Magnetic clouds

[cotterless45]

Like magnets these are drawn to astronomical events.

I began my capture early one morning waiting in a field for the transit of Venus. As the sky brightened , the only thing worth observing was a MacD's sign a few miles away. There is no doubt that once again Middle Earth ? has been affected ,

old Nick.

[Paz]

A fine sketch of this phenomenon!

[Pig]

Is that a drawing of an Egg McMuffin Nick ?

[Tim]

Nick, just too true to be funny!

For the Venus transit we were completely clouded out, until the last few moments of it. Quick as a flash I drove to the only place I could get an early morning glimpse of it, and set up my PST. Another local observer had gone to the same place.

I decided to take a photo of us in "action", and stepped back and took a photo. Just a moment afterwards a big lorry went by with the name of a local company on it, which could have fitted into the same frame as the sun, the tripods and observers. The name of the company on the lorry?  "In Transit"  I will always rue the missed opportunity for an "In Transit" lorry next to a couple of observers with gear watching Venus in transit at silly o clock.

Guess what,  cloudy tonight for the Perseids too ?

[MarsG76]

3 hours ago, cotterless45 said:

transit of Venus

You're a little early....

[LukeSkywatcher]

The only magnetic clouds(its actually Magnetic Fields) ive heard of are pieces of music by Jean Micheal Jarre.

 

[Alan White]

Magnetic Clouds, whatever next ?

Must agree that whenever I have a burning desire to observe something special on a once only time line, the clouds are drawn to me, so perhaps I am a Cloud Magnet, you are warned people.

[SIDO]

Someone calling themselves CloudMagnet will soon appear on SGL, that is if they aren't already here ?