At last! A promising forecast!

[Andymarrison]

If the nice people at 7timer! have got it right, then I'll be a very happy (and cold) observer for the next few nights!

[kingboya]

I have just this second been looking at the same! Tomorrow looks like a proper all nighter!

[Pig]

Lets keep our tripod legs crossed

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[andy77]

This is great news

[Dunkster]

-7C is "nice" ?

[ubertank]

I checked the met office forecast for tomorrow night in the midlands and it looks like a nice big fat cloud will be sitting just on top of us.

No sky in over a month. Gutted.

[Andymarrison]

-7C is "nice" ?

Well it will be a little bit chilly, I grant you, but then again it's almost -273 centigrade out there in interstellar space, so it will make me feel that little bit closer to the stars I'm looking at!

[OutThereSomewhere]

Took a chance and travelled up to Galloway for the night. Scope is all set up so I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

[Dunkster]

Good luck to the brave

[Andymarrison]

The folks at 7timer! had it spot on! It's beautifully clear here tonight, for the first time in weeks! Scope's cooled; dew heater's turned up (boy is it cold!); observing list's at the ready - just a question of how long my fingers and toes hold out...I'm guessing Galloway's even colder, though - good luck Jonathan!

[allcart]

Fantastic start to the night down here. I swear I can almost see M42 with my eyes.

Unfortunately I'm still at work.

[Andymarrison]

Just come in after about two and a half hours - my dew controller has just packed up, and my feet are freezing! It's about -5 degrees, but the skies are beautifully clear. Spent most of the session on the open clusters M3,36,37 and 38 in Auriga and Gemini, and then wrapped-up with M42 (it wouldn't be right to end a winter session without a look at M42!) and, finally, Jupiter. The view of Jupiter was the best I've had to date, with the GRS clearly visible through the 8.5mm Pentax XF together with some lovely whirls and eddies in the South equatorial band. Warming up indoors now, and hoping that the dew controller will recover when it too has warmed up and dried out.