Borrowed some colour from my friend Wolfgang Promper to bring this region to life! :-) 150K http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/69479751/large 500K: ...
Hi All, I was wondering if it's worth while for Australian amateurs to buy used equipment from New Zealand. Once you account for shipping, exchange, duties,...
Since you live in Canada - an analogy (having regard to the geography of Australia) is for someone in Ottowa wanting to but something in Vancouver (ie in...
"Carl Zeiss recently announced a totally unique 'monster lens', the built-to-order Zeiss Apo Sonnar T* 1700 mm F4 lens. Designed to be used with a Hasselblad...
Hi Paul, Looking at how highly cars (autos) are marked up in NZ, one gets the feeling that the only bargains would be from people who didn't care eg <purely...
At what point does a telephoto lens become a telescope? AB ... From: CADG@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CADG@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of David Nicholls Sent:...
Not organised enough to get to Red Hill by dawn, so I waited in the backyard for the sun to clear the trees, which it did at 7:23 a.m. EDST. Mercury was well...
FYI today I received a virus-infected file from the group. Subject - 'When you're going to answer me?' If anyone has gotten the same email and opened the ...
Hi all, have been waiting for skies and conditions to improve. Been pretty poor and when there was no clouds on a couple of nights, crap seeing, used them to...
Hi to all Here's a LHaRGB of the LMC done with 140 minutes of Hydrogen alpha data taken last night and colour data taken from a previous LRGB shot. It's tough...
Don't miss this chance to hear Eduard before he heads overseas - ... DUE TO MAINTENANCE WORK IN THE USUAL VENUE (DUFFIELD LECTURE THEATRE) THE MEETING WILL BE...
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As mentioned at the last CAS meeting, there is a very favourable grazing occultation on November 28 - Tuesday evening of next week. The basic details are: Time...
Hi David, I'll buy it if the star images are OK. Their quality was barely touched on in the article (for which thanks) May I take it that the mount is still as...
... Hi Dave, If you want to advertise outside this group, may I suggest Australia Astronomy Buy & Sell at www.astrobuysell.com/au ? The site seems to have...
Hi Dave, Just wondering why you chose the east of Bungendore stretch rather than between Williamsdale and Michelago. The later appears closer to home! I...
The location at Bungendore is better for site allocation - and we won't be on a busy road, no issues with trees, and easier to allocate sites to avoid ...
Good points. Lets keep fingers crossed for clear skies! Yep the RA drive is small but far more robust than the Dec drive unit. I might experiment with polar...
The last several grazes I have set up the LX90 for unattended video, and used the ETX visually - and that has worked fine. If I had another recorder (I will ...
I have recently been having some debates about the accuracy of GPS for obtaining height of a location. There are some interesting issues around - such as the...
I notice the ABC TV Compass program is presenting a documentary on the famous John Dobson on Sunday 19 Nov at 22.10. Its called: A Sidewalk Astronomer ...
