Victorian Iceinspace Star Party

[xstream (John)]

Sounds good to me Ken!
Maybe a few of the Crow Eaters could make it over, not too far for them to travel.

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

You are absolutely right John.

Come on South Aussies. It will be a great weekend!!

So far we have:
Me - 2 nights
Dave (Dave47Tuc) - ? nights
John & Anna (xstream) - 2 nights
Peter (toetoe) - ? nights
Craig (smokey) - ? nights

[Starkler (Geoff)]

Looks fantastic Ken but the 5th nov has the moon setting at about 10.40pm (11.40 EDST) and an hour later on the 6th.

Saturday 29th October has the moon rising just before dawn which is a much better option.

Theres more convenient dark viewing time before new moon than after.

[Smokey]

I wont know if I can attend till a bit closer to the time Ken.
If its the weekend of 29/10 I wont be able to attend. That is Melb Cup Weekend. The following weekend, I am on night shift Sat and Sun, so would depend if I can organise the time off.... cough..cough.....far to sick for work Doc

Thanks to all involved on Sat night. It was great to put some faces to the names. Being a newbie to this hobby, it was a great learning experience. Getting the chance to look through some premium eyepieces was wonderful(I want!) . I loved the views of Eta with both the O111 and UHC filters.(I want!). I got the chance to check out Geoff's digital setting circles. (I want! )
Hmmmm...these Star Parties could get expensive.
Thanks to Dave for collimating my scope. It made a definite difference.
As said earlier....a good night was had by all.
I hope I get the chance to meet up again with you all soon.

[slice of heaven]

I'm a maybe,with lots of ifs. I PMed BD before the weekend so we'll see. I'd probably be scopeless though.

Any fish in that water BD ?

Slice

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

I can't move it to September. Weather still too cool up here in Sept with fog still lingering. Is the New Moon 2nd & 3rd December too late in the year for everyone?(new moon 1st Dec).

If that is no good our best bet will be the nights of 4 & 5th Nov. Even with Moon setting late it will not be much of a Moon. It will only be a 2-3 day old crescent and taking into account daylight savings it will be setting an hour earlier than moon charts say, or is it an hour later? (by our watches).

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Supposed to be fish. Can't be sure as I don't fish myself.

If there are fish you will have to fight the Spoonbills and Ibis for them!

[iceman (Mike)]

I'd suggest starting a new thread for your end of year do, Ken. This thread is more for the weekend just gone and it might be confusing for people interested who just arrive at the thread.

It's still 6 months away, but when it gets closer i'll make it sticky for you.

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Good idea. Thanks Mike. Sorry to all for any confusion created. See you in another thread.