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 For the first time on this trip, I've remembered to come outside on a clear night when I'm well away from any town. The sky looks amazing. There are so many stars that the constellations are hard to find and I can see not only the Milky Way but also the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, which are obvious enough that I could tell that was what they were even though I didn't know in advance where in the sky those galaxies should be. I also saw a shooting star briefly, but no satellites this time. All that has come out in photographs though, as usual, is three corners of the Southern Cross, Hadar and Alpha Centauri. I think that's the limit of what my camera can detect. UTC Time: 14:44, Thursday 30 January 2014 Local Time: 22:44, Thursday 30 January 2014 Estimate of longitude: 116° 0' 5.04" E = 116.001400° Estimate of latitude: 33° 47' 0.10" S = -33.783360° Possible error on position estimate: 5000 metres | |