It's a cold one here

[OXO]

Just come in for a warm up took a measurement of -5 but it is clear .

Looking at the Flame Nebula at the moment/imaging whilst i wait till later on for M81/82 to come round from a tree.

How about you guys n girls?

James :sunny:

[GazOC]

Fookin' cold!! This is warm up number 3!!! Waiting for Leo to make an apperance.....

[The Warthog]

It's 8 degrees, and almost perfectly clear, but it's just sunset. I've been out putting an optical finder on my scope, and sighting it in on the distant roof of an apartment building. I am hoping for some fairly clear skies tonight.

[Mick.G.]

In for the second time myself but high wispy cloud has just stopped play. .

Still have had a good look round .

will try in about an hours time if not early bed .

Mick

[GazOC]

Got a hot water bottle on the go, my toes are dropping off!!

[MartinB]

Nooooo!! Yuk yuk yuk!! :pukeright: Bring back superstar daughter, take that "man" away

Martin

[MartinB]

Aaahh, thats better :lol: :lol: :D

Martin

[GazOC]

I'll have you know, being nesh is a recognized medical condition...

Off back out......I may be some time......

[The Warthog]

Hope you get them WH.... Its still pretty cloudy here, but have sneeked a glimpse of Saturn sitting alongside the beehive, which is such a pretty sight.... I'm going to hang on in there a little longer for the cloud dispersal, and return to my targets 65 & 66...

Got cloudy.

[Keith2]

I was busy with other things until 10 pm last night, by which time it was extremely cold outside. It was clear, but the atmosphere looked a bit unsteady. So, I decided it was a good night for a brief binocular sweep rather than setting up the scope.

Saturn and the Beehive Cluster look great through my 10x50 binoculars! Pleiades and Hyades were wonderful, of course. From my position reclining on the garden bench, it was a good night for browsing through Orion, Gemini and Auriga, finding faint stars that I wouldn't normally see with the naked eye, and the occasional faint smudgy cluster.

[lunator]

Last night was pretty cold here in London.

The seeing was below average and the wind was very gusty.

When I put the scope on Sirius the light show was amazing.

I noticed the stars to the South were 'Twinkling' much more than in any other direction. I reasoned that this was for 2 reasons.

1- The Stars in the Orion area are bright so will 'twinkle' more.

2- The high pressure was drawing air down from the NE to the SW so I was looking through a more active part of the atmosphere.

Did anyone else reckon the seeing was poor?

Cheers

Ian

[OXO]

Hi Ian,

It was pretty poor most of the night here(Blackpool) but mostly down to a slight Haze and LP.. Even at Zenith there was a horrid glow...

James