Beautiful night observing the occultation......

[Andrew*]

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NOT!

I set up before supper. Was nice and clear in the twilight. Venus bl**dy bright, moon nice and clear. After supper, slightly cloudy. Went upstairs for literally 3 minutes before it was [removed word] it down. Rushed out (very fast), pulled the scope back inside, covered her up. A 5 minute job.

You've guessed it - looked out of the greenhouse door (condensation disabled transparency of the windows), crystal clear again. Uncovered her, Took her back out and got some brilliant views of saturn and the moon. This was at 7pm or so, so they were still quite a distance apart. Got cloudy when I was ready to show saturn to some friends at 10pm, so I packed up again.

11pm. Going to bed. Clear as a bell

At least I got that ortho on the lunar limb - :shock:

Andrew