Who has got clear skies predicted for tonight ?

[David JM]

NN11 weather forecast clear until Sunday mid-day. 21 mph winds tonight, 10 tomorrow.

Out to see Scarlett Johanson [no, not the Scarlett on here] in tight leather tonight, does that count as a heavenly body?

No? I'll get me coat...

[chownsie]

Looking good currently, odd clouds but warm and bright. Way off dark so I wont be getting out of my pram just yet!

Nice cold beer and the news.....we'll just see later on

[dash]

Looking at the forcast clear skys past 10:00 so looking good, some cloud at the moment so fingers crossed.

[Stargazer_00]

Skys are clear side to side and sun is just starting to set...little to no wind...

pray for decent seeing

[terrym2002uk]

Yay. All out cooling down. Just waiting for the sun to clear off!

[Naemeth]

Waiting for the clouds to clear of so I can see Venus, got the scope out too early...

[Stargazer_00]

sun is now below the horizon and can still see 96% clear skies, only a few whisps hanging around. Venus is saying hi throwing scope out now.

[pajr777]

Scope out. Just located hat gloves fleece etc. Wife can't wait for it to get dark - apparently I've been pacing around like a caged tiger since the kids went to bed

[Mr Moff]

I've been pacing round all day. Spent some time collimating,drinking coffee,shaved my head and had a shower.

This has to be the longest day on record.

[pajr777]

Yes I pulled the scope out from under the bed and literally had to dust it down before collimating

[chownsie]

Dew sheild on and scope cooling, ice box ready for beer

Lovely outside, not a breath of wind, nice cheeky dusk view of Venus, well whats left of it anyway!

I'm suddenly quietly confident of a long and gentle nights viewing.

[estwing]

bit windy ere....hour on xbox first

[pajr777]

Good eyeball on Venus, Mars and Saturn... Think we might be on

Edit: okay maybe Venus, Mars and Arcturus

[JamesF]

Doesn't it take a long time to get dark when it isn't cloudy?

James

[jflowers]

Doesn't it take a long time to get dark when it isn't cloudy?

James

LOL yes, toooo long

[chownsie]

Bits of odd cloud floating around, very high and light but getting right in my way! Grrrrr.....

[Cath]

looks to be really clear at the moment, can see the moons of saturn with ease at the mo

[chownsie]

Just looked at satellite (infra-red), seems last of cloud just passing over the isle of wight, fingers crossed for complete vision by 11pm

[Naemeth]

Got some views of Venus, Saturn and Mars, unfortunately, apart from Venus, nothing seems to be giving me any detail, must be the amount of LP in my area.

[sologuitarist61]

Lovely down here Sandra - sorry, would have replied earlier but was out with the scope !!

[ianaiken]

rain rain go away come back never again

[daz395]

Clear here at the moment in Shotton, and I cant get out!! Really pee'd off sat here with my foot raised up cursing my bad timing.

[David JM]

After the pictures last night the R&DAS branded hat & scarf lost their viginity with a couple of hours looking at Saturn and kit set-up and strip-down.

I shouldn't have 'taped over' the webcam image taken with the barlow though. Tonight looks good, observing plan to be worked out later.

[ianaiken]

I've just checked xcweather. After last nights rain really hoping for a clear night. Well, forecast is clear until 19:00 then cloud until October

[euphony]

Finally had a decent nights viewing. Mars, Saturn, M3, M5, M104 (very faintly), and M51 was a smudge

Plus a few other very faint galaxies (M81, M82 and M94) that were being drowned out by the streetlight directly below them.

All in all, a great night. I could stare at M3 for hours without getting bored!