Dark sky trip?

[PeterW]

Look at the infrared animation at sat24, good luck

PEterW

[swamp thing]

Still got a lot of haze here. What about the rest of you?

[Woking]

does'nt look too bad here, looking at venus and jupiter (not got the hazy ring they had the other night)

[swamp thing]

Ok your call Darren, what do you think?

[Leebert]

Not so good here.

I think I might save it for another day

[jam1e1]

Just looked out, still hazy here, Venus def shows ring of haze , in Orion can make out corner stars and middle 3 can normally see more.

[swamp thing]

Have to agree Lee, Jamie it's just not worth the drive.No point in going to a dark sky unless it's clear.

We'll call it off then this time.

[Woking]

just been out for a smoke and it does seem to be clearer.

willing to give it a go or stay closer to home with RC

[Woking]

probably the right call to give it a miss

sat24 shows wispy stuff all over the SE http://www.sat24.com/en/gb

[swamp thing]

Flaming weathers really teasing us at the moment it looks like its gonna be good then as if by magic.......haze and cloud.

[jam1e1]

Yep very annoying, Will be a dark sky virgin for a little longer

[Leebert]

Trying not to let the weather get the better of me, I set up in the back garden and went on a search for clusters.

I took 21 images of M37, threw 16 away and stacked the remaining. It didn't turn out too bad considering it's only 3 mins worth of images with no darks or flats.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7109/6863359192_0993393470.jpg' alt='6863359192_0993393470.jpg'>

M37 by MrLeebert, on Flickr

[nytecam]

Well did it happen and what was viewed? ps: Any Roman ghosts about:hello2:

[Kedvenc]

Hi guys, last night (Friday) the conditions turned out excellent but I didn't get home from work until 11pm and was too tired apart from about 10 mins with the bins. It looks like being excellent again tonight. If you guys need a report anytime for this area (I live just outside pulborough) message me and hopefully I'll pick it up to let you know.

[swamp thing]

Nice pic Lee.

Cheers Kedvenc will certainly take you up on that.

This haze and high cloud is really annoying.

[jam1e1]

thanks Kedvenc - may see you up there too at some point!

Lee do you have a permanent setup ? good pic

cheers jamie

[Leebert]

Thanks Guys

Jamie - No, just on the lawn in the back garden. It was taken with a DSLR camera attached to a Skywatcher 200p on an HEQ5 mount & tripod.

[swamp thing]

It's looking very clear at the moment anyone fancy giving a dark sky another go?

[Woking]

yeah can do, just got in from work though

[swamp thing]

Ok shall we say 9:30 ish at the Villa?

[Woking]

sounds good to me

[jam1e1]

Not even back yet so will have to give a miss, hope goes well!

[booforty]

Hi all, where do you all meet? Hoping to come along one eve. I'm a beginner and attended the Stargazing Live event at Newlands Corner where I saw Jupiter and its 4 moons - amazing!

Would love to see Saturn and its rings but I only have a very basic telescope which is only good for viewing the Moon.

Would love to see what scopes everyone else has and what you can see with them

[swamp thing]

Hi booforty

Welcome to the SGL and the Surrey observers too.

We meet most clear nights if possible on Ranmore Common car park at the top.

Keep an eye out in this section as we tend to post then meet up pretty quick. So if it's a clear night have a look here first.

Look forward to meeting you.

Regards Steve

[jam1e1]

How did last night go Steve?