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    Have not made the TSP since 2002. I will have to...

    Have not made the TSP since 2002. I will have to settle for the South Pacific Star party on at the same time but will have a 30 inch and 25 along. Being two months later than the OzSky event and...
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    Actually the Dobsonians at the OzSky event were...

    Actually the Dobsonians at the OzSky event were all fitted with dew zappers and these were turned on. However, fall out from a northern, out of season, cyclone overwhelmed these so we resorted to...
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    Being a bit dated in some respects I have 6, 10,...

    Being a bit dated in some respects I have 6, 10, 16, and 25mm Clave plossls which I often use with a Clave Barlow, but on planets without the Barlow for max light transmission . Though over 30 years...
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    Some years ago when Jupiter was at opposition and...

    Some years ago when Jupiter was at opposition and the seeing was near perfect I got stunning views through a 14.5 inch F 7 dob using a 13.8mm Meade Wide field eyepiece. My club members were lining up...
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    Steve Gottlieb has also observed with us,I think...

    Steve Gottlieb has also observed with us,I think with the 30 inch last time, and was with us at the november eclipse. He and Bob can tell you all you need to know about using big scopes in the...
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    Mark - certainly the same Bob Douglas from Mill...

    Mark - certainly the same Bob Douglas from Mill Valley. He has a 28 inch Starmaster that clinches his identity. Talk to him about observing in Australia as he has observed with us on a number of...
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    Marc - a long way from Germany but sit back and...

    Marc - a long way from Germany but sit back and let the pilot worry about that. I have Australian friends on a Rhine cruise right now. You can come south and see naked eye galaxies as big as Corvus...
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    Jimi - Where is the old drug store in Fort Davis...

    Jimi - Where is the old drug store in Fort Davis ? i had breakfast in the place over the road from the hotel in october 2011, and hamburgered at Pop's in 2002 but heard that Pop's got too large for...
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    Marc - I was showing a journalist from Der...

    Marc - I was showing a journalist from Der Spiegel the view through a big telescope some years ago and he said that it was not until he got to the South Pacific that he realised what a dark sky...
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    DrAL - hope you make it to Ozsky again some day....

    DrAL - hope you make it to Ozsky again some day. Meantime, check out O'Meara's latest observing guide " Southern Gems ".
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    Jimi - glad a good time was had by all, and a...

    Jimi - glad a good time was had by all, and a star party is more than observing - you can do that alone. Getting together with friends is the icing on the cake. I can't believe that it is now 13...
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    Mark - We have run observing sessions both in the...

    Mark - We have run observing sessions both in the march/april/may time slots and in november and the consensus of those who attended both spreads was that you get the most observing bang for your...
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    Mark - O'Meara's book suggested a large scope and...

    Mark - O'Meara's book suggested a large scope and high power to dim the surface brightness of the planetary which otherwise overpowered the central star - but did not specify how big a scope or how...
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    Ngc 3918

    Victor - Hartung's observing guide had said that no central star was visible so I never looked hard. He was a skilled observer but used a 12.5 inch newtonian. O'Meara's book suggests you need a...
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    Victor - Hartung's observing guide had said that...

    Victor - Hartung's observing guide had said that no central star was visible so I never looked hard. He was a skilled observer but used a 12.5 inch newtonian. O'Meara's book suggests you need a...
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    New southern Observing guide

    Amazon delivered my copy of Stephen Omeara's latest book " Southern Gems " today. Northern observers - read this book at your peril. It could make for the summer of your discontent. All this stuff is...
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    Marko - join us at Ozsky some time and you can...

    Marko - join us at Ozsky some time and you can have 7 nights of southern stuff with dobs from 14 to 30 inch and 6 inch and 12 inch binoculars. Our French visitor was turned on by those objects you...
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    Joe - I had a 20 inch Obsession at Ayers Rock...

    Joe - I had a 20 inch Obsession at Ayers Rock about 12 years ago and from there you can see all but one star in Ursa Major. i got a great view of M 51 up high enough to see very well. So while...
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    Friday and saturday nights at the South Pacific...

    Friday and saturday nights at the South Pacific Star Party were both clear, with SQM readings averaging 21.62, compared to 21.72 at Coonabarabran two months ago, but still very acceptable. Mark...
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    Observing in Australia

    Got lucky at the South Pacific Star Party as the two nights i was able to attend were clear, with only a brief bit of cloud on the second night. Seeing was better than expected low down as I put the...
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    Thanks Joe - I would appreciate the observing...

    Thanks Joe - I would appreciate the observing guides for next time. We are taking an Obsession 25 instead of the 18 inch to supplement the 30 inch, and a French PHD student. We had two German...
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    Dragan - I refreshed my own memory last night...

    Dragan - I refreshed my own memory last night before moonrise with an 18 inch Obsession classic and have to confirm that seeing a globular cluster, Tucanae 47, with distinct color contrast at it's...
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    Steve - if I recall correctly you have also...

    Steve - if I recall correctly you have also observed globulars in the LMC.
    Tony B
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    We routinely see color in M42 in Australia when...

    We routinely see color in M42 in Australia when using 18 inch or above - particularly salmon color. The nebula gets very high for us, and I remember an Ohio amateur saying that when seeing Orion in...
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    Having fun Dragan. And when you make a trip south...

    Having fun Dragan. And when you make a trip south to Australia you won't have to bring your Obsession 25 as there will be one here alongside the 30 inch.
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