Central Coast Pony Club in March - Page 4

Inmykombi (Geoff) · #61 22-03-2009, 08:20 PM

Rule number 6:

There should be no rules....just have fun...

And

geoffro.

Inmykombi (Geoff) · #62 22-03-2009, 08:21 PM

Rule number 6:

There should be no rules....just have fun...

LOL Dont know how I did this double post, but its a good way to get the post count up aint it....

geoffro.

Rick Petrie · #63 22-03-2009, 08:57 PM

Pony Club Rules. (as all us young people would say)

Well it ruled last night, as there was a good roll up and lush skies to boot.
Saw plenty of galaxies,clusters,nebulae and an assortment of planetaries.
The highlight for me was Saturn with plenty of cloud detail and color and also excellent ring clarity, even though almost edge on.
Great company as usual and thanks to all just for turning up and being part of the informal light hearted fun.
Oh, and the midnight snack (breakfast) of snag rolls was awesome.Thanks guys. Hope you had a good time Kim and see ya next one.
With Lostock next month and the SPSP in May, I guess next one for me at the PC will be June.
Cheers all

gmbfilter (Geoff) · #64 22-03-2009, 09:25 PM

Rule 1. No rules
Rule 2. Do what GTB says

Another great night..................I hope you got a pic to post Deeno!

Seems ages since I had any sort of observing

Absolutly terrific !

sally1jack (Phil) · #65 22-03-2009, 09:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rick Petrie

Pony Club Rules. (as all us young people would say)

Well it ruled last night, as there was a good roll up and lush skies to boot.
Saw plenty of galaxies,clusters,nebulae and an assortment of planetaries.
The highlight for me was Saturn with plenty of cloud detail and color and also excellent ring clarity, even though almost edge on.
Great company as usual and thanks to all just for turning up and being part of the informal light hearted fun.
Oh, and the midnight snack (breakfast) of snag rolls was awesome.Thanks guys. Hope you had a good time Kim and see ya next one.
With Lostock next month and the SPSP in May, I guess next one for me at the PC will be June.
Cheers all

Rick i know i'm gettin in early . spsp is in may 23rd &24th i think , maybe some guys will be looking to tune up the week before AS I WILL HAVE MY new SCOPE

& i cant go to spsp , someone has gotto want to go up on the 16th.

phil

Kimbo (Kim) · #66 23-03-2009, 12:08 AM

I had a great time last night guys. Thanks for the views, the coffee, the chats & the answers to ALL my questions.

A special thanks to Geoff (which Geoff??) for spending observing time helping me to set up the new GEM mount. It was very much appreciated.

Hopefully I'll see you all next time.

Kim

Deeno · #67 23-03-2009, 09:10 AM

Nice to have a clear night for a change, although you wouldn't have thought so after drying everything out. The dew was incredible! (Thanks for the lend of the hairdryer Geoff)

Great to see a mixture of familiar faces (voices?) and a few new ones.

Personally, I spent too much time arguing with my EQ3 for no result and not enough time observing. Amazing how time flies. Thanks for the help Andrew (and pizza) and the counter weight Geoff.

Many thanks to the wise Owl for opening the gate and keeping things generally organized. Those sausage rolls really hit the spot (just stacking on the kilos)

Cheers
Deeno

ausastronomer (John Bambury) · #68 23-03-2009, 01:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deeno

Nice to have a clear night for a change, although you wouldn't have thought so after drying everything out. The dew was incredible! (Thanks for the lend of the hairdryer Geoff)

Hi Everyone,

Sorry I didn't get to PC on Saturday night. I decided to head a little further west to Bucketty in search of darker skies. Whilst I enjoy the social side of things and the comraderie at PC, I also enjoy some serious observing under genuine dark skies from time to time, which PC just doesn't offer. Consequently, I try to put in appearances at PC on a reasonably regular basis, whilst spending "some" new moon weekends under genuine dark skies.

I read all these comments about the dew problem at PC last Saturday with a little bewilderment. At Bucketty we never had any problems with dew, notwithstanding that Bucketty is probably only 20km to 30km west of PC, as the crow flies. I did stop observing about midnight, so I am not sure what happened after I went home. It was very mild out there (and pretty dark and clear). I observed in jeans and a T-shirt until I went home.

Glad to hear you all enjoyed yourselves last Saturday and I see there are a couple of newcomers that I will have to meet next time at PC. In my case this may not be until the June new moon weekend, as I have commitments with 3RF and some US visitors coming up.

Cheers,
John B

iceman (Mike) · #69 23-03-2009, 01:09 PM

Sorry I couldn't make it - my parents were down from Bellingen for the weekend so I couldn't head out.

I could see it would be a nice clear night. I got up early on Sunday morning for some imaging and the skies were nice and clear, but it was very dewey at home too. The scope was dripping!

Arthur Alchin (Arthur Alchin) · #70 26-03-2009, 03:15 AM

does anybody know if anything is planned for saturday night as the PC seems to be out of the question??

GTB_an_Owl (Geoff) · #71 26-03-2009, 10:07 AM

nothing planned as far as i know Arthur

i haven't had time to ask council about little dubbo yet

geoff

Inmykombi (Geoff) · #72 27-03-2009, 07:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GTB_an_Owl

nothing planned as far as i know Arthur

i haven't had time to ask council about little dubbo yet

geoff

I have to ask Geoff.

Whats this " Little Dubbo" ?

Geoffro.

GTB_an_Owl (Geoff) · #73 27-03-2009, 10:46 PM

little dubbo is an area behind the pony club that is accessed by a gate at the end of warratah road.

i first thought it was controlled by national parks, but it turns out it is controlled by council i think.

it is catchment area - so therefore restricted

there is apparently a couple of cleared areas we might be able to use to set scopes up and it goes further down to a weir on a creek

locals used to go swimming and have picnics down there

it is visible on google earth - go down the end of warratah road and it goes off to the left towards sydney (south) - dubbo gully road it is called

never been there - and the locals don't go there now either that i know of

but it might just be a bit darker than we have at pony club

geoff

Allan_L (Allan) · #74 28-03-2009, 04:48 PM

Its a clear Saturday afternoon.
New moon yesterday.
Earth Hour tonight!

And there is no firm arrangements on where we are meeting tonight?

Please let me know if anyone has some dark skies they don't mind sharing.
Just back from Bintel, poorer but richer for the experience.
Need to test stuff!

#75 29-03-2009, 12:18 AM

Yup, very strange

I would of made the trip if there was arrangments at PC tonight.

fingers crossed nxt new moon promises the same skies!

GTB_an_Owl (Geoff) · #76 29-03-2009, 01:04 AM

Ash

pony club had a two day event on this weekend and we couldn't use the site because there was people camping overnite (sat)

we didn't have time to arrange an alternate site

geoff

#77 29-03-2009, 02:57 AM

All good Geoff.

eager to attened next event!

Allan_L (Allan) · #78 29-03-2009, 09:08 AM

I went to see if Little Dubbo was a goer.
That dirt road is tricky reversing back up that hill in the dark

Anyway, found a nice quiet site on a dirt road not far from there.
Sky was amazing.
Just got back and unpacked now.
New equipment was very satisfying.
three tele vues. WOW

Well worth the trip, even if it was a bit lonely.

Looking forward to next month.

gb_astro · #79 29-03-2009, 02:27 PM

Hi Alan.

How far along Dubbo Gully Rd (?) did you get?
I assume the gate was locked??

greg.

Allan_L (Allan) · #80 01-04-2009, 06:26 PM

yes
locked

it was the next day i decided --> i need a four wheel drive.

Have you ever ventured down forest road (at 3:30 am)