crashtestdummy

there has been some clear patches tonight but non long enough to warrent taking the scope out.astronomy is a cruel mistress

fingers crossed matey.

my scopes got cobwebs its been so long.

car all packed with mountains of gear,several guides and a big table to set up with all my kit on.aiming for all the coma berenices/virgo messiers and 10 or 15 other galaxies and maybe even get m5 and m104 if im out late enough.is it bad that panstarrs doesnt interest me?

Yep! What a load of male chicken they speak.

think we need to bombarde the met office with hateful emails

Forcast: clear. Reality: Not a star in sight. It's not as if this forcast was made days in advance - that was what it was suggesting only minutes ago. People would lose their jobs in other industries.

Yeah, sadly I think I would agree with it the way it is these years. I can't believe it will be permanent though but I would not be surprised if it's poor for a few more years.

i sat and contemplated flogging the scope and just keeping a pair of bin's for opportune moments ! yes it is getting to me that much too !!

im only motivated by not missing any of the messiers before they pass otherwise i wouldnt be too fussed with viewing at the moment :(

Hooray fingers crossed

Hmm, forgive my negative atitude but those forecasts lie!!!! ;)

on the plus side the moon is high and bright so all deep sky is pretty much buggered anyway

still the same now.even if it clears up later i cant be arsed now

Same down here in Cornwall. 3 different web sites reporting clear skies all night. After 90 mins sitting it out waiting for the clouds to clear I've given up. There's always tomorrow...

tomorrow is forcast cloud so i wont hold my breath

Weather forcast predictions have been well off the mark recently.

Was a bit washed out with the moon but got my last leo galaxy sorted so cant complain too much

Can i have your kit then :-).

Its bound to improve soon, ive been lucky tonight j guess nearly time to pavk in

i managed a few herschel clusters in cassiopeia but i was after nailing them all and moving onto another area.left the scope outside hoping the clouds will lift again

I sensed that the met forcast was not going to be so accurate and was rather tight anyhow in terms of observing time, for at least driving out anywhere. As I had a (good) contingency plan, that is meeting with friends in the pub I went with that - right call.

Not a thing doing here! Rubbish

whats the weather like up there rich ? ;-)

cloudy as per.was forcast clear and great seeing from 6pm-atleast midnight but its just wall to wall cloud

You aint the only one.

Millions hate the moon and wind

Clouds suck also.

Ay, the wind is a pain, but I think the Moon is so beautiful. I can get lost in her for hours.

the moon to me is just there to wash out the sky so i cant find any galaxies plus with my 12" scope it pretty much blinds me if i catch it by accident

Good luck, I managed 93 a little over a week ago but no joy on 79.

well,very good night but i need to learn to read star maps better.managed m79 and m93 straight away then visual of the rosetta nebula.then moved and managed m63/94/106/102 and then m65/m66/m105/m96 and ngc3384 but stupidly missed m95 because i wasnt sure on 105 and 96 until i got home and checked turn left at orion.still a stellar night though!!!

m79 btw is really faint and tightly packed,it almost looks like a fuzzy star.i couldnt really tease any detail out of it but didnt really try and magnification,i bagged it and moved on

Absoloutly not, its all lies,lies & more lies...........They cant seem to forecast the next 12hrs correctly, how on earth they think they can forcast the next 7days is utterly beyond me!!! :D

im inclined to agree with you on every single level!!

or when im on nights!

its pattially clear at the moment but im only after m79 and m93 and the lower 15 dgree of sky is all clouds so not much point.if its clear at 11:30 i may risk an hour and be tired for work

oh the joys of the astronomer.

aaahhhh.

lets just hope this year is better than last year so i can complete most of the messiers