Scope Gathering Dust

[astromackem]

My new scope is really being made redundant at the moment. The cloud cover has been a nightmare over the last 10 days or so.

I forgot how few clear nights we have here in the UK.

Boooooooooooooo!

[Merlin]

Hmm, do you live in Lancs, too?

[acey]

I'm guessing Sunderland with a moniker like astromackem If the clouds clear in North East we'll have a good view of the all-night twilight we get this time of year.

[astromackem]

Newcastle unforunately ;-)

How do you mean all night twilight?

[ronin]

Newcastle unforunately ;-)

How do you mean all night twilight?

At this time of year it never really gets completely dark, so the sky remains a little light.

By rights the darkest time should be 1:00am.

It will still be "light" at 10:00pm slightly better by 10:30pm and reasonable at 11:00pm, however not as dark as at other times of the year, and with you being fairly well Nortth it is worse.

[scarp15]

It means that there is no longer any astronomical dark from our location

Check this out

Astro Events for UK based locations

[damnut]

Good job its either cloudy, blowing a hool or just plain wet!

[-Aldebaran-]

So far tonight's looking promising but has forecast alot of cloud coming, getting scope out in 30 minutes to catch the moon before sinking behind the neighbours house! 35 minutes actually, forgot the 5 minute dust clearing

[MAN or ASTROMAN]

Newcastle unforunately ;-)

How do you mean all night twilight?

I take it that you must be doing missionary work? 

[astromackem]

I take it that you must be doing missionary work? 

It started off like that.. two kids and a wife later and its turned in to something entirely different!

[MAN or ASTROMAN]

It started off like that.. two kids and a wife later and its turned in to something entirely different!

Just my little joke - I'm originally from Sunderland and have a 'Geordie' wife too. I just shows- we CAN get on (most of the time!)      

[astromackem]

Just my little joke - I'm originally from Sunderland and have a 'Geordie' wife too. I just shows- we CAN get on (most of the time!)      

Ah I get your joke now. Our third child is on the way so I guess that answers your question!

[MAN or ASTROMAN]

Ah I get your joke now. Our third child is on the way so I guess that answers your question!

Congratulations!  

[scarp15]

I am not originally from Newcastle but I used to work at Fulwell, Sunderland, so quite familiar with the banter  'gan shopping in the Black and White', 'crossing the border' etc, etc. Still meet up with some wearsider friends who come to Newcastle. I'm a Lanc, my wife is a Yorkie and our daughter is born a geordie, so plenty of volatile potential in our household I guess. 

[m.tweedy]

think of me in no mans land

[astromackem]

think of me in no mans land

Cleadon is Sunderland in my eyes.

Posh git