Darn weather

[AstroMadBloke]

what a fantasctic day it's been, Sunny and warm all day, thought I might be able to try out my new home made telescope pier tonight but alas no total cloud cover now. blumming typical!!!

The Fochabers Observatory

[LukeSkywatcher]

I'm gagging to try my new Hyperion zoom EP. But alas..................clouds.

I tell a lie. I just looked out my window and Venus is looking great. I also just saw a fox strolling by.

[The Sailor]

Same here, great day but at sunset a bank of fog rolled in from the sea, should have realised earlier with the ships foghorn sounding off all afternoon.

No amount of weather forecasting will warn us of this .

Jim

[king-jaffethehutt]

Swings and Roundabouts first clear one here in ages!!

I know it doesn't make your night any better but we've all bin there, I've been going stir crazy just to get out! good luck with the pier and clear skies.

kingjaffe

[Brent]

Yes, sorry, I'm out as well.

Sitting outside with the laptop, getting subs of M101 as I type.

Going to hopefully try to image M95 complete with SN in an hour and a half if the cloud stays away!

[Atlas]

I feel your pain, I've had 1 clear night in the last 15 days here.

[Bart]

cloudy all day here. Working late and as i drove home, the clouds rolled away to produce the most fantastic clear sky. Stars shone true and bright, no twinkle. Rushed in the door, whipped out the 6" and 10" to cool down. Grabbed something quick to eat, wrapped up nice and warm. Got the rest of the kit out. Alighed the az circle to polaris. Zeroed the wixey. Got the first eyepiece in the focusser and when i went to zero in on Mars, it was gone. Glanced up and the whole sky was cloudy. blumming HELL! How frustrating.

I'm damned if its going to beat me. Going to sleep in my gear and keep peeking out. I gotta feeling it has to clear.........

Bart

[Bart]

I feel your pain, I've had 1 clear night in the last 15 days here.

Atlas, try 2012 ! or so it feels. Its been terrible here this year

[king-jaffethehutt]

I spoke to soon.......Doh!!!! not heavy cloud just the wispy stuff which is worse! it's like heavenly lingerie, It'll show you just enough to whet your appetite before covering up for the night

[SteveA]

Where I am the weather has been fantastic....in fact I've had three straight imaging sessions over the last 3 days...and thats a record for me!

I'm on an absolute high at the moment as I'm getting some good images of M51..which hopefully I'll get processed over the weekend..if its cloudy!....but with the prospect of more fine weather coming..the processing may have to wait for a change!

[Bart]

all's well that ends well. Cleared up brilliantly and got out for a few hours. Far too few of those recently .

Clear skies.

Bart

[Atlas]

Just had 6" of snow fall last night and it's still coming.

[AstroMadBloke]

Hallalolliaaaaa, had a clear night last night and tested my homemade mount, feeling very very very happy/smug, it worked better than I ever thought! check out the updates on my blog.

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[Mike73]

Yep I've given up and come in for the night.

Picked out some nice open clusters M36/M37/M38 and M50 but the haze has made it pretty poor seeing.

Besides, I'm cream crackered and need my bed!

[dtr42]

Hallalolliaaaaa, had a clear night last night and tested my homemade mount, feeling very very very happy/smug, it worked better than I ever thought! check out the updates on my blog.

The Fochabers Observatory

been haze all night bahhhhhhhhh

ps nice set up [love the invisible shed [where did you get that from:)]

your blog was very interesting and first light yesterday and clear skies must have been a buzz

[Philip.]

aye, pretty naff here too, although I did manage to get a decent peek at Aldebaran, very impressive.

[AstroMadBloke]

It was a real buzz dtr42, Really pleased on how things are coming together, The observatory is now up.

The Fochabers Observatory: Phase 2 Part2

and feeling happier by the day!

[dtr42]

what roof you going with ?? was wondering if you are still going with corrugated plastic won't that cause some problems for wind etc ?