weather

[skip]

okay okay

i bought the scope and the clouds stay all the time its like buying a BBQ and it rains for months.

so frustrating, i suppose you lot are all laid back about this weather , must learn not to get so worked up when things dont go to plan.

standing by scopewaiting for a break

regards

skip

[GazOC]

Hi Skip,

Getting new astro gear always means clouds, thats one of the rules!

I bought a Meade telescope a while back and didn't get to use it for 6 weeks!!

Its give clear skies in the NorthWest for tomorrow, so fingers crossed I'll get out!!

Gaz

[Ant]

You have to be laid back about the weather - it's the one thing that you can't do anything about. This is one of the main reasons that I'm considering downsizing my set up so that if I get 5 minutes of clear skies I can actually use it!!!

After a few months of using the scope you find the times where your let down by your kit far more annoying... I know of someone who regually throws webcams / camera's / EP's (and anything else to hand) around the garden when things don;t work out - YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE

With th elook of the weather reports you could be standing by your scope for some time.

Ant

[Astroman]

You blokes really must try to send some of that rain my way. I haven't seen any rain of any kind for going on 3 months now. Clouds, yes. Rain, no. It's getting ugly and I'm getting jealous. Or, is that vice versa?....

[GazOC]

You blokes really must try to send some of that rain my way. I haven't seen any rain of any kind for going on 3 months now. Clouds, yes. Rain, no. It's getting ugly and I'm getting jealous. Or, is that vice versa?....

Please don't rub it in Astroman, weve had a very wet and cloudy couple of weeks of here!! :lol:

[daz]

Weeks???? Make that months

I have a nasty suspicion that Astroman's 'clouds' are a few wisps of white stuff 200 miles down the road!!!!

[Astroman]

You blokes really must try to send some of that rain my way. I haven't seen any rain of any kind for going on 3 months now. Clouds, yes. Rain, no. It's getting ugly and I'm getting jealous. Or, is that vice versa?....

Please don't rub it in Astroman, weve had a very wet and cloudy couple of weeks of here!! :lol:

Rub it in?!? Do you know what DROUT is?! I sympathise with you. It's frustrating to not be able to see the sky, but the water table at my house is over 900' below the surface, and falling. THAT is a serious problem. Being deprived of seeing the skyis a minor inconvenience.

Excuse me.

[GazOC]

Can't you just drink cans of pop?

[CELESCOPE]

thats why i use a go to scope i,m up and running in mins , with this english weather , we cant hang around ehehhehehe , Astroman as for drought , although we have aload of rain , we are Rubbish here at saving it and two days of sunshine and we all on a water ration ehhehehehe

ROg

[Astroman]

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Can't you just drink cans of pop?

What's 90% of pop?

[Astroman]

[lunator]

CO2 ?????????????????

[daz]

What's 90% of pop?

Profit.

900 feet!! That's pretty low. What's the normal level?

[Astroman]

900 feet!! That's pretty low. What's the normal level?

900 feet. That's the problem. There's precious little water to begin with-we average just over 17 cm per year. Over the last 12 years, we're averaging less than 12. You may have heard of "The Dust Bowl" in the 1930's-a drout that lasted 8 years. They say some 30% of the topsoil in the midwestern states, (Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa etc.), simply blew away. We're in the 12th year of subnormal rainfall. Like I say, please, send rain.