Anyone else just set up and had clouds roll in?

[davesparx]

The darned frustration of setting up, getting laptop, guidecam.....ready to do 3 star align and clouds rolled in,.,,,,

I though that it was supposed to be a clear night??

Wine time I think....

Anyone else waiting in the garden, too? :-)

David

[The Sailor]

Yes it has happened to me on a "clear" night, I don't think any weather forecaster can forecast local clouds which appear out of nowhere.

Jim

[swag72]

just happened to me over here in Spain! Damn!!

[username]

Yep happened here too. I have a sort of covered balcony though so can leave it out there with no fear of the snow!

So back to work for me for a while unless I can procrastinate on the forum a bit longer

[Steve Ward]

Set up , aligned , framed , focused , guiding , all in ten minutes flat . . . . clouded out three minutes later . . .

Ho hum . . .

Steve.

[OutThereSomewhere]

For once things went to plan. Set up in my back garden by 7pm (after faffing with an uncooperative laptop), then did as many 20min subs as I could with an Ha filter of the Heart nebula. I've just broken down the kit & brought it into the house. The sky is still very clear, but I've got work in the morning.

What a lightweight!

[JamesF]

Had the scope out cooling for some Jupiter imaging, but hadn't set everything else up (had to wait until 9pm for it to come over the roof of the house anyhow). Cloud has spoiled the party though.

James

[GlassWalker]

Been clear here all night. Grabbed a ton of RGB/Ha/OIII on heart and soul. Can't be bothered with SII so about to switch to Orion as it finally clears some trees... took tomorrow off work so I can stay up late too

[Steve Ward]

Clear again now . . . rattling off 10 min subs on M42 . . .

[KevUU]

Yup. Looking forward to it all day (all weekend really). Pffffft.

[Mik3]

I got nearly 2H of data and then they come

[RikM]

I've lost count of the times that has happened to me. Comes with the territory I guess.

I had a late night last night and early start with work tomorrow so just a couple of hours visual for me tonight. Seeing was pretty dire, so Jupiter wasn't great but spotted two new deep sky objects: NGC281 the Pacman (10" Dob, 20mm XW + UHC) and NGC40 / Caldwell 2 a fairly big bright planetary in Cepheus, flanked by two red stars. Best with a 10mm XW but neither UHC or Oiii helped here.

[tich]

I nearly never set mine up at all due to clouds coming in but it's cleared so the DSLR is clicking away nicely. There's no dew forming anywhere either which is a plus as I don't own any dewbands yet.

[crashtestdummy]

just got back from clear skies but seeing wasnt actually that good,expected much better

[Coco]

well I just bagged 5 hours of OSC ... I could have bagged 6 but my Win7 lappy decided it didnt like ASCOM on boot up..

[laser_jock99]

Still outside imaging at the moment- odd high cloud but nothing too bad. The tranparency is murkier than I was hoping for though.......

[GlassWalker]

Eyelids getting heavy... haven't checked up on the kit for over 30 mins while I wrestle with some of the earlier data. Had a good enough run for one night

[laser_jock99]

More cloud in the East now- I'm imaging in Monoceros, hope it stays away!

[Archie Tureous]

I think it happens to everyone, but often it works the other way. I have headed out on an iffy night, more in hope than expectation, and have been rewarded by the clouds clearing away and giving me an excellent night's viewing.

[bomberbaz]

I only lasted 45 mins cos I hadn't wrapped up well enough. Head and body were fine as well wrapped up. But feet were freezing & knees knocking cos didnt bother with boots or leggings so went inside.

However I managed another object of Moores winter marathon though, NGC 1647. Wasn't the best view with my scope but will bag it again when I get my bigger scope tomorrow now i know where it is

[laser_jock99]

Had my full thermals on last night, I reckon it got to -3 deg C, scope frozen over by the time I packed up at 4:00am. On the plus the DSLR images are slightly less noisy when it's this cold, the downside is the batteries don't last as well.