Qualia

Now you make me think I should head out now and do some solar viewing...:)

Good on ya. The sun really is quite active today.

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.

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 :-)

should be okay my friend, i have made a stop for my 4" to improve focus on lunar, but nothing more

Thanks, Nightfisher, I went ahead without stopping and all seemed fine. Not blind either...I hope :-)

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.

Delightful..:) It's not bad here either for a change and it may even last the entire weekend..:)

Yup mid020s here Rob - pretty nippy by comparison to your neck of the woods! I have two bottles of Pinot Grigio delle Venezie in the Fridge to cool me down later! Was looking forward to a good night at the scope, but looking a wee bit hazy out there now... .

Mid 20s that should say!

Pity I was at work...

You can always have the chills and a tasty red wine stew for supper, Naemeth :-)

Indeed, might go eat in a bit - not sure what though!

Love reading your posts Rob - enjoy the hols. 'See' you in 2014

Hope you have a good one.

I surely enjoy mine, it feels just a little too few sessions though

Thank you for the kind sentiments and thoughts. Peace and love to you all, gentle men.

At least it happened around the Full Moon!

My sentiments exactly :-)

Ha...:) they do kinda take it outta ya huh! Had a couple of those last weekend well worth it though...:)

Lol @ bush wacked, ive not heard that term in a while

Nice one! Look forward to reading the write-up :)

Sure thing. Nothing makes more exhausted than a long session...I think there's a lot of mental and visual effort involved.

Sounds brilliant, Rob! Look forward to reading your detailed report in due course! Get some sleep then tell us all about it. Great to hear other people are getting some quality scope time, even if I'm not. Keeps my enthusiasm fired :)

Thank you all for your kind comments. It's been a really sun shining day today, so I've been out all day. I would love to head out again to the dark site, but I've got work tomorrow and my boss is in hospital :-( I will try to write up a report and stuff this evening. Thank you again :-)

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. ;)

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?

nice one Qualia, i started to set up the little swift, and it went from clear sky to rain yet again

Had a wonderful view, belts and colours certainly have pepped up !

looking forward to a nice report

You can't be serious, Oz...

Great replies and thank you :-). Jules your own was positively evil :-)

absolutely no harm intended rob, and i bet she has a voice like an angel

very nice ! wish i had the time to enjoy but shift work sucks!

Mood-swings!

some times we just have things on our minds that stop us from enjoying the things we like

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.

wow, talking about testing one's stamina...

Hope you are making time for sketches andblog updates.... :). Sounds like a good extended session!

Thanks, Mike. I'm not too sure what to do this time round. I was thinking of doing on entry on log-book keeping?

I'll miss your blog post whilst your gone.

Ditto. Have a great time, Qualia!

have a great time qualia

I'm sure some one will sort it soon, but in the meantime, if you hit refresh after posting, that does the trick!

admin are working behind the scenes to deal with this. Qualia, thanks for posting this

Thanks Nightfisher.