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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
I do know our weather patterns are very similar, just 6 months apart. I am not sure what part of Australia a woman was in but she had moved from England. I know her landscape was similar to mine. She had a very hard time understanding the weather. I know there are regions in Australia where it goes from hot days to cool nights in the summer. Same in Texas.
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Almost everywhere away from the coast has hot days and cool nights - desert climate.
Maybe the English woman got confused by the upside down moon
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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
You have to have a high area. You have the second largest telescope in the world. Between it and McDonald Observatory, most of the world's night sky is covered.
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The highest point in Australia is Mt Kosciusko (7,310 ft), highest point in Texas is Guadalupe Peak (8,751 ft).
I am not sure about having the second largest telescope - maybe radio-telescope, we have 'lots' of those - but don't think we have any really big optical telescopes. The largest is probably at Siding Springs, where there are a bunch of optical 'scopes. Maybe they can configure them into a single device, I know that can be done with radio-scopes - not sure about optical. It's not that high there, but it is a long way from 'civilisation', so very little light pollution, and its very dry, so very clear.
Low 20s today, no wind, so quite sticky
BR