Davey-T Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Tonight is turning out to be one of those rare beasts when it all comes together, the sky is as clear as it ever gets here, no wind, no dew, the mount is tracking perfectly knocking out one spot on sub after another, Saturn is climbing to it's highest point so will have a squint at it for ten minutes, had nice views of Venus and Jupiter earlier so all in all a perfect night.Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pleiades M45 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Tonight is turning out to be one of those rare beasts when it all comes together, the sky is as clear as it ever gets here, no wind, no dew, the mount is tracking perfectly knocking out one spot on sub after another, Saturn is climbing to it's highest point so will have a squint at it for ten minutes, had nice views of Venus and Jupiter earlier so all in all a perfect night.DaveLucky..I haven't had anything perfect in awhile, Whenever I head into the White Mountains the weather usually gets nice with very clear skies. However home I have little luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxsatuser Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Tonight is turning out to be one of those rare beasts when it all comes together, the sky is as clear as it ever gets here, no wind, no dew, the mount is tracking perfectly knocking out one spot on sub after another, Saturn is climbing to it's highest point so will have a squint at it for ten minutes, had nice views of Venus and Jupiter earlier so all in all a perfect night.DaveTis best night for a long while, my first session since middle of February.Just come in from 2 hours of 5minute subs on IC 1396.Still a bit low here and just getting out of the Gatwick light dome.Data will have to wait till tomorrow night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael.h.f.wilkinson Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 It was clear here as well, but didn't manage to get the scope out. Had some fun with bins though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pompey Monkey Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Beautiful skies here in Portchester too. Had to go to bed before it was properly dark to get up for work this morning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul73 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Nice sky here too. Came in when it started getting light. Wishing that I didn't have to get up for work this morning...Spirals in M51!! 5 of the Bodes cluster easily, etc etcHappy.Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Tonight is turning out to be one of those rare beasts when it all comes together, the sky is as clear as it ever gets here, no wind, no dew, the mount is tracking perfectly knocking out one spot on sub after another, Saturn is climbing to it's highest point so will have a squint at it for ten minutes, had nice views of Venus and Jupiter earlier so all in all a perfect night. Dave Glad you had a good night Dave, you've had some rubbish weather to put up with so its about time! Jupiter was looking good, wasn't it? Had to call it a night around 10pm but still nice views. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Nice sky here too. Came in when it started getting light. Wishing that I didn't have to get up for work this morning... Spirals in M51!! 5 of the Bodes cluster easily, etc etc Happy. Paul Paul you nutter, you must be exhausted! Your skies must be excellent to get spirals in M51! I can barely see it from here :-( nice one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxsatuser Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Came in about 2 ish and up at 5 ish but a clear 2hours is worth it, just hope the data is ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveS Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 I wimped out at 10.45 last night but yes, it was excellent. If I hadn't had to get up for work this morning I'd have been imaging all night. As it was I had the bins out and got my first look at M13 for the season.Compared to my old place the south is worse as I have LP from the main road, back then I was on higher ground and above the street lights of the big roads further south. Having said that, I have more sky visible, to the east I had Capella, Procyon Castor and Pollux, while to the west Vega and Deneb were rising with Arcturus well to the south-east and Spica lower to the south-east.Venus and Jupiter were well placed too.Still, underlying all that was the realisation of just how much *should* have been visible but wasn't due to the LP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattJenko Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 North Essex was a treat too. Hopefully I have some nice data as I flaked out about 1am and left the electronics whirring. Lovely evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey-T Posted May 13, 2015 Author Share Posted May 13, 2015 Had a couple of hours sleep but got up early too see nice Moon rise, looking good for some Solar now Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 I'm doing a bit of daylight lunar at the moment, nice views of a phase I rarely see. Just waiting for the sun to rise high enough actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostdance Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 One of the clearest nights here too - out with bins 10-12.30. M13 & M92 and Lyra were *superb* with Tento 20×60s. Possibly the best view I've had of M13. Hoping for a similar night soon for some telescope time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astro mick Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 I went out at 21:30 to a clear sky here in East Yorshire,I managed only one 10 min sub,before total cloud cover.Had to pack in.It was forecast clear all night,and indeed it did clear to a beautiful sky at around 1AM,but was too late for me to set up again.Hope to-night might be a little better.Mick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grotemobile Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 I'm doing a bit of daylight lunar at the moment, nice views of a phase I rarely see. Just waiting for the sun to rise high enough actually.Just been out now & doing a bitof moon watching. Did not realiseU could see it @ this time of day. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargazer33 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Like Michael I didn't manage to get the scope out last night but I also spent some time out just looking through the new B&S 10x42 bins. Some nice wide(ish) field views and a bit of a target hunt for when I next get the scope out. Depending on which weather forecast you see/believe it's supposed to be clear tonight again but also frosty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 I'm doing a bit of daylight lunar at the moment, nice views of a phase I rarely see. Just waiting for the sun to rise high enough actually. Just been out now & doing a bit of moon watching. Did not realise U could see it @ this time of day. Steve Yep. The contrast is lower but still quite a bit on show. Nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey-T Posted May 13, 2015 Author Share Posted May 13, 2015 Had a few minutes on the Moon earlier and set up the Quark now, forest prom is looking good and AR2339 is looking spectacular.Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davedownsouth Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Good night; started setting-up at 10:15 and got to imaging as M63 went past transit at 11pm. Packed up at 2am as the tree in the garden was just about to block my scopes line of view, and I needed to be up early . Got nine shots off in LRGB, and am very much hoping to do the same tonight . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laudropb Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Lucky people. Clouded out here again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MushroomBill Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Lovely night. Similar to a previous post:I flaked out ... and left the electronics whirringUnfortunately the laptop sneakily downloaded a load of windows updates (the weather has meant it hasn't been on for a while) and it had the cheek to automatically reboot!. Imaging session rudely interrupted Windows update settings now amended!Looking promising for tonight too... (the weather, not the windows updates) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey-T Posted May 13, 2015 Author Share Posted May 13, 2015 Managed to get my M63 Ls up to 5 hrs so well pleased.Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davedownsouth Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 If I can get five hours of LRGB combined, I will be happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey-T Posted May 13, 2015 Author Share Posted May 13, 2015 If I can get five hours of LRGB combined, I will be happy It's only taken me 2 years Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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