Observation Session at ECP tonight - 29 May 2010 (Saturday)

majestic · Post by **majestic** » Sat May 29, 2010 7:40 pm

The skies are looking pretty good, so I'm leaving here in about 20 minutes...

Gary · Post by **Gary** » Sun May 30, 2010 1:41 am

Thanks to all who came for the session. Nice meeting all of you and thanks for bringing your scopes down so that the rest of us can have a look through them.

timatworksg · Post by **timatworksg** » Sun May 30, 2010 1:57 am

Thanks to you Gary for organizing this! Though the skies were cloudy we still had some good time chatting and getting to know more about each other.
Was a pleasure meeting everyone!

We did manage to see Jewel Box, omega centauri and Saturn (albeit for a brief moment), and as usual when we left, the southern skies are now clear of clouds *arrrgh*
But we did discover a NEW NEBULA!! The Great CLOUD Nebula!! what was it?...M0??

@bharat : if you do read this, I hope tonight helped you in choosing your scope. If you have any questions, feel free to ask for more clarification! Love the enthusiasm of the family!!

@Gary : As Remus mentioned....go buy one!!! haha!

So goodnight/good morning to all and thanks for a fun night overall! Good banter, raised some public eyebrows, geek chat, formula of a good night!

Cheers!!

majestic · Post by **majestic** » Sun May 30, 2010 9:54 am

Hey guys, it was nice to meet you all. Pity about the clouds, but hey, there's always next weekend!

Post by **Airconvent** » Sun May 30, 2010 10:40 am

Cool Gary.
Looks like you all had fun there. Been a while since I went to ECP obs site but have not been free to go. Do keep the enthusiasm running! [smilie=bye.gif]

bharat · Post by **bharat** » Sun May 30, 2010 2:50 pm

Gary, Tim, Majestic and Stuart, it was nice interacting with you guys. Tim, thanks for bringing your refractor. After having viewed through a variety of scopes at the 2 obs sessions that I attended and interraction on the forum, I have more or less concluded, as many already have, that a 6" newt will give the best value for money. Hopefully, I will be there with my own scope at one of the obs in the near future. See you.

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Sun May 30, 2010 3:11 pm

Happy birthday Bharat! It was nice to meet you and your family last night.

bharat wrote:Gary, Tim, Majestic and Stuart

Yes..."Majestic" sounds a little strange in the context of this board - there's not so much need to be anonymous. So I've created a new account ("Pete") which I'll use for my posts going forward.

timatworksg · Post by **timatworksg** » Sun May 30, 2010 10:11 pm

@Majestic : Great meeting you Pete! Hope we can touch base more on future Obs!

@Croy : Wow! You were productive!..lol! Gotta love the 2 women! They knew alot about the Crux especially the Jewel Box and the Coal Sack. The Taxi Driver was the icing on the cake! Hmmm...guess the 1st taxi was worried when faced with guys armed with weird equipment! haha!
At least all you had was ' loose screws'...juicy mount though!

@bharat : Look forward to meeting you soon,..hopefully with an addition! Best of Luck and Have fun!!