tonights forecast

[Daniel-K]

going to be a long one!!

[StuW]

hmmm BBC says clear 7 till 9 for me, but i'll believe it when i'm processing the images afterwards!

[Daniel-K]

clear 360 here

[Guest]

Not so great for me:

[Stevp]

I've had clear skies all day with hardly any wind, as soon as I get home from work and its starts getting dark........the biggest, thickest, blackest cloud i've seen in months rolls in, laughing at me.

[Si W]

Got some cloud over in the West here in Manchester, just goimg to keep am eye on it, from what the weather said it should be gone by 9pm.

[rory]

i have one weather site saying its going to be cloudy and the bbc midlands giving clear skies all night !, ill play it by ear (well eyes, but you know what i mean)

[Tddun]

Got a bit of cloud about.. Hoping to give Jupiter a go.. GRS is visible.. hoping to see Ceres maybe Vesta as well.

[BUSMANMARK]

Not looking great here ,i,ll keep an eye on it though.

[Black Knight]

The Beeb says clear all night for me. However, I'm just on the northern fringe of that huge front moving across the country and unfortunately it looks as if my house is maybe 10 miles too far south! . So I'll probably end up popping in and out periodically with the bins!

[JamesF]

The Met Office says clear from 6pm until gone midnight. Sat24 says there's a socking great cloud that's skirted around the north of the Bay of Biscay and should be over us shortly. Surely both of them can't be right?

James

[StuW]

Well, I'm sat outside all set up and it's masses of clout atm. Managed to get polar aligned in a largish gap, but it might have been a bit pointless looking towards where the clouds are coming from.

[David Smith]

Supposed to be ok until midnight here. Not convinced though as it is chucking it down at the minute!

[Black Knight]

Supposed to be ok until midnight here. Not convinced though as it is chucking it down at the minute!

I do wonder sometimes if poking your head out of the window periodically should be included as part of the weathermans workflow!

[foundaplanet]

Crisp and clear here. Sat 24 is looking good so I will be getting out when I get home.

That will be 3 times in 7 days so it has been a good week.

[Astro Imp]

Been out doing a bit of Lunar while waiting for darkness, it's now a bit cloudy and the moon is washing most things out, could only just see M45. Had a quick look at Alcor/Mizar, you see something new every time out, although I have looked at this countless times it wasn't until tonight that I realised I could see all the components in my low powered EP(x23.5).

Just popped in while Jupiter climbs a bit higher over my neighbours' house and then will be having a look at that. Just checked on moons' positions and notice that Callisto is widely separated from it's parent, wonder if I'll get them all in the FOV.

Hope to finish the evening exploring Auriga if I'm not covered in dew by then as it seems very damp.

[JamesF]

Well, as if to attempt to prove that even a cloudy night has things worth seeing, I've just been outside to check the sky and seen a fantastic moon ring.

James

[Special K]

Not gonna happen here tonight that's for sure. However I'm on the lookout for an early show from Saturn and will be checking the early mornings this weekend for a hopeful break in the clouds. Clear skies!

[robbie c]

clear 360 here

. Not down here been clear all day now the clouds rolling in and they forecast rain later

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[JamesF]

Well, I've put a scope out, but under cover. We'll see how it goes later.

James

[Astro Imp]

Still good here, just had good views of Jupiter and am now making a cuppa.

[OutThereSomewhere]

Trying to image the Heart Nebula in Ha from my urban back garden. Although the moon is at about 70% illuminated, as a learner I want to compare results to Galloway a week ago when it was moonless and dark. Just tried a 10 min sub (looks iffy) and am now doing a 15 min sub, but I'm not expecting much from it. Maybe its worth hanging on until the moon sets.

[Luke]

We got lucky last night with the weather. I could see a wall of cloud to the south for hours but it kept away until fog did us in in the wee hours. Sometimes the gamble doesn't pay off, but it's nice when it does, that was a close one! Jupiter alone was worth the set up, it was photographic quality Only the second time I've seen it sharp at 300x mag.