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RE: Ride to the stars - DjPete - 11-11-2007
Louwai Wrote:Well Friday night started out a bit wet, but by 9pm the sky was totally clear. Not a cloud to be seen. & stayed that way all night. Was a fantastic night DJ, shame we couldn't get a more accurate report......
There were a total of 60 scopes set up. Saturday night was unbelievable. With my little scope I was able to see the Sculptor Galaxy, which is another galaxy similar to our Milky Way Galaxy. THe Sculptor is 2.5million light years away from Earth.
Here's a couple of pics.
The bottom right pic is "My little scope". So comparing it to some of the others, you can imagine what was visable. And yes, when it comes to telescopes Size DOES Matter........
Damn Bryan...
Next one maybe.
I had a rotten feeling the weather may get good later on.....
Good to hear you saw something anyway
RE: Ride to the stars - Louwai - 13-11-2007
Here's a link to the thread on the astronomy forum with reports & photos of last weekend. Just incase you want to have a look at what you missed out on.
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=25742
RE: Ride to the stars - RaZ - 13-11-2007
I'll go have a looky :)
whens the next one? I might go for myself... lady friend stuffed me around & over too much - didn't want to bring her :)
RE: Ride to the stars - Louwai - 14-11-2007
The next big gathering at Snake Valley is not until next March. But there are heaps of small gatherings between now & then at several different venues around Melb.
Around Melb is OK. but not overly spectacular. There's too much ambient light around. If you really want to see the good stuff (other galaxies etc) you need to get out away from the city & away from all that light. The ideal place is where you literally can not see where you are walking at night. mmmmmmm Nice & dark......