Hi all, I've heard of Thor's Helmet but haven't seen it yet. Might have a go tonight. The Tarantula looked great with the O-III too. I did find this map of the Eta Carinae region, nicely detailed with names. It would be good to see the image you found Rob. That monster storm can stay up north. We are lucky that the ridge below it kept it from coming towards Fraser Island and then ... us!!! Cheers, Paul. |
On 02/02/2011, at 6:50 AM, Corona Australis wrote: Having a look at the sat images this morning that vacuum cleaner looks huge!!! As big as the length of the entire east coast. I imagine we will get some rain from it. It might give us some relief of this heat which is expected to continue today. Back into to fulltime study again today… but if it gets hot I might take the glider and go catch some thermals . Cheers,CS Rob From: nswnra-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:nswnra-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of G C Sent: Wednesday, 2 February 2011 04:32 To: nswnra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [nswnra] Re: Do we dare plan for a get-together??? OIII and UHC filters are great, especially if you live in town. I just did some observing, mainly GC in Sco, also Gal in Virgo The BIG vacuum cleaner up north is keeping our skies clear! Glen On 1 February 2011 19:37, Corona Australis <corona_australis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: I was showing Vince Eta Carina neb last night in my t5 31mm then I put the OIII and showed him again. It really does love that OIII. I don’t bother using a filter on Orion Neb it’s such a bright sucker there isn’t a lot of Benefit… but that is just me. Could easily pick out E and F in the trap. I’ll dig up an image labelling a some of the objects in Eta Carina… you might as well look and learn a few it makes looking at Eta Carina a lil more pleasing than just the neb itself. Vince and I spent about an or so together then Vince left and I stay up for maybe another hour. The sky looked cruddy, lots of particles in the air. but I think both Vince and I were pleasantly surprised the views were nice and crispy clear. I’m having an encoder problem with the AN so we had do it manual. Thor’s Helmet and NGC 2070 with OIII were really nice. I had a hard day at the office today so I’m relaxing and sucking back a few beers. Maybe a quick session after midnight tonight if it is clear. Cheers,CS Rob From: nswnra-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:nswnra-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul McGuiness Sent: Tuesday, 1 February 2011 08:05 To: nswnra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [nswnra] Re: Do we dare plan for a get-together??? Hi all, I had a good session last night, mainly PN's. Eta Carinae nebula was so detailed, Keyhole and other dark lanes stood out beautifully. The star itself was hammered by the filter, but overall the whole region looked more interesting than the Orion Nebula region. The Argo performed well, going from one PN to another with the 5mm and O-III filter in place. Might as well make the most of it before that giant cyclone clobbers Qld. Cheers, Paul. On 31/01/2011, at 8:54 PM, Corona Australis wrote: All set to go here. Looks like a bit of cruddy stuff in the air. Hopefully it will clear later or maybe better having an early morning session. Still shouldn’t complain it could be cloudy… eeeeck! Cheers,CS Rob From: nswnra-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:nswnra-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of judith stella Sent: Monday, 31 January 2011 18:05 To: nswnra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [nswnra] Re: Do we dare plan for a get-together??? I was out for a while last night just with my binocs - it was lovely (except for the darn mossies). I think we should enjoy it while we can by the looks of that cyclone. js From: nswnra-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:nswnra-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Corona Australis Sent: Monday, 31 January 2011 5:56 PM To: nswnra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [nswnra] Re: Do we dare plan for a get-together??? Looking pretty good out there tonight lads and ladette’s. It’s always the way though isn’t it. I’m going for a quick glide then come home and drag the 16” out and into to life. Cheers,CS Rob From: nswnra-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:nswnra-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of G C Sent: Monday, 31 January 2011 06:22 To: nswnra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [nswnra] Re: Do we dare plan for a get-together??? It was great early this morning, I used the 12" Glen PLEASE READ THESE CONDITIONS: The colour that you see on screen can in no way be guaranteed. As you have not seen a hard copy proof you must accept that the colours you see on your screen will never match 100% what your final product will be. Colour variation occurs from screen to screen and from screen to print Regards Paul McGuiness ------------------------------------ Lismore City Printery ------------------------------------ 201 Union Street Lismore NSW 2480 ------------------------------------ Tel. 02 6621 5371 Fax. 02 6622 1296 ------------------------------------ PLEASE READ THESE CONDITIONS: The colour that you see on screen can in no way be guaranteed. 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