Barden Ridge Observatory

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Check your monitor, can you see all 26 grey scales below?

Just a little further north of the South Pacific Star Party held at Ilford, a smaller "boutique" star party manily comprising people from Sutheland Astronomical Society get together on a few acres at Mudgee. The 2008 event was blessed with mild conditions and, in the main, pristine skies. The LMC image above was captured with a Takahashi FSQ-106, G-11 and STL11000 (pictured below left). Many thanks to John and Patrica Vetter for their warm hospitality.