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Originally Posted by foc
Nice work Joe! You don't happen to have a job as a night watchman? First images of Auroras at one end of the night and now this nice Comet shot at the other end with asteroids in between. Thanks for the tip off on the brightening light curve model. I am not normally an early riser but I will see if I have any good options when the winds die down here.
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I worked in a Research School at ANU for many decades. Retired early in 2020 so, yes, you could say that I now have a job as a "night watchman." Guardian of the Galaxy!
The only work I do now is teaching beginner nightscape astrophotography workshops to photographers who want to try some fixed tripod astrophotography through Photoaccess Art Centre in Canberra and some minor consulting to my old workplace. Next year, I'm teaching the workshops in association with the Canberra Museum and Gallery as outreach for the Mt Stromlo Centenary Exhibition. Beyond being awake for those classes, pretty much, I can sleep all day and wake all night if I want. So much easier than when I was working. I have found that the Latino siesta model works well, splitting my sleep between a short nights' sleep and another short sleep in the early afternoon.
I also do some body clock shifting. I had friends out from Canberra for an observing weekend just after last new moon. Then there was the aurora on the 12th. Since then, I've spent the week shifting my body clock, mostly going to bed early and waking very early, so that waking for this run of early mornings isn't too much of a strain on the body.
There's a bit of cloudy weather coming. Looks like I'll only get about 3-4 clear mornings out of the next 7 days.
But the clear nights alternate with cloudy so I'll get some sleep on alternate nights.
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Originally Posted by Leo.G
Lovely capture Joe!
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Thanks Leo!
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Originally Posted by AstroViking
Nice one, Joe!
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Thanks Steve!
