Thanks Rol Guess I'll have a little patience and see what's up. I don't really want to be the only one there since I need a little help lifting my C14 up on...
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roland_prevost
Sep 4, 2005 3:40 pm
... If it's a go... what brawn I have, I'll lend. :) Rol...
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Mike Dacey
astro1mike
Sep 4, 2005 3:52 pm
Thanks Let's hope for a good night!! What time are you leaving at? It's about 2.5 hours there if I remember correctly. Cheers... Mike ... really ... my...
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Frank Bayerl
frankbayerl
Sep 4, 2005 4:40 pm
I'm planning almost certainly to go, but will wait for the CSC update. Hoping to leave no later than 3:30 amd have dinner at the Swiss Inn. Frank ... From:...
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Attilla Danko
attilladanko
Sep 4, 2005 4:53 pm
I've just updated the Nirvana clock. It's clear, with good seeing and above average transparency after midnight. i'm going. -ad ... -- attilla danko,...
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roland_prevost
Sep 4, 2005 4:59 pm
Thanks Attilla. The satellite animation is also showing strong signs of a very large circle clearing over that area. So we now seem to be getting much more of...
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Mike Dacey
astro1mike
Sep 4, 2005 5:03 pm
GREAT!! See everyone there, I'll be leaving in a couple of hours!! Cheers... Mike ... and above...
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Frank Bayerl
frankbayerl
Sep 4, 2005 7:04 pm
3:07 pm: Just confirming my imminent departure. Frank ... From: Mike Dacey To: OAFs@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 1:03 PM Subject: [OAFs]...
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roland_prevost
Sep 4, 2005 8:13 pm
EnvCan satellite now showing an even larger clear spot, matching the CSC prediction of blue squares for Nirvana. So, it's a GO for me too. Will be arriving...
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Ross Taylor
cp73rt
Sep 5, 2005 3:49 pm
It was another good night at Nirvana, lots of people, lots of stars, and lots to look at. I manged to knock more off my list last night (only 185 objects to go...
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Attilla Danko
attilladanko
Sep 5, 2005 5:40 pm
Nice report, Ross. On thing you didnt mention is how big the star party was. There were 14 or 15 cars there. From ottawa there were the Taylors, (Ross, Sandra...
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Rolf and Linda
lindy5050
Sep 5, 2005 5:48 pm
I'm sorry I missed the Nirvana event, but it was a night that I had to do some observing at home with some borrowed equipment. It was probably the best night...
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Ross Taylor
cp73rt
Sep 5, 2005 6:05 pm
... Wise move Rol! Get the party going and sneak off to bed ;) Seriously, I'm sorry to have missed that m33 view .... but I doubt it would have looked very...
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Rolf and Linda
lindy5050
Sep 5, 2005 7:03 pm
Hello OAFs, Sorry I didn't make it to Nirvana. I took some Mars images from my home observatory however: ...
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roland_prevost
Sep 5, 2005 7:19 pm
Sess#511 Nirvana 9pm-3:20am lm=7.1 s=5-8(variable) clear Arrived approx. 8pm to find many cars (maybe 15) already there. Set up and then waited for the...
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Attilla Danko
attilladanko
Sep 5, 2005 9:04 pm
... From Nirvana, the zodiacal light was so bright, I thought it was dawn. -ad...
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Mike Dacey
astro1mike
Sep 5, 2005 9:25 pm
From Nirvana, the zodiacal light was so bright, I thought it was another police cars headlights!! Wow!! Mike ... 4 ... dawn....
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roland_prevost
Sep 6, 2005 12:16 am
Enjoyed the mars images, Rolf. Saw that albeit with substantially much less clarity, observing Mars last nite. Thanks, Rol...
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Yvon Dufresne
patryduf
Sep 6, 2005 12:38 am
... Yes Roland, we made it! Me (Yvon) and Luc were the guys with the tents. We were installed between Ross and Ian. We also met with Mike, Ken, Steve (the...
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roland_prevost
Sep 6, 2005 4:20 am
... Last observer standing, eh? Guess you must'a liked it! I may even have chatted with you two, thinking you guys were part of the crew from Kingston. Glad...
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Albert Saikaley
albertsaikaley
Sep 7, 2005 3:49 am
We rented a cottage at Blue Sea Lake (south of Manawaki) last week and the previous weekend. I had been on an aurora watch for the kids. I got plenty of...
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roland_prevost
Sep 7, 2005 11:46 am
... Hi Albert! As a kid, I spent most of my summers at "Blue Sea Lake" since my family had a cottage at its northern tip. Saw my first Auroras and shooting...
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Mike Wirths
pizzlespleas...
Sep 7, 2005 12:51 pm
Hi all, Really glad you had a SUPERB night at Nirvana!!!!! I was stuck all day at the Perth fair hunter/jumper horse show so I was bagged at the end of the ...
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Mike Wirths
pizzlespleas...
Sep 7, 2005 12:54 pm
Attilla, Thats the camera I'm talking about, and yes at full frame res it gets only 12fps but once you go to smaller subframes that frameratee goes to a max of...
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Mike Wirths
pizzlespleas...
Sep 7, 2005 1:20 pm
Hi Paul sorry I did'nt get your request for observing at my place on time, but for future reference you or anyother Oaf are free to setup by my observatory any...
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roland_prevost
Sep 7, 2005 1:28 pm
... Lo' Mike! Enquired about your whereabouts, at Nirvana. Someone said that one of the persons from Kingston relayed the message that you couldn't make it,...
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Attilla Danko
attilladanko
Sep 7, 2005 2:28 pm
... Cool. I look forward to seening images you take with it. Btw, how many kilobucks did you drop for this camera? -ad...
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Attilla Danko
attilladanko
Sep 7, 2005 2:30 pm
Hey Mike. That is a very kind offer. I may take you up on it too. I'm guessing that you'd like us to keep clear of the the laneway that runs past your...
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Mike Wirths
pizzlespleas...
Sep 7, 2005 2:41 pm
Kilobucks ;>) Well its all relative isn't it? Our spouces always think its outrageous while we think its perfectly reasonable!!!! OK in terms of...
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Mike Wirths
pizzlespleas...
Sep 7, 2005 3:15 pm
Attilla, No problem at all blocking up the path to the barn nobody actually drives there except me with the tractor! now that Kids are back at school things ...
