Who has got clear skies predicted for tonight ?

[Islander]

Patches of blue sky here at the moment with a forecast of improving weather over the next few hours. Fingers crossed

[SFlowers]

lol yes and I've had more than my fair share of wine... good job hubby sets the scope up eh

[patomlin76]

York much better than last night. Scope is cooling. More than decent chance of seeing tonight, even if it's a full moon!

Beers in hand tho until the light drops!!

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[Naemeth]

Forecast has gone cloudy again, clear at 1:00am, maybe?

[sanmatt]

Generally clear here but a few wispy clouds hanging about. Have got her out cooling though, just in case

[Dazzyd]

It's looking promising here in the Midlands too. I think I'm going to risk the chance of the clouds rolling back in and take the scope out to cool. Am I attracting the clouds? Gotta be worth a go eh

[Naemeth]

Checked again, not going to happen . Cloudy for the rest of the week, typical really.

[LukeSkywatcher]

They said we were getting heavy rain tonight and sure enough the clouds are gathering over the mountains to my SW. Think i'll have a glass of Russian water.

[earth titan]

A little high cloud, but clearing slowly. Good possibilities.

[SFlowers]

Sorry if you are near us, just put the scope out to cool so bound to cloud over now

[sanmatt]

Im doing my darks. But its still not dark enough to PA yet!! Where's the flipping stars at??

[ArmyAirForce]

I was really hoping for cloud tonight because I'm just too tired to go out and enjoy a clear night!

[JimFR]

It's looking promising here in the Midlands too. I think I'm going to risk the chance of the clouds rolling back in and take the scope out to cool. Am I attracting the clouds? Gotta be worth a go eh

Just looked out here - I can see a few of the brighter stars, but its that weather phenomenon worse than proper cloud - its misty !

even Venus is a big bright splodge. yuck.

[sanmatt]

I just cant align it! I am trying to align on Dubhe and I cant tell which is which after going from the polar finder the to ep.

[chownsie]

Cleared earlier this afternoon....so I ignored it and had a little sunday knap...and now its CLEAR!

So....we are cooling

[LukeSkywatcher]

I saw Venus about 30 mins ago but it is gone now. Could have set behind the house opposite or it may be cloudy.

*EDIT*

Its cloudy.

[sanmatt]

argh, still cant align. Polaris is whizzing across the POV, its supposed to be tracking.

[parklife2uk]

Just been out and had a good look at Saturn and Mars. First night its not been cloudy for a long time!!

[JamesF]

Why would you need to worry about what's in the polar finder?

If you can't be sure you're looking at Dubhe though, it might make things easier if you choose a different star. Arcturus might be a good bet, since it's too bright to be easily confused with anything else? Do you have an optical finder, or an RDF?

James

[chownsie]

I've given up! Poor conditions, some very whispy high cloud drifting around. Moon just coming up so this cloud is far too illuminated! SO scope in, beer opened!

Did get a reasonable look at saturn so not a total waste!

[Dazzyd]

Well I managed an hour before the mist got the better of me. Had some lovely views of Saturn, I could make out the Cassini Division which I was really pleased with, looked at Mars but couldn't make out too much due to the misty atmosphere (although I THINK I could just about make out the polar ice caps) but it was too misty to go for anything else, even the moon was too obscured by thick mist.

But, for the first decent play since I had the scope I'm more than happy

[LukeSkywatcher]

argh, still cant align. Polaris is whizzing across the POV, its supposed to be tracking.

Is it windy there?

[Andrew-77]

I'm looking at our ringed friend right now. It's the first time I've had a proper look at Cassini, and the first time I've been out in over a month. New EP and Barlow working beautifully, and it's not too cold either.

Hopefully the haze will have lifted by the time this monstrous moon appears fully over the houses.

[dtr42]

yup in between the clouds saturn looks pretty good and the moon is a bit cloud banded but still nae bad [as we say oop north]

[Matt I]

Was clear earlier near Bristol.Got my hopes up so got set up. Since then,mist,cloud and still too light. Just given up for the night! :-(