that 48 incher he was mesmerized by

hope our newcomer Mark had a good nite and we look forward to his next visit

we locked the gate about 4:20 am

geoff

gb_astro · #48 21-03-2010, 02:25 PM

Thanks to Phil for bringing Peter Read along.
Great to catch up on the latest SDM developments.
(For a moment I thought Joe was going to order one!)

Saw the multiple stacked Saturn rings myself.
What was weird was that the double stack was often quite stable, five seconds or more.

Greg.

Inmykombi (Geoff) · #49 21-03-2010, 03:37 PM

Glad you had a good time and the skies were clear.

sorry I couldnt make it. I was rostered on at Surfcom today and I need to be on the ball when working the radio in an emergency situation.

Next time i'll be there.

C ya leter.

geoffro

markman123 (Mark) · #50 21-03-2010, 03:47 PM

Had a fantastic time - had a few laughs, and alot of fun - will definately be back!

Thank you very much for such a great night - good bunch of people out there.

See you round like a doughnut,

Mark

Rick Petrie · #51 21-03-2010, 07:15 PM

Once again we all had a good one. It was great to see what everyone was looking at and lots walking around comparing views in different scopes to see what each other were looking at. It seemed quite funny when The Owl was 'seeing double' rings around saturn, we thought if he had another drink it could have ended up a 'three ring circus'

Thanks Deeno for sharing those great photos of your trip, you and Amanda must have had a ball.

Nice to meet Peter Read and Mark. You sound like you enjoyed our crazy group Mark and good you will come again.
Well I'm of to USA also and will catch up at Lostock in May.
Cheers

Allan_L (Allan) · #52 22-03-2010, 07:19 AM

Yes, it was a great night.
Thanks to all who came for great company and interesting sites.

The DEW prevention tent worked wonderfully! Not a drop was evident over the entire field.

Great to see Deeno back. Missed you mate! - Photos?
Great conversations and observations as ususl with usual suspects, Geoff (owl), Geoff (filter), Rick(-apoody), Greg (GB). And special guest appearances from Phil&Peter(scopeless) and Joe (binoless).

And nice to catch up with Iceman again! Its been so long he forgot to bring half his kit!

Welcome Mark, hope you enjoyed the escape from the big smole! And hope to see you again.

Deeno · #53 29-03-2010, 09:28 PM

Great to catch up with everyone! Nice to see some reasonable dew free conditions for most of the night.
Spent most of the night drift aligning with the D200 riding piggy back for a dabble into the "dark side".

High cloud appeared out of no where just as I was ready to fire the first frame of course but, did end up with three frames of 5 minute exposures at iso 800 and about 90mm focal length.
Nothing special, just a successful trial.

Looking forward to next month.....
Deeno