Ten Chain Hill New Moon nights

[pmrid (Peter)]

The next new moon falls mid-week on 17th November. The next TCH night will therefore be Saturday following (Saturday 21st November). We'll have abit of moon - sets at 2210 hrs and will be 2 days short of the first quarter - so it shouldn't present any serious difficulty to anyone.
Let me know if you're coming.
cheers
Peter

[AlexN]

i'm in. Any possibility for friday night stay too?

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

I'm a definite maybe Peter.

[lesbehrens (Les)]

should be there this time.
les

[pmrid (Peter)]

Originally Posted by AlexN

i'm in. Any possibility for friday night stay too?

No problemo.
Peter

[AlexN]

mwahahaha!!! 2 nights of dark sky action... Now to pick one target that I can bash flat out for 2 nights straight..

[Davros (Lauren)]

ohh let me check with the work time table gods tomorrow.

[Davros (Lauren)]

BTW BOM has us down for a high >75% chance of rainfall for that weekend

[AlexN]

yes.. But since when has a 7 day forecast been accurate, let alone a 21 day... Don't be negative..

Last two times I've been to Peters place, its been cloudy/windy/raining at dusk, by 9pm crystal clear skies, imaging till sun up..

[pmrid (Peter)]

Originally Posted by AlexN

mwahahaha!!! 2 nights of dark sky action... Now to pick one target that I can bash flat out for 2 nights straight..

How about doing the Rosette widefield? Beautiful depth, structure, variety, plenty of HA and OIII action happening in and around.
Here's one I did recently at 1000mm.

Peter

[pmrid (Peter)]

Originally Posted by Davros

BTW BOM has us down for a high >75% chance of rainfall for that weekend

Hey Mick, where in the BOM site did you pick that up. I can't find any obvious long-range forecasts like that.
Peter

[Davros (Lauren)]

http://www.eldersweather.com.au/raindates.jsp?lc=q00

took a bit of finding but i finally remembered. And yes they arnt too accurate

[pmrid (Peter)]

Originally Posted by AlexN

yes.. But since when has a 7 day forecast been accurate, let alone a 21 day... Don't be negative..

Last two times I've been to Peters place, its been cloudy/windy/raining at dusk, by 9pm crystal clear skies, imaging till sun up..

What about the Veil - with your APO you'd get the whole system in one frame.
Peter

[AlexN]

mmm. The veil fits.. Rosette would be nice too actually... M 31 fits easily too.. M33 and m78 would be great targets for the newt. Mmm decisions decisions..

[Tandum (Robin)]

I'll try and get away as well pete.

I'm guessing that 127 will have had first light by then

[pmrid (Peter)]

Originally Posted by Tandum

I'll try and get away as well pete.

I'm guessing that 127 will have had first light by then

That's good news. I sure hope the 127 has seen some action by then. I whacked it up on the EQ6 today and had a play with setting it up on some terrestrial targets and am blown away by the optics.

I've set the QHY8 up with a MPCC and Peter Tan spacer for 55mm separation and put it on a Lumicon Off-Axis Guider with a QHY5 running straight into the ST4 port on the mount. Now the EQ6 is well aligned (thanks to Paul), GoTo's and guiding work well so I'm working on a list of targets for November. Good fun.

Peter.

[Tandum (Robin)]

Originally Posted by pmrid

Now the EQ6 is well aligned (thanks to Paul)

Was that WCS software that far out?

[AlexN]

I used a ToUcam and K3ccdTools tonight.. I went from raw setup, to less than 0.5 arcsec a minute drift in less than 30 minutes.. Its the way of the future..

[Tandum (Robin)]

No web cams here sorry.

[AlexN]

Sucks to be you!