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Rants, raves, ramblings.....things that have happened that affect me, the observatory or the results obtained.

[July, 05 2008] Bad Weather

Been a long string of poor weather.  Strong westerly winds or cloud have kept the observatory closed.

[May, 30 2008] MicrFUN again

The uFUN team announced an exciting target with the possibility of an infinite lens/magnification and they were desperate for observations.  HHO was placed to catch the rise and possibly the peak.  The target did brighten significantly as can be seen here.

[March, 31 2008] What a string of good weather...

Instead of the usual 5 or 6 nights I got 16 nights worth of data.  Busy, busy, busy.  That's a lot of data (Gb's) lots of reduction and analysis and an additional 6 targets completed!

[March, 14 2008] Nice bout of good weather for a change...

Finally some good weather and now many targets under my belt for 2008.  I was also awarded by Graduate Certificate in Science (Astronomy) from Swinburne University.  Next will be another 4 units to get my Graduate Diploma - but I am going to have to strengthen my math skills....

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