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Sods law, clear skies but just to cold

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scoobee

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Just spent an hour or so outside and had to retire due to being so cold.

But on the plus side the seeing was as good the best I have seen, and as for Jupiter is was looking good, enough to make several AVI's now fingers crossed I can do it justice in my imaging skills (lack off).

Maybe I shall be better prepared and stay the distance next time, a lesson learnt.

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DaveS

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Good luck.

It's perishing cold here, there's a howling wind blowing, and although I saw Jupiter it was quite brief and dissapeared again, as I did indoors, where it's not much better due to the central heating having broken down. :embarrassed: Waiting for the BG man tomorrow.

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I tried looking for comet Panstarrs from a hill. I gave up after 15 minutes because of the biting cold wind. The car thermometer was reading -3 deg C but the windchill was given as something like -10 on the news.

I am going to give it a couple more days before I start to look for panstarrs and to buy a hot water bottle :grin:

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Good luck.

It's perishing cold here, there's a howling wind blowing, and although I saw Jupiter it was quite brief and dissapeared again, as I did indoors, where it's not much better due to the central heating having broken down. :embarrassed: Waiting for the BG man tomorrow.

OUCH! thats sure is a double whammy

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I couldn't agree more it is absolutely freezing cold, I managed 2 hours with base layers on.

Great seeing though everything was as clear as a bell :laugh:

I have left the scope set up in the garage in case I can get a glimpse of Saturn in the morning, you never know your luck :smiley:

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I couldn't agree more it is absolutely freezing cold, I managed 2 hours with base layers on.

Great seeing though everything was as clear as a bell :laugh:

I have left the scope set up in the garage in case I can get a glimpse of Saturn in the morning, you never know your luck :smiley:

As for saturn I have put my scope up in the loft (not with the mount) hoping to nip out for a viewing, here comes the snag best time for me is 0330hrs

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Yeah I have to admit it is early but ive been waking up for some reason- its still darkish at 5:30 :smiley:

Just going to have to bite the bullet, the fact I just being lazy as my flat faces due south i can just nip out try and image it then back to bed, is that a plan or not?!

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I was very relieved to see this thread.

I was a bit worried that I would log on tonight and find lots of comments about what a wonderful clear night it had been, and only -3, and that this was the sort of thing I was going to have to get used to if I was to enjoy this new hobby...

I decided to do my observing from inside tonight. I can confirm that the view through a window is terrible, compared to the view from outside. But it was good enough for me to try a few things and practice finding my way around the sky...

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It was snowing all night here. However even if it had not been i would have given it a wide. After many years of fishing in all weeathers and know full well the effects of wind chill. Fair results for lasting 15 minutes, I woulndt have got out of the car. Hehe

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Managed 4 hours, with some very warm clothing, before the pain was too much to bear.

Worth it though.

I shall tip my hat to you sir, four hours?! trust me when you warm up you shall be pleased you did it.

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I am going to give it a couple more days before I start to look for panstarrs and to buy a hot water bottle :grin:

Beware of the upcoming weather! After Thurs this week it's going to go downhill with a series of low pressure systems. At least a week's worth or more. It's probably best to try and see PANSTARRS either today or tomorrow as the next chance could be up to 7 to 10 days away!

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Beware of the upcoming weather! After Thurs this week it's going to go downhill with a series of low pressure systems. At least a week's worth or more. It's probably best to try and see PANSTARRS either today or tomorrow as the next chance could be up to 7 to 10 days away!

Thanks for the tip, looks like I shall be going out tonight

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First night out with my new Lyra Optics F11/102 scope & EQ5 mount.

For some strange reason the weatherman predicted a break in the cloud around 6.30pm so I kept an eye out and put the scope in the garage to cool down.

The cloud cleared right on time & I didn’t have time to do the alignment on Polaris so I just tried to line up the scope on Jupiter with the finderscope instead. Well impressed with the Skywatcher 9 x 50 finderscope.

I was out there for about 30 minutes, should have set up where it was more sheltered, but the alignment between the finderscope & telescope was good enough for me to get a good look at Jupiter.

It started to cloud over so I packed up, was battling against streaming eyes with the cold & gusts of wind shaking the scope.

The view was worth it though, despite the cold & I got to try out my eyepieces, only have 9mm, 25mm & 32mm with a 15mm on order.

Need some long control cables for the mount.

Then another session should help with the learning curve.

Thanks for all your help on here, much appreciated.

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