Mad Dogs and Englishmen - AR2373, 99 degrees F !!

[paulastro]

I've just come in from observing the Sun in my observatory before I retreated to cool down.  In the observatory in was 37 degrees C / 99 degrees F.  Outside in the shade it was 27 degrees C / 81 degrees F.  Phew.  Now, I know this isn't much in some parts of the world, but in Yorkshire England it's well out of order  

I had some wonderful views of the detail around AR2373, in fact it was outstanding, especially considering the observing conditions.  I was using my Quark with my Takahashi TSA-102.  I hope some nice people are obtaining some images today so I can compare them with what I could see.

[Moon-Watcher]

I've just come in from observing the Sun in my observatory before I retreated to cool down.  In the observatory in was 37 degrees C / 99 degrees F.  Outside in the shade it was 27 degrees C / 81 degrees F.  Phew.  Now, I know this isn't much in some parts of the world, but in Yorkshire England it's well out of order  

Indeed!  Here in South Wales, I was wondering what that was in the Sky.  But you confirmed it for me as the Sun...

Can't wait for conjunction tonight..

Cheers,

Mark

[xtreemchaos]

hats off to you paul,your a hardcore solwatcher.thanks for sharing..charl..

[LukeSkywatcher]

Its about 26C here today. I thought about doing some solar earlier but decided i'd melt before my scope did. Bit cloudier now with a strong breeze, so its quite nice. 

[Steve Ward]

Just come in dripping from working outside in 29 degrees , am I about to go out there again for some Solar ... not on your Nelly , that's what they put SDO up there for ... 

[Davey-T]

Been out imaging this morning, Skyris camera decided to throw a wobbly and waste an hour so changed to BFly, just come in for some lunch.

Dave

[LukeSkywatcher]

I think i spoke too soon about it being "quite nice". The clouds vanished and the sun came out to play. According to an old greenhouse thermometer it hit 28.5C this afternoon. The dog took one sniff of the heat and went to lay underneath a chair in the lounge.

I hate the heat. Needless to say that i shant be doing any solar work while this heat keeps up. 

[paulastro]

Ha ha, that's one sensible dog you have!

[paulastro]

Went outside at 4.48pm for a quick look in the PST.  The Sun has moved round and is now shining on the thermometer that was previously in the shade.  The temperature was 38.5 degrees C or 102 degrees F.  I think I'll wait to see the conjunction between Jupiter and Venus before I go out again!  Now, where did I put that cool beer...........?

[LukeSkywatcher]

Ha ha, that's one sensible dog you have!

Maybe the smartest dog ever (certainly the smarest ive ever owned). Its still about 25C outside, but half my garden is in the shade. My dog has ventured out with her ball in mouth and wants to play. She is sticking to the shaded half of the garden. If i throw the ball into the sunny half of the garden she gives me a look as if to say "Really!!!.........that's the way you want to do this?". Then she sits down and makes me fetch the ball from the sunny side.

[paulastro]

Wow, who's got who trained?! 

A bit off subject, but I used to have a guinea pig (Biscuit!) who recognised the sound when I trod on the bottom stair and would squeak like mad until I went up and fed her.  She never used to do this for anyone else.  I think I was a bit of a mug but I didn't mind

[laudropb]

Still totally cloudy here. Would love to be able to see the sun

[Pig]

Fantastic views here , my lovely little dog patch is sharing the views with me. he sits on the chair next to me and looks at the other scope.

He has no problem with exit pupils

[paulastro]

What a cutey!

[Moon-Watcher]

hi paulastro,

Loving your signature...

Cheers,

Mark

[paulastro]

Thank you Mark.  The book it's taken from is 'Telescopic Work for Starlight Evenings' by William Frederick Denning, first published by Taylor and Francis (London) in 1891.  It's a gem of a book and contains much wisdom that many modern astronomers could benefit from.  (though he's not right about everything!)  Also nice illustrations of old scopes etc.  If you can find a used copy you'll have to pay a lot of money for it, but happily it's been reprinted by several companies including The Cornell Univiersity Library Digital Collection.  It would probably cost you around £20 for a reprint.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

The heat has been horrible here too. My laptop (standing in full sunlight) suddenly shut down when I was imaging on June 30. Only after cooling off in the shade would it start again