I'll keep to tomorrow night if thats ok. As I will need to pack up all my gear
and get kid ready. The later probably more time consuming lol, have a good
night you guy's, a lil muddy up there from here but still nice and clear
besides I'm working on getting these SN print outs working better than
they do.
thanks glen .. very foggy drive back to lismore ,I came across a guy at tuncester who had seen the crossroad sign in the fog and decided to make a left turn.. about 50 metres + before the corner .. couldn't get him out ..no one hurt .. but a volvo in a drain is sure to get a few chuckles tommorow if its still there .
Used the 12" till 9:30 last night then got up at 3:30 and did some more with 20x80s.
Had a good look at N7000 and M31. It was cold and there was some mist off and on.
CU tonight Rob if its clear.
Was intending to get up early my this morning, but brrrr I think we had
our first light frost last night, aways I didn't wake up until twilight this
morning.
I was coming but not sure now I may have accepted an invitation to a party it seems ..I thought it next week but it may be tonight .. cant get them to confirm.
I looks clear here so lets hope there is a night to be had.
alex
Sunday night is fine and you are both welcome. Any clear night is fine and all are welcome.
PERFECT night last night, extra clear, no dew, no wind, no lights, was up from 1am to 3:30, 17/6.
went out with a friend down to a local park last night and it was great
we saw about 30 objects..I did list them but my login dropped out
and it was lost
went out with a friend down to a local park last night and it was great
we saw about 30 objects..I did list them but my login dropped out
and it was lost
I got out for a lil while Saturday before the rugby come on. Looking at targets
mainly galaxies in Leo, Coma Berenices and Canes Venatici. Objects
nabbed were N3607, N3608, N3684, N3686, the Leo triplet, N4725, N4314,
N4274, N4278, N4245, N4656, N4631 (Whale GX), N4395, N4214. All except
the leo triplet and N4631 I hadn't nabbed before. Then I moved on to the
usual show stoppers with Saturn and Jupiter getting a look in too. Nice
views of Jupiter, then the cloud moved in from the SE.
Pitty about the wallabies got whipped at the post by a couple of field goals.
But I suppose it better than the Australia B team who were flogged by the
junior All Blacks 50 to 0 even with 7 wallabies in the team.
Boy this has to be a first, heavens-above.com is telling me tomorrow morning
between 4:40am and 6:13 am I might observe 5 iridium flares weather permitting
Mon: Both of u have been busy observing. I will look for the flares in the am.
Tue: Saw two flares, the 1st @ 5:24 was brighter than the second @ 5:33 despite the opposite being predicted.
Wed: Just been out with the 20x80s. It was CLEAR as, but the 60kph westerly and 9C temp soon sent me inside.
Glen. Here’s an event, that maybe worth having a look at. On
the evening of the 28/08/2007, which is the night of the total
Luna eclipse. Starry Nights is telling me Iridium 73 will transit
the Luna disc from our locations. I will see it just over a minute
before you here in Coombell. Might be kinda nice if it just happens
to flare at the same time. Could be a photo moment
Unfortunately the Moon will only be about 5 degrees above the
horizon. Anyways I've attached a couple of images of the path
Iridium 73 is predicted to take. Showing the date and time and
the path flagged at every 5sec increments.
..I thought it next week but it may be tonight
Brrrrrr... 
...got the fireplace working here 
