Qualia

Thank you all for your kind words. It really is nice to be back and to see such warm and tender folk. Thank you :-)

Welcome back Mr Gough

A warm welcome back, Rob! :)

reminds me of the song "Under The Boardwalk"

Nice to feel the object you are observing! :D I do feel a closeness with lunar and solar that isn't quite there with deep sky, though of course DSO's have a charm of their own too.

The power of the sun is awe inspiring. It never ceases to amaze me. Take care in this heat Rob.

Managed a look, its a spectacular sight. The sun is really flexing its plasma today.

Sounds great, Rob - horrible weather here this weekend so no solar for the third week in a row :-(

211,000km is a very precise measurement - what are you using to gauge that?

Sorry to hear about the weather :-( It's a right pain when it's not clear. Derek, I use a micro-guide from Baader. It's only a guesstimate but it helps frame a general idea :-)

nice one rob, had a good night on saturn thursday using my 5mm pentax lovely strong views, but there was a slight double , found out i was looking through the mesh on the kids trampoline lol

Thank you for your kind comments :-) Luke, I hope you'll be able to salvage something from the images. Faulsky, two Saturns can't be a bad thing :-) Gerry, for once I think I was able to get a hint of the seeing you get in Canada :-) Shaun, thank you :-)

Thanks, Rob, images should be fine, I took some new ones to replace the blurry ones! It meant I had to play dodge the clouds for a bit, but lucky escape :) No time for such schoolboy errors during the week!

Nice heads up, Rob, what a fine hedgerow :) I thought the main spot had some nice activity around it too, it looked like there was a little flaring going on when I was out, inbetween the customary weekend clouds :D

Nice! Although the haze is not helping the detail. Massive & wide hedgerow. Cheers Rob.

Thanks for the replies :-) Hope you all had a nice session :-)

45ºC -ouch! I like my Sunshine but......

Sounds great Rob, I haven't seen blue sky or stars for a week now.. jus constant wind or rain or both.

A lot of April was like that here; rain, clouds. Looks like summer is beginning now but the weather in 'Valencia' is some of the worse I've seen in Spain. A lot of heat in the daytime and come night, a lot of cloud. Hopefully this year will be better....

Been raining here, looks better for backyard tonight, next two wkends will be looking for a crack at some dark sky, after which perhaps becoming too light.

I guess next week will be hot and muggy here, Shaun but today, the clouds cleared. I have to do the weeks shopping but when I get back I'll post up a few sketches.

Sounds excellent Rob, I was in North Italy last week and the weather was lovely...not over warm but some lovely clear days.

A couple more weeks of this and the pool will be warm enough for a swim. :) Good to hear you are enjoying the nice weather Rob.

Welcome back ! We've a cold front meeting a warm one !

welcome back rob, i hope you got every thing done in the UK that needed doing, chin up mate

Good luck Rob for some Super Solar! I was very happy to catch a few little patches this morning, the forecast was dire.

Ordering some Baader solar filter sheets in a fortnight, with the other half promising to make me a filter for my refractor and DSLR's :) Never tried solar obs before

You are not kidding Rob, its a cracker for both Ha and white light.

Damn I have been busy DIY today, missed the whole show. Looks good for the week though so hopefully tomorrow :)

ok for some lol :)

i do love spain

I just got my first view in quite some time :-) very impressive..30 degrees what is that !!!

Nice one Rob :-) We have had two lovely clear nights here but I have been too tired to go outside. Roll on the weekend.

You lucky man the forecast here from now is cloud for a week. Hopefully they are wrong like the normal 50% of the time.

Got an unexpected break in the cloud for an hour got some Moon shots,just lining up on Jupiter, cloud came back, now inside having a beer. ;)

That is a great help, Scooot. Thank you. It really is a bright galaxy and quite playful in its way. Since last observing, we've had nothing but rain and cloud. When it clears, I will head out and see if I can properly discern what is going on. Quite frustrating really. Thank you again.

At the moment the weather is quite good here so hopefully it is the same for you and it will hold off for tonight.

No. It's tipping down and cloudy and has been like this all week. I think it will begin to clear up around Sunday :-(

SNOWING!! Oh boy. Okay, I'm going to rub it in a little more :-) :-) Just been out setting up under deep dark blue skies, in a...wait for it...T--shirt :-) Already seen Venus, Mercury, & Mars set within a gorgeous orange sunset. Will wait until the skies are properly dark before I dip and duck and soar between the stars :-) Snowing you say, SNOWING!! Oh, boy :-)

lol! Qualia! I'm bundling up for an adventure tonight in -39c with the windchil... not sure whether to go hunting or relax and see my favorite sights. Any advice from your lawnchair?lol! :)

-39ºC. You serious, Gerry!! That's nutty weather :-) I just don't know what to say. I think I'd be a bear and curl up until summer :-)

Thanks, Gerry, You're a gentlemen. I will try to post up a few report-sketches this morning before work :-)

The night sky was a beautiful sight here tonight also.. :) First I've I've taken it all in for a long time.

Glad to see you foundaplanet! How's everything going?

Thanks, David. I have to go to work right now, but I'll quicky post up a rough sketch in the solar section :-)

Ok, all done. Now I must dash :-)

The weekend is looking promising here, so fingers crossed it stays that way :-)

Quite opposite what we have here, only 2 half clear nights in a month

And they always seem to be near the full moon...

That's very true, Andy! The 1st and 2nd were patchy as JB80 noted, the 3rd was cloud covered and then bang! Big Moon for the rest of the week even though the skies were clear. What makes matters worse is that I can't start viewing till after midnight, so no quick sessions before the moon rises. Hopefully, this and next week will remain clear.

Have a fantastic session Qualia!

Great, maybe you will get very good skies after all

I feel your pain. Open clusters around Cassiopeia are an antidote. :-)

It certainly was a cracking night, very cold here though brrrr

Sounds great Rob, shame the good nights are always around new moon.

LoL, The rain in Spain falls mainly in England

It was certainly a good one last night.

It was alright. Light but alright :-)

Light but not slight eh? ;)

Good to hear that SH got on primetime, wonder if BBC4 will ever screen it?

Really? Missed it.

Welcome back :D

Welcome back!

good to have you back!!!

looking forward to a nice report

Qualia,we are looking forward to your reports and maybe some more great sketches!

Wot he said :)