How was it for you?

[geppetto]

Well, it would seem that winter has gone and spring is here.

Question is, did you get some good black winter skies with crisp cold seeing?

Hardly any here looking at my scribbles, possibly five at best.

Clearest skies here were around full moon time each month (real not imaginary) which as a bonus

gave good viewing of the eclipse.

Not really got a "snappy" look at Saturn yet and M42 hasn't really stood up to the

naked eye views I got a couple of winters back.

Suppose I'll best remember this winter as a "grab n' go" rather than a "setup and stay out" season.

Anyway, fingers crossed for some clear summer skies

[Johnny Hormone]

As a newcomer to it all, I will always remember the first use of my scope during the lunar eclipse, and what a clear night it was. Also that is was my first real look at Saturn.

Here's hoping for some great Summer nights

[Greg]

Phil,

I probably had 5 - 6 good nights of observing and 2 - 3 of imaging...To be honest my season starts now, so here's hoping eh!

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

Not many good nights, maybe 4 or 5. Passable nights add another 3 or four to the count, but good moonless nights have been very thin on the ground.

Fingers crossed for some good spring skies so that I can do M101 and the Leo triplet properly.

Captain Chaos

[Ant]

The best night of the winter for me was the eclipse. There has been no night with seeing / transparancy that good.

Ant

[SteelRat]

Had quite a few good nights. Eclipse night was great (for many) as were the conjuction nights. Had some GREAT views of Saturn. Was an easier winter due to the thermals the wife got me, bless her

[magician]

Hi SR,

Watch out for those Thermals,Eagles, Buzzards, and the like spend ages looking for them,and then spend hours more, just gliding about in them :)

Cheers Frank

[proflight2000]

been on a nightshift most of the month so not seen anything

[SteelRat]

Watch out for those Thermals, Eagles, Buzzards, and the like spend ages looking for them, and then spend hours more, just gliding about in them :)

Ooh-er, not sure if there'd be room for em Frank heheh, but I'll watch out all the same

Hope you get off the NS soon PF2k.

[Vega]

Dissapointing winter really... the eclipse and conjunction nights made up for it though.

In a way, my hardcore observing and imaging nights start now but BST is back with us from this weekend. Like most of us, as soon as we hit end of April in to May I am in to very late night viewing, which in turn restricts me to weekends and nights before bank holidays only

Oh what a wonderful hobby

[gary1968]

I too am restriced to weekend viewing now with the onset of summer as I ahve to get up at 6am for work

But, on the bright side summer also brings the bike back out of the garage....

Gary

[The Warthog]

Hardly any winter observing for me. If it wasn't cloudy I was sick, out of town, or too busy.

[FLO]

The eclipse and a fantastic view of Saturn and several of its Moons (excellent sky and seeing conditions) were the hi-lights for me.

[Kain]

I had 2 great nights out there over the winter months, one was when there was no moon, so explored many DSO's

The other was eclipse night.

Not alot really. The winter sky disappointed me to be fair. I'm looking forward to the spring sky to go fuzzy hunting mind.

Summer is getting closer! M13, 27 and 37! And of cause NLCs!

Kain

[dazza1639]

Some good nights here but mostly & , but, when it was good it was very good. We had the bonus of a clear night for the eclipse.

Darren

[tom.yates]

Perhaps 5 nights viewing worth mentioning otherwise rain and clouds