Qualia

No, their snow whites offspring.. ;(

Hehehehe. It was meant to be a serious question... :-)

Isn't it something to do with the core crystalising carbon over time..

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.

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.

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 :)

I'll miss your blog post whilst your gone.

Ditto. Have a great time, Qualia!

have a great time qualia

Yes, I had a peek at it yesterday. Looking very busy isn't it.

lucky to see any thing in the sky...........pesky clouds

We'll have to work something out! There's been about 36 days of clear skies, not all them great but suffice. Today is bright blue and hot.

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?

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.

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 !!!

Have a fantastic session Qualia!

Great, maybe you will get very good skies after all

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 :-)

LoL, The rain in Spain falls mainly in England

It was certainly a good one last night.

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

Wot he said :)

Mood-swings!

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

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 !

I am green with envy..:D Nice one I bet it was grand..

Well done Q i got up at 0500 to see it but here in the uk wall to wall cloud and rain....a rather wet star party

Good Stuff :), did you get some observing done with your 'Moonshane' Dob?

Goodo, at last eh. It is blowing a gale here and the rain is at about 40' to the ground, feels like November.

If it's around twelve am you will have the first ever partial solar eclipse in the dark...;)

Qualia, off topic I know, but couldn't seem to get a message to you - just wanted to thank you personally for your advice on the last thread I opened! It was much appreciated! :-)

Excellent my friend, a dark sky makes so much difference

Sounds lovely, better than here !

I love a good sunrise. Was spectacular on the way to work, with a thick frost on everything and the sky was just beautiful.

no good :(

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

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

So jealous! Does it cool down much at night, or do you find the seeing is affected by heat radiating off at night?