bob4026 Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Proper fed up now. This weather is a JOKE! Clouds everywhere...I'm resigned to being a clueless beginner FOR EVER! Seriously though, there can't be much more rain left up there surely? ATB Bob 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinsdale Piranha Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 I know what you mean and really feel your pain. i moved into Solar imaging last year. For various reasons it's been a good 6 months since I've been out... It was finally sunny on Sunday, and guess what...? Yep I was buy. 5 hours in the car, to spend 60 seconds being measured for a suit. I mean really of all weekends It has to get better... It cannot get any worse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beulah Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 I feel very sorry for people who have taken up astronomy in the last couple of years. When I started going out regularly with the new scope quite a few years ago now (2009), I was very lucky to have two glorious years - on and off - of cold, clear skies in the winter and balmy summer evenings, waiting for Saturn to roll in and the Summer Constellations to brighten in the darkening sky ... who cared if I was out there at the start of July when astronomical darkness had not yet started!! I was very keen in those days ... Weatherwise, this current season is one of the worst I remember in terms of continual storms. The talking heads adage, "What do you expect, it's winter!" is wearing a little thin. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brrttpaul Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 probably the most frustrating hobby i have ever done and i,ve done a few 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe12345 Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Yes, I get very annoyed when I look at clear outside to see a pure red screen. The weather recently has been absolutely terrible and I'm really hoping it will get itself sorted sooner or later. Sometimes I feel like giving the clouds a good, hard, beating, although it's a little harder than throwing an xbox controller across the room! .....stupid British weather......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linda Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Yeah, here in south Norway we have had the sloppiest winter in years. It does snow every now and then, followed by degrees over zero C which means mist. Then the wet snow/rain freezes again amd the road turns into ice. :-( But I do tend to look outside every day and sometimes it suddenly clears up at 9 o'clock in the evening, against weather forecasts. Then I hurry outside, usually with binoculars. Indeed a frustrating hobby. I have started to dislike snow, even though I like crosscountry skiing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estwing Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 lots of rain....lots of bargains in the classys!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triton1 Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Yup that's very true but then buying up all these bargains leads to you've guessed it more bad weather 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
des anderson Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 NO how you feel......it just gets worse........BUT what`s this it might be clear Wednesday night,or is this another joke by the met office!!!!!!!!!!! Des Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Remarkably, it's clear here now! Just ventured out into the wind with my new to me 20x80 binos for a very quick 15 min session. m42 and M45 looking very nice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Presland Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Not holding my breath, but it does look like there might be a small break in the gloom! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloudsweeper Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 (edited) This is a great hobby - as long as you've got a huge supply of patience! Meanwhile, my stamp collection is growing. Edited February 8, 2016 by cloudsweeper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beulah Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 38 minutes ago, estwing said: lots of rain....lots of bargains in the classys!!! No way, José. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarp15 Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 27 minutes ago, Linda said: Yeah, here in south Norway we have had the sloppiest winter in years. It does snow every now and then, followed by degrees over zero C which means mist. Then the wet snow/rain freezes again amd the road turns into ice. :-( But I do tend to look outside every day and sometimes it suddenly clears up at 9 o'clock in the evening, against weather forecasts. Then I hurry outside, usually with binoculars. Indeed a frustrating hobby. I have started to dislike snow, even though I like crosscountry skiing. I use to love Cross Country Skiiing and a trip of one to two weeks to Norway in the Spring was a yearly routine, either hut to hut touring or based at a mountain hotel. Nordic cross country skiiing was something I even indulged in occasionally at home, either heading to the Cairngorms or even the North Pennines. Restricted to school holidays and lack of snow at home and this pursuit has now diminished. Astronomy has now become an almost non participatory activity for several months. Then I have a friend who is a keen golfer, not exactly been suitable for that either, wellington boots and golf clubs with golf balls that would likely vanish out of sight, several miles away into the North sea with the high winds is non appealing. Jupiter is beginning to position itself for night time observing, March will be great....... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael.h.f.wilkinson Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Rubbish weather this side of the North Sea too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel G Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Don't worry my friends, I have booked us a good spring for this year so you have time to prepare. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uranium235 Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Well, there is Wednesday night. Roughly three hours worth of clear stuff forecast, but im not holding my breath since the forecast seems to change every 5min! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dick_dangerous Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Ah... the frustrations of star-gazing... Possibly the most weather-dependent hobby there can possibly be - even if it's clear, you need the winds to be low because otherwise your telescope moves about too much. Everyone on this forum will know and feel your pain though. I find it comes and goes with the weather. This winter has been a particularly awful one - extremely mild (Which has confused the plants as far as a plant can be confused), very wet and stormy (Which has put the dampener on all of my outdoorsy hobbies) and very cloudy in the evenings generally. I think there's been worse (2014 was a similar weather pattern) but it has been a case of "Grab it while you can." This is one of the reasons I can't stand winter for observing - the crisp, clear nights never come and are very uncomfortable when they do, as I found out when I last went out in January. At least my Dob is collimated now... You can blame El Nino for the current state of affairs as it messes with the weather world-wide, not to mention climate change exacerbating anything related to the weather. Who knows what it might be like in future years? Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomberbaz Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 I concur with you Bob. It has got to the stage where I am looking at forecast and thinking 'well broken cloud for 3 hours, worth a go', because clear nights no longer exist :-( 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshane Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 The main problem for me is that when I am not observing I start thinking about how I can improve my kit........... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowardHopkinson Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 I looked at the Met Office forecast for my location this afternoon and it said it'd be clear late Tuesday night into the early hours of Wednesday morning. Just took another look and the forecast has changed completely to cloud, cloud and more cloud. It seems to me they don't really know what the weather is going to be anything over 24hrs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peje Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 I only started back into it last autumn so I know no better that this crappy weather. It has made me get pretty fast at setting up, on a good night I'm back in the house within 20mins with PHD runs it's calibration. By the time I've got my laptop switched on and RDP'd into the Astro-PC I'm ready to kick off the imaging session. I know it wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea but I throughly enjoy sitting on the sofa drinking tea and pretending to watch tv with my wife wihile I'm actually skipping between PHD and BackyardNikon. It would be amazing to be able to do it more tan once every 2-3weeks though. Due for 4-5 hours here with 11mph winds so I'm going to try and make the most of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkstar_1 Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 15 hours ago, bob4026 said: Proper fed up now. This weather is a JOKE! Clouds everywhere...I'm resigned to being a clueless beginner FOR EVER! Seriously though, there can't be much more rain left up there surely? ATB Bob I know what you mean, but we both live in the Pendle area and it always blumming rains here lol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeDnight Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 9 hours ago, Darkstar_1 said: I know what you mean, but we both live in the Pendle area and it always blumming rains here lol Don't frett too much, Rob has promised three hours of clear skies tomorrow night, and he's staff, so its official now. Anyhow, the fun part is yet to come, when all the deep sky only fans jump in ecstasy at the sight of the beautiful spring moon. I know, I'm twisted! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave In Vermont Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 We're having the same <expletive> weather you have in the UK/Europa. Seems El Niño is behind this - weather-patterns have gone bass-ackwards crazy: Droughts in the rain-belt, pouring buckets in the typically clear & cold zones, etc. "Everybody complains about the weather - but nobody does anything about it!" Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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