Just for a giggle

[DaveGarland]

It's my birthday in September. I'm asking my wife for a rain proof astronomers jacket. Does anyone else have any good ideas?

[JamesM]

You could see if she could get hold of a pair of sky hooks for your maps?

James

[night vision]

How about windscreen wipers for the front of your telescope?

Liz

[kev]

Sun cream for observing?

[garethmob]

some sun glasses!

[Earl]

Thermal footware

[Daniel-K]

a heated EP for comfort on cold nights

[DaveGarland]

Oooh, maybe as it's dark, and objects are far, a super bright camera flash :-D

[DaveGarland]

Thermal footware

Earl, that actually IS a good idea

[WayBig]

A baader cloud filter

[WayBig]

A " gone to" mount - tells you what you were actually looking at, despite telling the scope to go to m33

[Shibby]

A solar powered head torch maybe?

[yeti monster]

A can of cloud dispersant?

[jaquesnoir]

Infra-red bins for watching wildlife during those periods when clouds pass.

[blacksaltire]

A can of cloud dispersant?

Do FLO sell that ?

[pete_l]

How about a planetarium program that includes a weather forecast? So it will show you where all the planets, stars, constellations and DSOs would be, but they'll be obscured by clouds

[Cloudwatcher]

For those cold nights a pocket hand warmer.

Oh,and a Hip Flask.

[hemihaggis]

i think i will try some reverse psycology on this one ..... i would like a "met office types of cloud handbook" , therefore using the equataion new kit=clouds / new kit in this case should be ..cloud book=no clouds ???

[garethmob]

i think i will try some reverse psycology on this one ..... i would like a "met office types of cloud handbook" , therefore using the equataion new kit=clouds / new kit in this case should be ..cloud book=no clouds ???

i didnt think it actually existed but it does!!

The Cloud Book The Met Office | WHSmith.co.uk

[hemihaggis]

i would suggest that 365 members of this forum buy a copy ,one each every day for a year ...... mmmm i wonder ..... but that would be such a waste as there wont be any clouds

[WayBig]

How about a planetarium program that includes a weather forecast? So it will show you where all the planets, stars, constellations and DSOs would be, but they'll be obscured by clouds

Brilliant idea, planetarium software that just shows clouds, all the way round!

[Cunhaval]

Using same logic, got the Cloud Book in March. Didn't work then, and hasn't worked much since

Good idea might be an SGL owned ISS - you can put me down for a tenner!

[MorningMajor]

A refracting reflecting Cassegrain on an alt-az equatorial dobsonian mount- that should cover it!

[kev]

Mosquito *attractant**

[kev]

A bar of chocolate ..... so you can always say that youve seen the Milky Way... <groan>