Originally Posted by
Hakann
As the 2019 Oz Sky is soon coming up I get good vibration from last year.
One of my very best astronomy highlights.
I had a great time there and beside the southern sky itself and almost all night in observing under the week, it’s a great gang there and many good people going there.
But it’s a big trip from Sweden, and only go for the days of observing, but I will go again.
This spring was mean for TSP and pick up my new Z mirror.
But I canceled the trip vs the mirror is not yet done ( and I has no hurry on that one )
I has plans for Chile under the eclips 2019, but I would also like to go deep and dark in Australia outback later on ( whit own equipment )
What I noted at Oz Sky was moister ( their fall under April noth-west of Sydney ) but it was dark ( I had around 21.6 on my SQM )
-If one go in country ( if roads ) I guess it can be real dark and no lights from roads, cities etc, but what about the average seeing ?
It’s lowland in good & bad, but I read some repotage on great seeing and I heard reverese.
I has a friend here from Sweden ( Timo K ) that observe yearly in western Australia ( east of Gerdalton ) and he say it’s real dark there, but mean as it’s low, so no observatory is build there from that reason.
Anyone here whit experiance of seeing outback ?
What is needed to effect seeing, less turbulance in jet winds etc etc.
I like Australia and feel safe there and western lifestyle and the good thing in low land is not cold.