early morning sessions

[Daniel-K]

planning on getting up at 3 am for a early morning imaging session with the forecast looking good any one else do this?

[Si W]

Me too, want to test some new software out, tomorrow night looks even better.

[Daniel-K]

yeah it does and have just seen a new sign on the knowsley express way by me that lights out from 12-6 wooo hoooo

[DazC]

I drag myself out of bed at 3-3.30am fairly often (weather permiting), but not tomorrow.......

Beer all the way tonight!

D.C

[Novarius]

Staying up, earlier the forecast was very good (clear from 9pm), now, not so good. Clear from 1am. With F1 qualifying on at 6am, no point going to bed. After F1 is done got some fencing to paint. Zombie time.

[Daniel-K]

well my get up was canceled due to projectile vomiting kids and wife, had a peek out at 3 and it was clear bit gutted but have tonight to get out too

[Mike73]

All nighters I can handle but getting up at silly o clock for any reason I just can't do!

[PorkyB]

I do this occasionally - it's often the best part of the night as long as the early morning mist stays away. Mrs is particularly understanding, perhaps becuase I warm the bed up and then she gets it all to herself

[SeedyF]

I've taken to doing it recently, got up at 4am on Sunday this week - observing til 6.30, then parked in front of the TV for the F1 race. I take a bit of a gmble setting up before I go to bed and covering the scope with a sheet. So I have to be pretty sure it's going to stay clear.

Unfortunately I find I don't think quite straight - I really should start with a coffee. It took me the best part of an hour to work out that it was dew stopping the image of Jupiter appearing on the laptop and not the new laptop and software I had installed the day before! Doh!! Completely wasted the time before I realised and went off in search of a hair dryer. It was seriously dewy round my way too.

[earth titan]

well my get up was canceled due to projectile vomiting kids and wife

All well now I hope?

I'm often known to pop out for a quick look see.

[LukeSkywatcher]

I am not an early morning person. I will do an all night session rather then go to bed and set an alarm call.

I am hoping for a few all night sessions this winter. Pretty much from 6pm til 6am.

Thats my comfort zone.

LOVE IT.

[kirkster501]

I am going to start doing this too, when I am not working away. Thus far i have been a bit of a evening only astronomer - packed away by midnight at the very latest.

Number of times I wake up then anyway and look out the window its perfectly clear. Just can never bring myself to get out there...! That's gonna change......