Seeing should be good tonight in South UK!

[Rob]

Well its been throwing it down with rain all morning. And when I say throwing it down I mean it!. So will clear skies scheduled for tonight, it really could be an epic one. The rain should clear down the pollution & pollen well.

Fingers crossed & clear skies!

[Stu]

I hope you are right Rob, even last night I think the transparency was better because of recent rains

[Knighty2112]

Yeah, Sod’s law I’m away for work, so no scope, and forcast to be clear at home! Groan! 

[johninderby]

Dare I believe tonight’s forecast?  ?

[Rob]

Just now, johninderby said:

Dare I believe tonight’s forecast?  ?

I know!.. come on John, keep the faith (and fingers crossed)

[Rob]

17 minutes ago, Knighty2112 said:

Yeah, Sod’s law I’m away for work, so no scope, and forcast to be clear at home! Groan! 

Grrrrr!.. always the way that!

[ShrewView]

South East might be good but the forecast for the Jetstream suggests it might get a bit wobbly on the western side of the Country.

Still I'll happily take clear and dark.?

[johninderby]

Hmmm.....now what to look at tonight???    ?

[Special K]

Fingers crossed!!!  I’m hoping to track down comet 21P at last

[Dave1]

I hope do, I and my telescope have been itching to get back out and look at some double stars and Mars. 

[Special K]

Actually transparency should be better due to the air having a good clear out!

[John]

Sounds a good prospect - my 12" dob is out and cooling under a mostly clear sky

[johninderby]

Clearing and not looking too bad here now.  ?

[Davey-T]

Lighter shade of grey here.

Dave

[Dave1]

Skylight 4" is cooling awaiting use, sky looks very good here so far, barely a cloud. 

[johninderby]

Clear now.  ?

[Davey-T]

Improving slowly, I can see the moon through the clouds.

Dave

[John]

Got the collimation on my 12" dob reasonably set up now. I'd not used it for a while so it needed a tweak:

[PaulB]

It's grey, clear here.

We had one heavy shower around 6 pm. But I am looking out and don't see any signs yet, of clear skies despite the forecast. 

It's a shame really. I want to try some new kit out.

[Mark at Beaufort]

Totally clear in Hereford - I have the 12" Dob out and viewed the Moon, Jupiter and Saturn with the WO Binoviewers and 16mm ES68 EPs. Some boiling but an enjoyable view in 3D. Hoping to pick up the Comet (C/2018 N1) in Libra as long as its not too low down for the Dob.

[John]

Nice arrangement of the Saturnian moons this evening - Enceladus is tough though, really close to the rings.

Might have a go at that comet as well Mark, probably though gaps in houses, trees etc, if I get lucky !

[Littleguy80]

2 hours ago, Mark at Beaufort said:

Totally clear in Hereford - I have the 12" Dob out and viewed the Moon, Jupiter and Saturn with the WO Binoviewers and 16mm ES68 EPs. Some boiling but an enjoyable view in 3D. Hoping to pick up the Comet (C/2018 N1) in Libra as long as its not too low down for the Dob.

Sounds like an interesting target, Mark. SkySafari has it down as mag 16. Are you expecting the Comet to be brighter than that?

[Pete Presland]

Been a good night so far, the seeing wasn't to bad on the planets, considering how low they all are. Not seen any Perseids tonight though.

[John]

I enjoyed the session that I had but packed in a while back due to tiredness. It's hard packing the scope away when the stars are still glittering overhead but sometimes you get to a point when it's best to call time on a nice session rather than prolong it into an epic which becomes hard work.

It is a hobby, after all

 

 

[Bodkin]

Excellent skies here in mid Wales, though it was just the binoculars for me.  M101 was clearly visible in 10x50s and the Veil was a lovely sight in 11x80s.  The nebulae in Sagittarius jumped out from near the southern horizon like they used to from my old observing site in France.  It was one of the darkest nights I have had since moving here and for some reason I enjoyed it all the more for sticking to binoculars.