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Sky like orange milk out there :(

4:30am! I've got work in the morning but just couldn't resist Jupiter, Saturn, Mars and the Moon! Great night and nothing strong coffee cannot fix :-)

spring has arrived, maybe?

My pocket sky atlas arrived today ! Hope to take it with me to the observatory soon.

Orderd some of that Baader wonderfluid plus microfibre cloth, then forgot to order the lens pen. Should I get the pen as well ? Got an existing cleanign kit that worked well anyway, but thought to get the best. I Doubt a lens pen would even be able to touch the tiny lens on the Baader BGO 5mm anyway.

Fog, fog and more fog - Just make out Jupiter and the moon!

and... now I'm back in the UK at home. The weather hasn't improved any since I left...

Transparency this evening wasn't up to much but the seeing was phenomenal. 250x on Jupiter, Saturn and Mars and still not a shimmer or wobble. Just gone 5am and I've got work in a few hours! Oh well :-)

5mm KK ortho coming now

oops, in trouble with the misses for spending more money.

Wow, what a session that was last night. 8 hours straight!

I've had it with this stupid wind...too much already!!

OMC200 being delivered tomorrow morning :D

Watched the GRS and Io transit, reported back to M 82 and tried to spy out a few more fuzzies in Leo. Nice evening out.

Got it! Just bagged SN2014J

I love rain.

Astronomy and stargazing really is a very satisfying and beautiful passtime.

I saw the Beehive cluster with my eyes-only at the weekend! That's a new one for me.

I knew that it was clear this morning but just couldn't get out of bed - well it is Christmas! . Have a good one to all

Two big Sky Watcher boxes have just been delivered ... WAHOOO !!

Amazing dark site session tonight. Rather amusingly, however, just about everything either frooze or dewed over; my glasses, the finder, scope's shroud, eyepieces and cases, my shoes, everything :-)

Damn the clouds!

Down with flu

Discovering something as frustrating as a cloudy night. Crystal clear nights with chronic seeing conditions. Stars looking like head lights, craters all a blur and Jupiter like a smeary blob. Not even the little 4" could win :-(

Happy now. Had an email saying my bits have been dispatched.