{"id":201,"date":"2012-06-18T16:54:35","date_gmt":"2012-06-19T02:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cveillet.net\/blog\/?p=201"},"modified":"2012-06-18T17:54:46","modified_gmt":"2012-06-19T03:54:46","slug":"the-last-day-in-tahiti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cveillet.net\/blog\/?p=201","title":{"rendered":"The last day on Tahiti&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cveillet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/SAT.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-202\" title=\"Claude and the 60cm telescope\" src=\"http:\/\/cveillet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/SAT-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cveillet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/SAT-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/cveillet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/SAT-1024x764.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/cveillet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/SAT-401x300.jpg 401w, http:\/\/cveillet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/SAT.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>On Friday night, we had a nice gathering at the SAT observatory at <em>Cit\u00e9 de l&#8217;Air<\/em>. The weather was much better than three years ago: it was warm and not windy! Quite a few clouds though, but they let us look at Saturn and a few objects from the Messier catalog. Claude had pulled the 60cm out: always an impressive sight!<\/p>\n<p>All the SAT members who helped for the Marquesas trip and the Moorea astronomy workshop were there, with a few more I hadn&#8217;t seen since the IYA2009 visit. Was nice to rekindle with some and to share our experience of the past 12 days!<\/p>\n<p>After a short night at Roland&#8217;s house and a quiet morning, we went for lunch at the Marina Ta\u00efna: wonderful day, with gorgeous views on the reef and Moorea.<a href=\"http:\/\/cveillet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Taina.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-212\" title=\"From the Taina marina\" src=\"http:\/\/cveillet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Taina-300x94.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"94\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cveillet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Taina-300x94.jpg 300w, http:\/\/cveillet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Taina-1024x323.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/cveillet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Taina-500x158.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cveillet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/GalaConservatoire.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-206\" title=\"Gala Conservatoire\" src=\"http:\/\/cveillet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/GalaConservatoire-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cveillet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/GalaConservatoire-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/cveillet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/GalaConservatoire-1024x764.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/cveillet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/GalaConservatoire-401x300.jpg 401w, http:\/\/cveillet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/GalaConservatoire.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>A couple of hours of sleep were much welcome, before a wonderful evening spent watching the <em>Grand Gala<\/em> of the Conservatoire on <em>Place<\/em> <em>To&#8217;ata<\/em> (Merci, Eric !)<\/p>\n<p>A cheese and wine dinner with Roland and Tupuai (thanks to Shirley!) and it was time to go to the airport, say goodbye to Philippe, Claude, Roland, Tupuai, Lyvonne and Jean-Michel, and board the plane for Hawaii.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to all for a wonderful experience!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday night, we had a nice gathering at the SAT observatory at Cit\u00e9 de l&#8217;Air. 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