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Bus trip to Sutherland Observatory
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International Year of Astronomy shirts - Bus trip to Sutherland Observatory.
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Fun at dinner.
In the little town of Sutherland, we swarmed into a local restaurant, and availed ourselves of great Karoo lamb and fantastic wines. Much fun was had by all. |
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Some members inside SALT
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SALT - The South African Large Telescope
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One of our members and the inimitable Raymond Field, our treasured observer.
In the background you can see some of the domes of some of the other telescopes at Sutherland Observatory. |
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Mr Mike Reid
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One of the telescopes at Sutherland Observatory
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Tapestry in visitors centre.
Mr Logan Govender (committee member and head of organising the trip to Sutherland) and another of our members in front of a tapestry in the visitors centre at Sutherland |
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Setting up
A recent trip to the Berg - setting up the scopes for a nights viewing. |
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Ray Field sets up his monster scope.
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Pravin Kumar (member) setting up his Dobsonian.
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Sheila at the home made Dobsonian - Berg trip 2009
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Night descends upon the observers
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Raymond Field keeps us entertained
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Clinton Armitage and Raymond Field
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One of our monthly meetings - a talk.
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Chairman (2010) Belinda Gordon presenting Hilton Ratcliffe with an award.
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Partial eclipse of the sun through clouds. January 2009.
Photo: Nigel Wakefield, Canon 450D, 300mm lens, 1/4000 sec, f/8, iso 100 |
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Planetary grouping on 2008 September 1st.
From the bottom, 2 day-old moon, Venus, Mercury,Mars, gamma Virginis.
Photo: Nigel Wakefield, Canon 450D, 70mm lens, 1 sec, f/4, iso 800 |
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At the 2010 ScopeX exhibition in Johannesburg.
The award winning 16 inch Dobsonian made by Nigel Wakefield. Photo: Nigel Wakefield |
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Sundog - Atmospheric phenomenon caused by ice crystals in the atmosphere.
The Sun surrounded by a solar halo with Sun-dogs either side and a Tangential arc at the top. Original photo on slide film: Photo: Nigel Wakefield |
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