DO NOT Order any new equipment!!!

[jimbooz]

Oh dear! Just purchased a celestron omni barlow and 18mm BST Starguider. Looks like the clouds are here to stay!

Sorry

Jim

[fondofchips]

Starting to feel responsible, will soon be purchasing a scope, and then a mount, telrad maybe, that's 3 days of cloud cover sorted.................

[tibbz2]

Recently bought a new scope, sorry!

[Double Kick Drum]

Mine arrived yesterday.

Very happy with mine although I am still finding out how everything works.

[Sharpe]

It's my fault - I bought my first telescope back in October, just before the foul weather struck.

-Sorry to all in South east England :-S

[skywatcher58gb]

My money, whats left of it, is staying firmly in the wife's purse.

Dave

[fondofchips]

Bought my scope, still need eq5 mount, finder scope, mounting plate & a couple of eyepieces.

That's ordered the cloud for a few more days.

Would be a tad irritated if it was clear as I'm still using bino's until the scope setup is complete.

Seen the sun (briefly) today, but the cloud will be back tonight................Doh!

[Torin]

Hmmm is this a bad time to buy a scope then? Perhaps I'll leave off.... can anyone tell me the longest time they've waited for clear skies?

[Meddle]

Or another plan, lets all buy a copy of this....

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cloudspotters-Guide-Gavin-Pretor-Pinney/dp/034089590X

Sods law dictates they sky's will clear in a matter of minutes! (In all seriousness, it's actually a great book)

[naxos10]

Ooop's another guilty party. Ordered my first scope on Saturday.

In my defence I can say we have had no real clear skies for longer than that.

BR

Alan

[twotter]

I'm not helping either as I've just received an AZ-4 and 31mm Aspheric. Looking out of the window and the weather is....low cloud, and in Fenland that means low!

[kirkster501]

I am waiting to buy a 300P Dob so I'll wait until it clears. Then buy it. Then create another four months of cloud!

[fondofchips]

Does the weather really bother any of us?

Only when it's cloudy of course.

In any case I've ordered more bits today & the mount will have to wait until payday, thats next months cloud sorted!

[TonyD]

If we ordered scopes in drought affected areas, would we be doing a service to those in desperate need of rain?

[t0ny]

If we ordered scopes in drought affected areas, would we be doing a service to those in desperate need of rain?

The need for me to see a single star (not the sun) is greater than anyone's need for water!

[skir]

The need for me to see a single star (not the sun) is greater than anyone's need for water!

I've heard of these 'star' things. What exactly are they?

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[t0ny]

I've heard of these 'star' things. What exactly are they?

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A star is a cosmic magical light thing that instructs us on how to conduct our lives. This can be anything from going for a new job to what kind of mood you should expect to be in for the day!

[DrRobin]

Hi,

I have an Artificial Star, I made it out of an LED torch, some cardboard and tin foil. Whenever we haven't seen the real ones for a while I set it up in the garden to give my scope something to look at and stop it (and me) from getting bored.

Make yours using the following link and stave off the boredom too.

Robin

[David Smith]

Well my car has just cost me the £400 I had putaway for a new mount so your safe in the knowledge that I will not be buying anything for a while . In fact may well be eating beans until the end of march due to budget constraints

[Torin]

I think I can see blue sky in Derbyshire! Can I buy a scope now?

[steve_bham]

Sorry just about to order an az4 mount, William optics diagonal, semi apo filter and a Rigel quick finder! Few more days of cloud I'm afraid!

[fondofchips]

Purchased the last of my setup yesterday, hoping the effect of buying it will have worn off by the weekend!

[DaveS]

Just ordered a Hitech astro EQDIR mount adapter from FLO

It's blue sky here ATM and the forecast is for clear skies tonight.

Correction the forecast *was* for clear skes tonight.

[bomberbaz]

I am only buying secondhand at the moment, can i have an upgrade? Erm sorry i mean does that count?

[mrjolly]

Hi,

I have an Artificial Star, I made it out of an LED torch, some cardboard and tin foil. Whenever we haven't seen the real ones for a while I set it up in the garden to give my scope something to look at and stop it (and me) from getting bored.

Make yours using the following link and stave off the boredom too.

http://stargazerslou...20#entry1740409

Robin

It's funny but I'm actually tempted to try something like this indoors to test out my Synguider I've not had a chance to play with yet. Was thinking of waiting until it's dark and shining a laser pointer onto a wall to see if I could lock onto it and if so, try slowly moving it to see what happened!