The sky conditions at Dec 16.78UT from Siding Spring were fairly
poor, with some haze for a couple of degrees above the horizon. and
Orographic cloud passing above the haze and some streaks of cirrus,
but enough clear patches to say that nothing was visible in the hour
until sunrise using 10x50B. I'd expect pilots should be seeing from
southern latitudes when they have a cloud free sunrise.
Cheers, Rob

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Robert H. McNaught
Uppsala Telescope/Siding Spring Survey
Australian National University
Siding Spring Observatory
Coonabarabran, NSW 2357
Australia

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SSS Webpage: http://msowww.anu.edu.au/~rmn/
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