David Smith

So how do you get new kit out of a box without letting the clouds out

Well if you have gotten new kit I think you've already let the clouds out on me.

Very... very.. carefully

Which one was it?

good news mate, well done. its a great victory ,im sure it will be ok now you know what the problem was. clouded out here today, hope you have better. charl.

Yes cloudy here too hence tinkering!

yer ive been bizzy changing the thermal paste on the gpus on my gaming rig, it was dry as a bone, there running 10deg lower now.

A beautiful orange disc in Norfolk too.

It was stunning, David, so orange, I said to the Mrs to come and have a look. Took a few DSLR snaps but I have no clue what most of the settings do on the camera!

It was almost red for me.

but 4am comes so early

At least at 4 am you can still grab a couple of hours sleep before work.

no i have to wake up at 4 am. lol

Lol!

its moon madness mate, i need to see the doc for some pils

just ask for Lyrica, its always advertised witha moon :P

yes mate, you will catch a lot more detail than I get with my frac, I should borrow my sons c8 before its outa range of my window, I might try the 200p tonight if I get chance.

Do you have Sun this morning? Was clear earlier here but clouded out now. Still, managed to get some WL and Ca-K data to play with.

yes mate ive just posted my pics, seeings not great but the AR is looking nice through the live view, with some nice filament dancing in the plasma, theres a nice prom too.

Yes, it was quite fun. Don't think the ending was particularly good, but then, they've postponed the final episode to put on the beginning of season 2 (?!). Have also enjoyed watching Star Trek Discovery Season1, but I do wish they would stop messing around with the Klingons!

Wish they'd stop talking bloody klingon. I have subtitles!!! 

I've not seen the new Star Trek yet, will get to that next.

Sorry, Should have been Boohoo! Still raining now.

It just didn't stop, none of it was really heavy. But it was steady all day. Blooming miserable.

It was classic BH weather! :D Must remember rowboat for next year.

me to, ive been watching the movie "sunshine" its got some nice a H-alpha shots....

It's reassuring to know I am not alone in my affliction!

What is this yellow disc you speak of? I'm really missing the moon as well as Sol at the mo, I am supposed to be into my lunar imaging season now. My SCT is getting dusty! :-o Itching to get the dob out for some deep sky too. That new AR looks nice :)

Ditto here again too. Getting very boring just staring at clouds all the time! 

Too right.... Im getting damn sick of it now. Its going to be at least another two weeks before we see any changes.

Guess what, back to work today and the Sun comes out. Bad words spring to mind

I went for an HP Ryzen 5 2500 with 8Gig of ram and 256Gig SSD. Arrived this morning so will spend some of today seeing how it performs.

your going to love the Ryzen mate, thay are very good cpus, ive just updated my vr gaming rig to a 2700x, mate it wipes the floor with the top intel cpu at half the price. is yours the one with on chip vega gpu ?.

Yes, vega 8 or something? Ryzen bench tests looked like this would complete with I7 cpu's so seemed like a no-brainer and £250 off in Black Friday sale too!

Stars....nope.

Like this * wait, that's a snowflake...!

It's been so long since I had a decent night out with my scope I've almost forgotten how to use it:(

It's an older processor so may end up replacing the whole laptop to be honest but I figure I would try the cheaper solution first!

it should speed up data trans with any cpu, if you you do look for another pc, take a look at the AMD ryzen cpu, there very fast, thay have the edge on intel at the mo and a good bit cheaper. charl. 

Thanks for the tip Charl.

You should know better than to buy new kit Although at the moment it doesn't seem to make any difference, the weekend weather is just horrible regardless.

one word to sum it up "Quarkers" help !. I brought a new quark but it wasn't off Daystar, do I get time off. charl.

Apparently not looking at the skies this morning

its Darn depressing mate, its chucking it down here cold aswell and ive got Quark fever bad. heres hoping for better skys. charl.

Yeah, that must be frustrating Charl. Hope it clears for you soon. 4th Feb my last solar image

yer mate you have deff had morethan your fair share of cloud, heres hoping for a change in weather, Monday might have some clear bits.  charl.

ive got sun,ive sent it your way mate...

Look forward to that Charl, thanks ;-)

its gone from here now, so its deff on its way.

Thin I need to move a bit further north, I'd be happy for 2 consecutive days at the moment.

Managed to grab some dirty frames through the clouds late yesterday afternoon so the streak lives on.

A good run! I managed 17 straight days on hols last year, typical that it's sunny when I am on hols and can't use my 120mm scope! Back home now and rubbish forecast for the weekend again :D

You got Shreddies?! I got Weetabix. I may have to serve myself if it's clear tomorrow morning :D

I forecast more shreddies and good tunes for tomorrow morning. Just hope the Sun shows up to play!

Good idea with the music, I think I'll give that a go.

Chill out... the weekend is looking better. Maybe even some clear skies ;) (Shhhh....!)

That's reassuring Emad, thanks!

I fully agree, David. It's gone missing :-o

nice one, hope the weather was good, how were the skys ?

Stayed in Ambleside, lovely place. Weather was remarkably good, even saw the Sun Saturday / Sunday. Love the lakes, fantastic place.

A few pics on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/dtbf/

Next clear night is forecast for Feb 31st.

Not too long then?

Forecast this morning say Saturday night but I will believe that when I see it. I haven't had chance to try my ES18mm yet.

Darn badluck mate, same problem as last time ? or another gremilin. got good seeing earlyer but now the clouds have invaded. hope you get the lappy sorted soon.  charl.

Thanks Charl. Looks like the same issue but I suspect the HD is on the way out as the root cause. Not sure what to do now!

get another hd thay only take a few minutes to fit + a hour or so to put your programes on and other stuff, i keep all my astro stuff on a 2tb portable harddrive and thats backed up on another hd just to be on the safe side. hope you get it sorted soon .charl. 

cool,look forward to seeing your images later. charl.

Lucky you! There's not not a nice big AR to play with by any chance, is there? Have fun!

Bliss!

we got sun in south wales,cant last cos its summer..

Summer, what is that? Feels like forever Autumn to me

i agree mate, you hit the nail on the head there Earl....

Much the same here, David. Prepared everything and the mist/fog rolled in.

Yup - got home, set up scope, went in to make tea, clouded over, went in to eat tea, looked as of cloud breaking up, went backin for a cuppa, then came out and it had actualy rained a bit (scope ok). Totally clear at midnight when I looked at bedtime! Grr!

I aborted plans to image me some moon with the SCT! Pesky forecasts! There were dribs and drabs but I want a nice long clear patch and the Moon nice and high! Seeing was too boiling to sneak in close when it was lower down. At least we had a quick look at Jupiter, the Moon and M42!