Christmas lights' rant...

[emadmoussa]

In my dark-ish garden I sat to observe. A bit early to expect full darkness free from the lit windows of my neighbours and their 'well-spoken' teenage son who loves to Skype-f-shout his friends before bed. Then realised...it's nearly impossible to observe with the neighbour's Christmas light flickering off and on. Good luck achieving night vision. Although less Christmas-y than earlier last month, our street still looks like carnival central. 

Can't wait for the holidays to run their course, it'll be darker and quieter. Tonight's visibility is good, a rare occurrence,  and I'm heading back out after everybody's gone to sleep. Fingers crossed. 

 

 

 

 

[Gina]

Good luck...

[DaveS]

Bah, humbug..!

[MarsG76]

It's Christmas time.... lights go up for a few weeks.... why not ask your neighbor to flick them off after 22 or 23:00? Surely it's not a big ask,.. I'd turn them off is a neighbor asked me to turn them off for one night because of their observing....

[Astro Imp]

Good luck, make the most of the clear night, still clouded out here.

[geordie85]

I feel the same about November 5th. 

Forecast for clear here but still cloudy

[Dave Lloyd]

They'll be coming down presently so we can all prepare for Easter. 

[emadmoussa]

Thankfully, they turned them off at midnight, giving me literally 15 mins before the clouds moved in. It's supposed to be sunny and clear today as well, yet all I can see is thick clouds. 

Sometimes, I wonder if this is by the far the most frustrating hobby of all. 

[emadmoussa]

4 hours ago, Dave Lloyd said:

They'll be coming down presently so we can all prepare for Easter. 

That's the spirit... 

[Gina]

We might get better weather by then - ha ha...

[emadmoussa]

1 minute ago, Gina said:

We might get better weather by then - ha ha...

I admire your optimism. 

[Gina]

Optimism has to go with the territory!!

[JamesF]

5 hours ago, Dave Lloyd said:

They'll be coming down presently so we can all prepare for Easter. 

With the exception of moving the tree back outdoors we are fully "dechristmassed" already.

James

[LukeSkywatcher]

Christmas lights around here are understated and tastefully done. I couldn't care if they can be seen from space... It's Christmas.