It was clear and then !!!!!

[Essex Stargazer]

Thought I may be in with a chance then along comes this

and this

Dont you just love it

[brantuk]

It's trying to rain here - just spotting right now - sky covered in dark ominous clouds ugh!

[Beulah]

Cloudy all day......cloudy all night.....

If Sunday is clear, I'm out observing, who cares if I have a 5am start...

[Psychobilly]

Same here .. cloudy with ocassional showers all day

[Veracocha]

I have tried really hard to be positive about the weather of late and even tried to encourage other memebers when frustration sets in but by god I'm having trouble convincing myself that there's light at the end of the tunnel (or should that be dark). If I had a car sat there doing nothing on my drive I would have sold it by now and on one or two occasions I have considered flogging all my kit. It's having three star parties before November that's keeping my interest alive. May feel differently in the morning.

[pastiche]

I was the same, nice clear skies but now it is thick, grey clouds!

[John]

This is why you need a "grab and go" scope as well as your main instrument. The UK weather is so variable and change can happen so quickly - with a quick setup and take down scope you can at least get some observing in to keep your interest between sessions with the larger / more complex setup.

This is one of the reasons that I use solely undriven alt-az mounts now - no good for imaging of course but at least you get some astronomy in.

[Si W]

been grey all day in Manchester

[Gadget]

Got caught last night with it 10pm clear as can be set all my stuff up then just as Jupiter and moon was getting nicely placed cloud just rolled in from everywhere i sat waiting until 3am hoping for a break that never came

Now its doing it again lovely clear skies cant see a cloud from any direction but sat 24 says its coming so im just pondering what to do

Kevin

[Doug]

Hi

Yes this weather is driving me to madness, I can't be that far away from you as I

reconise the houses I also can see that you use a nagler 5mm how is that working for you as I was under the impression that it would be to powerful for this scope?

Doug

Essex

[Essex Stargazer]

Hi

Yes this weather is driving me to madness, I can't be that far away from you as I

reconise the houses I also can see that you use a nagler 5mm how is that working for you as I was under the impression that it would be to powerful for this scope?

Doug

Essex

Hi Goug

I am in Dagenham so not far from you

Re the eye piece , I only collected the scope Thursday first use Friday so not had a chance to try out most of the kit I have

[GeeO]

This weather of ours is becoming depressingly predictable

I'm even starting to believe Prof. Gerry Gilmore was just 45 years out with his prediction

http://stargazerslounge.com/astro-lounge/40536-telescopes-worthless-2050-a.html

[John]

Hi Goug

I am in Dagenham so not far from you

Re the eye piece , I only collected the scope Thursday first use Friday so not had a chance to try out most of the kit I have

The 5mm will give 400x - that won't get used much under typical UK skies I reckon. When I had an F/10 8" SCT I found a 7mm a usable max high power eyepiece - 285x - and that was on good nights.

"Your mileage may vary" as they say

[onesmallstep]

Hi

Same thing happened in North Hertfordshire during my astro society's star-b-q. Now I know why telescopes are nicknamed cloud magnets!

[banner001]

cloudy and rainy here...had a bbq instead

[Essex Stargazer]

Hi

Same thing happened in North Hertfordshire during my astro society's star-b-q. Now I know why telescopes are nicknamed cloud magnets!

I Blame the 16" DOB users

Hu Light buckets ! looks like they draw in the clouds as well

[swamp thing]

I Blame the 16" DOB users

So would I