Anyone got clear skies?

[Beulah]

Just got in - still clear; dew, being very tired & cold stopped play. (busy day today!)

Setting up Dob with dewshields on the relevant finders, plus huge blackout blind attached to the wall to block out neighbour's landing 100 watt light has worked relatively well. Five minutes setting up, five minutes packing away. Saw a good collection of familiar objects from memory as I wanted to ease myself gently back in after a long spell away from the eyepeice.

Might just suggest that people can walk by and see straight into their upstairs...might inspire her to get a curtain or something...

[Si W]

I spoke too soon, the clouds have appeared..

Tell me about it , think im going to knock it on the head, more cloud than clear spots, satellite image doesn't look good either, there looks like a few showers just north of Liverpool, only just managed to get the roof on earlier after a fleeting shower caught me on the hop .

[DazC]

Crystal clear out there now, scope's out there cooling and i'm planning my session.

Have fun guys and gals!

D.C

[Atlas]

I haven't had a solid clear night in weeks. Only got 2 nights where I at least had a 15 minute window due to cloud gaps. I blame it on the 2 speed focuser I got 3 weeks ago. I'm also about to compound the problem since my electric focuser gets delivered tonight.

[r3i]

The last time I participated in one of these types of threads resulted in clouds appearing 5 minutes after posting that I had clear skies so taking a big risk.

But it is clear up here in N. Yorks, Only second night out since moving house and first time with my new CCDT67 focal reducer - currently sucking in photons from M33. 26*5 minute subs so far and keeping my fingers crossed for a good few more.

[Si W]

Managed to get 8 x 5min subs, thats it, I thing thats my lot for the night, the scopes now parked and the roofs back on.

[MickD]

Currently 2 hours worth of imaging done so far - hopefully many hours to go, supposed to be clear all night in Forest of Dean....

[Demo johnny]

Looking good up here tonight and should be pretty decent all over going by the forecasts.

[Thorney]

I can't see a thing here (Kettering) :-( I hope it clears up later but it's not looking promising.

[username]

No. Forecast has been suggesting gaps in the cloud for two nights but it has been so far been without gaps

[GlassWalker]

Finally cleared up, so I've put the imaging kit out to cool. I wont start until Orion clears some trees anyway so that'll be later. Actually, I might get to try my dew system out for the first time too.

The map above kinda explains what I'm seeing I think. That cloud band has finally moved past where I am and hopefully it'll stay clear for a while now.

Edit: actually, that's a forecast. If I use google earth that suggests the cloud band is over, but there's a lull over me at the moment but another thicker band may come over later... so I'm not necessarily all go yet!

[Scosmico]

Everywhere but Manchester , as always.

[claire1985]

Clear here in oldbury. I'm just far to comfy in front of my heater to move yet though. Films just finished so will grab coat and shoes and head out soon. :-)

[GlassWalker]

Definitely clear here now. Got some test subs of Pleiades while still waiting for Orion to clear some trees. Reconfigured and trying my longest focal length imaging yet, 40% more than previously...!

[Lorne]

Mixed fortune here tonight, patches of clear sky, passing rain showers...... clear again, a SNOW shower had us packing up, then clear again leaving what remained of the group scanning the sky with binoculars. Frozen to the marrow so home earlier than planned.

[Space Dragon]

Crystal clear in south east Scotland, Double Cluster, Pleiades, Orion, Jupiter,M37, all great when the neighbours finally stopped switching their lights on.

How dare they.

Extremely cold tho'.

[Atlas]

[JamesF]

Eventually got out, managed about twenty minutes imaging of Jupiter before the seeing started to go and then the sky went dark as a large cloud passed over. I wandered over to where I could get a better view of where it was coming from to see if there was clear sky behind it and felt the first raindrops starting to fall, so I rushed to get the laptop and all my other kit indoors.

That seems to be it for tonight

James

[laser_jock99]

Lovely & clear here in Warks. Everyone else finaly went to bed and left me in peace. All set up now, running some subs on M42 as I type.

[claire1985]

Still beautiful and crystal clear in oldbury, I've just jumped into bed with a 4am alarm set coz my eyes are stinging from tiredness. Seen 2 meteors so far. Had my first ever look at Orion through binoculars tonight, WOW!!! Is all I can say. What a beautiful piece of sky :-) x

[GlassWalker]

Still clear... 1st use of dew prevention going well Got over an hour of data on the flame and horsehead now, although guiding broke at some point. Didn't seem to affect the subs though, as I'm pushing my optics a bit here... seems the lens aberrations are greater than the drift! Will let it run for another 30 mins and aiming to be in bed by 2am! It'll be close to another tree soon after that anyway...

[earth titan]

Absolutely crystal clear here.

One of the best nights for ages.

Bit of visual then some AP. Still going strong.....

[laser_jock99]

Still clear... 1st use of dew prevention going well Got over an hour of data on the flame and horsehead now,

Just started an imaging run on the Horsehead & Flame myself. Still fantastically clear - best night for ages. No Leonids spotted yet though.

[faulksy]

what a good night and very steady seeing, seen orion for the first time with my nirvana what a lovely e.p., cant wait for my new 28mm next week.seen 1 meteor and as usual jupiter was stunning at 300x, roll on the cold nights

[laser_jock99]

Had to stop imaging for now. For some reason my netbook decided now was a good time to start installing 'Windows Automatic Updates' which has caused PHD Guiding to fail! Time to nip inside for a warming drink while I wait for the re-boot.......