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Old 22-07-2005, 11:51 PM
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Hello from Rats
Just wanted to say that this is a great place to get astonomical questions answered. (Thanks to the ones that have replied to my earlier posts)I found this site via google and a long web crawl. As yet I havent got a scope but have been looking into getting one quite soon.
I live in the Bloo Mountains, (Katoomba) and the clear skies recently tempted me to get out the old pair of Bino's to try looking at the moon. A few copies of Sky and Space, and a couple of other mags have been a great help in furthering my interest. I have been reading alot of the posts and I have already found most of the answers to my questions, but I know that as time progresses I will have more, thats inevitable!


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Old 22-07-2005, 11:56 PM
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The questions will be never ending mate! Iv'e still got plenty of em' that need answering lol
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Old 23-07-2005, 08:24 AM
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There is always something that one needs to know, thats why we ask questions and this site is the place for some good knowledge.
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Old 23-07-2005, 11:40 AM
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gday ratty!!!
welcome aboard!
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Old 23-07-2005, 12:58 PM
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G'day Rats, watch out for Ving; he's got a cat.....
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Old 23-07-2005, 03:49 PM
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Old 25-07-2005, 10:16 AM
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Hey Rats:

what you should do is go along to an observing night and look through other's scopes before buying a scope of your own. You could go along to Linden observatory next Saturday if the Western Sydney Amateur Astronomy group is observing that night..not far from you

I will find out and send you a PM during this week.

Or come along to Kulnura where the IIS Central Coast people meet on dark nights
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Old 25-07-2005, 10:28 AM
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Old 25-07-2005, 02:27 PM
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Rats,

Welcome to the madness

As for the viewing nights of the WSAAG at Linden, have a look at their website http://www4.tpgi.com.au/users/wsaag/ , the calendar page is what you want.

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Old 26-07-2005, 06:31 AM
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Hey Rats, welcome to the forum!

As the others have said, try and get along to a west-sydney or blue mountains meetup, or if you don't mind a bit of a drive, come up to our central coast meet - the next one is on the 6th august at Kulnura near gosford.
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Old 26-07-2005, 08:13 AM
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Rats,

I have regular viewing nights with some astro friends near Woodford. PM me if you are interested in the next one.

Cheers
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Old 26-07-2005, 08:39 AM
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Welcome to the IIS forum Rats.
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Old 26-07-2005, 10:41 PM
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Hi Rats. Try before your buy. L.
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