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12 years 6 months ago #94267 by Calibos
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Ah, your picture explains all Deirdre...

"Hello, can you tell me where Deirdre is?"

"She's up there"

[Goes up there]

"Hi, Paul and Aubrey et al, can you tell me where Deirdre is?"

"She's down there"

??????

You were neither here nor there!! Turns out you were in No Mans land in between :D :D

Keith D.

16" Meade Lightbridge Truss Dobsonian with Servocat Tracking/GOTO
Ethos 3.7sx,6,8,10,13,17,21mm
Nagler 31mm

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12 years 6 months ago - 12 years 6 months ago #94268 by Calibos
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BTW, here is what myself and Paul saw of the Transit up in the scenic carpark.

imgur.com/gallery/AVAZE

{Edit] Just noticed theres some bad language around the photo so don't click if you are easily offended

Keith D.

16" Meade Lightbridge Truss Dobsonian with Servocat Tracking/GOTO
Ethos 3.7sx,6,8,10,13,17,21mm
Nagler 31mm
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12 years 6 months ago #94272 by johnomahony
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My only shot of the transit taken with a Blackberry at the eyepiece

farm8.staticflickr.com/7086/7171664367_dabc161098_c.jpg

The Lord giveth, the Revenue taketh away. (John 1:16)

www.flickr.com/photos/7703127@N07/
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12 years 6 months ago - 12 years 6 months ago #94274 by dave_lillis
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@ Keith, you got more then we did,
@ John, great shot, especially so given its a camera phone.

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12 years 6 months ago #94275 by DeirdreKelleghan
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Keith you were there :-) after all :)
I was hoping to drive up to the main barrier which woould have left me 50 feet or so from the first picnic bench.
However I did not realise that the folks in those houses put bars in the road lower down. So on my struggle up the hill with my gear , I was thinking ~where on Earth is Keith ? not like him to say he would be on the hill and then not turn up'
Got too busy with my group to go 'up there' so there ye have it. Lots of observers on the Head but no one met each other :laugh: By the time I got my gear down and rang Aubrey he was already on the way home.

John great shot with a phone camera , wish I had such a gem.

Deirdre Kelleghan
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12 years 6 months ago #94276 by Calibos
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Dave_Lillis wrote: @ Keith, you got more then we did,
@ John, great shot, especially so given its a camera phone.



...........not sure if Dave got the joke.......... :whistle: :laugh:

Keith D.

16" Meade Lightbridge Truss Dobsonian with Servocat Tracking/GOTO
Ethos 3.7sx,6,8,10,13,17,21mm
Nagler 31mm

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