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Observing on election night!

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19 years 7 months ago #11759 by carlos_dfc
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Well! - It's a nice clear night here in the North_East of England. I just put my 6" newt out to cool, and I'll be off out to observe in about 45mins or so.

The thing is - I live in Tony Blair's Sedgefield constituency, I'm actually in the same town as the leisure centre where the current PM is waiting for the results.
Today, the town centre has been crawling with media and security - and I've seen the police 'copter buzzing around several times today already.

So when I go out to observe - if the 'copter passes over & they spot me in the garden with a tube on a tripod - only about a mile from where the PM is - what's my chances of them 'buzzing' me?

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19 years 7 months ago #11760 by Macros42
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I've seen the police 'copter buzzing around several times today already.

So when I go out to observe - if the 'copter passes over & they spot me in the garden with a tube on a tripod - only about a mile from where the PM is - what's my chances of them 'buzzing' me?


:lol: :lol: :lol: good luck with that

Steve
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19 years 7 months ago #11763 by voyager
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LOL ... reminds me of a great story by Terry Mosley involving observing on a mountain overlooking Belfast during the troubles!!!

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19 years 7 months ago #11765 by carlos_dfc
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Saw the Police chopper 3 times - one pass was VERY close.

But either they never noticed me (most likely) - or they realised what I was doing.

A good night for me (in between the odd small patch of cloud) - I'm just a beginner, still working my way through the Messiers, and looking for a few of the brighter ngc's while I'm at it.
New to me last night:-
Perseus double cluster - beautiful!
M 103
ngc 457
M 29
M 39
M 27 - bigger & brighter than I expected
M 71
M 56

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