astrotyke Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Jupiters GRS should be visable now if its still clear outside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrotyke Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 STOP PRESS Ive actually remembered to click publish on the website and upload the monthly sky report with the highlites of up and coming events. it can be found here http://wakefieldastronomysociety.co.uk/monthly-night-sky-report.html Im hoping to make some changes to the site over the next few months, so any suggestions on things that you think would be a good edition to the site then please let me know. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mapstar Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 I've posted on the Events page guys so I hope you've got the arrangements for tomorrow Can be found here https://stargazerslounge.com/topic/254340-wakefield-and-district-astronomical-society-wadas-events-page/?page=9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrotyke Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 ill find you im sure Damian if I go up there tomorrow. I just had a look on clear outside and they have it only clear there till about 9pm now, so will keep an eye on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mapstar Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Just now, astrotyke said: ill find you im sure Damian if I go up there tomorrow. I just had a look on clear outside and they have it only clear there till about 9pm now, so will keep an eye on it Met check has changed so I'll keep an eye on it myself and post on the events page if there is any difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrotyke Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 yea, bbc changed to clear till 9ish too now. it may change though again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mapstar Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Just now, astrotyke said: yea, bbc changed to clear till 9ish too now. it may change though again. I have clear while 10pm at dunford bridge and then partly cloudy till about midnight. Seeing is very good though and they have been known to get it wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrotyke Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 indeed they have, like that night I didnt go up because the forecast said it was foggy etc and you said it was clear, clear till 10 might be ok for me anyway as im up at 6ish the following morning so couldnt stop too late anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrotyke Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 hope we get clear skies. just writting a report up for the planets this month, well i say writing, most of its copy and paste lol esp at this time of night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrotyke Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Finally managed to get an image out of the longer video i took the other night. Registax wouldnt process it so had to load it up into Autostaker 2and then managed to pass it to registax. at least I got a picture from it!! 01_23_55.tif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrotyke Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 BBC changed there forecast to clear spells now for dunford bridge, but clear outside still says its clear. Clear forecast for Royston at the moment for home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrotyke Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Not sure ill be there tonight at dunford bridge, the wifes not well today so i think i might just be stopping local. That should save you about 10 chocolate bars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark62 Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Hope she's felling better really soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark62 Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Just a heads up every one. Horizon tomorrow night 8:00pm BBC2 Oceans of the solar system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mapstar Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 I have posted some details on the events thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrotyke Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 cheers mark, shes got really bad ear ache, at least i think she said that, it might have been me she was referring to Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark62 Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 i think she would of said a pain in the in the bum not ear lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soupy Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Hope she gets well soon Chris... And nice Jupiter! Can't make tonight neither as still up in Kielder so more chocolate saved! looking clear for me so far as well though. Fingers crossed we all get out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soupy Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 Hope you guys had a good one down there. I had a couple of hours clearish skies but clouded over fully now. Got a few pics on the astrotrac but the batteries ran out on me so not happy with that but did get a few wide field shots before they went. Just good to get clear skies, fingers crossed next Wednesday night is the same or better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mapstar Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 Just in from a great session at Winscar along with Mark, Eric and Ryan. Got there at just gone half 7 and not long after Mark turned up. Clear skies turned to a few clouds but never more than 50% cloud cover. The main bank of cloud started at just gone 12 although myself and Mark had just decided to call it a night. Great time and great to be out again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2STAR Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 6 hours ago, mapstar said: Just in from a great session at Winscar along with Mark, Eric and Ryan. Got there at just gone half 7 and not long after Mark turned up. Clear skies turned to a few clouds but never more than 50% cloud cover. The main bank of cloud started at just gone 12 although myself and Mark had just decided to call it a night. Great time and great to be out again Sky was good for us tonight. for me, my best views yet of some wonderful sights up there. thanks to 'tremendous knowledge' Damian>Mark & later Ryan for the company Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2STAR Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 Just as an afterthought, we were on the small car park at the Sailing Club, seemed a better spot with the bonus of being able to get a signal on the mobile so I could make a couple of calls home. Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark62 Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 Well what a fantastic night thanks to Damian,Eric and Ryan and a big 22" dob . I also had my 8"pds but the views through the 22 were stunning. Something to be proud of Damian. Over 20 galaxies last night in the pds and a host of other items. Thanks again all had a super night ???????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrotyke Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 Glad you had a good session up there guys, i wanted to be there but it wasnt to be so I went out into the garden and setup there, but the seeing wasnt as good as the other night. Im not sure I like the sound of having a mobile signal, not having one is a big plus point lol. Ill hopefully be there on the next dunford bridge session though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mapstar Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 The sky was, as Eric has said, kind with the cloud cover and nothing like as forecast with the gap lasting a lot longer. The seeing wasn't the best and you could see this with Jupiter boiling in the atmosphere and the globular clusters we looked at (M3, M13, M53, M92) also showed the turbulence. Noteworthy was the temperature which was pleasant and the wind dropped to near nothing most of the time. Just goes to show the forecast isn't always right. I saw a lovely meteor straight through ursa major although didn't note the time. I also tracked the ISS in the dob a couple of times the longest being about 10 seconds. A glowing tie fighter is the best way to describe it. Fantastic evening enjoyed by all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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