360 degrees of view

This was taken at 10:30 pm, by this time we were hit with the 10 knot winds trying to guide a big telescope in winds this strong is just not possible. you can clearly see the effect of the wind all 54 photos where the same do a different degree.



At this point every body had "turned in" but the sounds of the Astro tents flapped and made noise to match a harbour full of yachts that did not take down there sails or tethered them in the strong winds. The noise was deafening from the three astro tents as the winds increased through the night.

This is very much how I use to view the stars as a kid in the Islands but here you can still see "Perth" in the distance.

After this I went to "bed" but was woken by crashings about me my hide was still sound but I was not going outside you got blown away.

In the morning one tent frame was crushed by the wind pole fell on a cable to the mount and cut it. The other tent next to me was the crash the pole fell on the mount and jammed it from moving. What I did see at 2 am in the morning

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I could clearly see the Octans high in the sky with out any extra equipment they where that vivid. once you have spent your night looking for then on a computer you can not ever miss that shape of the bowel.

In the morning I packed it up as I saw the Wind forcast had changed to 15 Knots no point being here better to go home.

As this was a wheat farm all my equipment and car had to be cleaned of the straw blown about in the winds. It was in everything including the Telescope. It was rather interesting my car is not small but a large SUV it was blown about on the road as you came out of the trees to open farmland.

It will be a while before I go back. I did not sleep much so got up early and walked the farm in the early morning light... these will follow.