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04-09-2009, 10:17 PM
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Waiting for next electron
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Originally Posted by TrevorW
No I loath to think I'll have to tell her she was right !!!
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LOL 
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11-09-2009, 07:10 PM
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Waiting for next electron
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Is this rain ever going to end? May as well be in Melbourne 
Mark
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11-09-2009, 07:19 PM
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Dr Who Nut
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Perth
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I don't think I can call astronomy a hobby anymore, hobby implies you actually do it sometimes 
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11-09-2009, 08:15 PM
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Para Hills, South Australia
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Yeah, DSO viewing night looks like it will be cancelled again 3 time in a row. Fourth time only had about 1 hour of viewing.
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11-09-2009, 09:04 PM
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Yeah DSO has been rained out since I first joined  .
Coincdence?..........
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18-09-2009, 11:51 PM
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We may have good viewing tommorow night. 
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19-09-2009, 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by seanliddelow
We may have good viewing tommorow night. |
As long as this rain and cloud finally goes away. It's the middle of spring nearly.
Mark
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19-09-2009, 01:52 PM
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Last night around 9 pm I went out and it was clear. Quickly I took my 12" Dob out to test new 10 mm XW Pentax on Jupiter. It was great for about half an hour before clouds started to come again. I even managed to have a look at couple of open clusters.
So much rain and yet again no one is saying nothing about dams, apparently they are still not full??
bob
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19-09-2009, 02:12 PM
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Waiting for next electron
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Not sure comments they make about the dams are even relevent as most of the water comes from the bores. Not looking good for tonight either at the moment.
Mark
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20-09-2009, 03:02 PM
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I had a astrocamp and i saw-
M7,
M6,
M20,
M4,
M80,
M57, 47 Tuc, Omega centuari and NGC 253
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22-09-2009, 12:49 AM
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Congratulations guys, we have broken the record for most consecutive days of rain for spring, 18 and counting with rain predicted until Friday or Saturday.
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22-09-2009, 01:15 AM
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I'm setup tonight, few random clouds and no wind, its cleared!!
Imaging right now testing out new focal reducer 
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22-09-2009, 09:10 AM
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I decide to setup as well, but due to excessive light pollution and very poor seeing I ended my observing session early. I did manage to see omega centuari sneaking through the light pollution.
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22-09-2009, 10:04 AM
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we had a good night out at Tammin on Saturday, clear about 1/3 wihch is a lot better than we've had recently!
Last night it got down to 1.6 degrees here in the hills, definitely clear. But I didn't take advantage of it at all.
The coming weekend is looking clear! but I probably won't have any time for observing then
Things are improving 
Roger.
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25-09-2009, 03:00 PM
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25-09-2009, 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Gallifreyboy
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Was perfect last night!
The craters on the moon with Nagler 9mm were sharp and fantastic!
Was imaging from 9.30pm to 12.30pm, not one cloud in sight and only a calm breeze!
This weekend should be just as good as the high makes its way over inland.
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25-09-2009, 03:30 PM
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Not only that, but last night I got home late and was shocked to see stars! I didn't specifically look for them, my eye got caught by the bright pinpoints where murky dark gray usually is!
But, I'm in the frustrating situation of having almost no time for astronomy  My wedding is in slightly less than a month and so time is tight otherwise I'd be going out to Tammin. Hopefully I'll get one night in the observatory this weekend.
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25-09-2009, 05:17 PM
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25-09-2009, 05:23 PM
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No one likes a bragger
have you set up yet
I'll try and get out tonight but I'll probably have forgotten how too
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