Why is it cloudy...

[Steve922]

... when I have my new binoculars to try out? I shall write to my MP of this!

Steve

[Doc]

It's because of your new binos we have cloud

[supernova]

WOT NEW BINOS :shock: !!!!!

Curse your spending Sir Steve

[Astronut]

It's weekend, that's why

My new binos are waiting too

[supernova]

noo not more cloud :crybaby:

[iancandler]

*points at steve* its all your fault lol

[Psychobilly]

Just looked at the 5 day forecast

Billy...

[centroid]

I think I'm going back to Oz

ave

[Doc]

Don't blame you at all.

[ChrisEdu]

Ah well! I won't feel so guilty making smoke by burning the wood from the trees I've just chopped down. When it gets better, I'll have a lovely view to the south.

[Sam]

so it's your fault!!!!!

[Steve922]

Well, the moon was kind of shinig through the cloud about a half hour a go so I went out to try out my new binos (which are great, BTW) and then the stars came out to play, so I'm getting togged up now to go out and look.

:-)

Steve

[Steve922]

Ah well, that didn't last long. By the time I was kitted out and ready to observe, the clouds were back. After they spent another half hour getting thicker, I gave up!

A bit frustrating.

I wonder if my garden is big enough to build a radio telescope?

Steve

[Rosanella]

It's weekend, that's why

My new binos are waiting too

And mine

[Reggie]

And my new 2" IDAS filter... At least I got to look through it at.....streetlights.

[GazOC]

Could you see much?

[glennbech]

Maybe I can comfort you as bit, I'm learning new things about the weather where I just moved. This is my first winter here and clouds is just one of few problems...

- When it's clear in the Capitol of Norway (Oslo) The fog is so thick here (just 20 minutes by car) you can eat it with a spoon. When it is clear it is Windy prohbiting use of the newtonian and even causing problems for two small refractors. Did it help any?

I could rub it in and say that I finally "got lucky" and have a guide star locked and are on my second hour of exposures of the horse head .-)

[Bigwings]

Because I have upgraded telescope, Binos and imaging.

Getting some pics of streetlights though

[Reggie]

Could you see much?

I saw all 240 of them

[Psychobilly]

i think you might have been expecting too much if you thought it would make the lights "disappear"

[Steve922]

I think its a good idea for me to set up with some gear to look at the moon dor those -semi-cloudy nights.

Hmmm..., now what to buy?

Steve

[Steve922]

Well, tonights experience just about takes the biscuit. When I arrived home at around 10:30 p.m. the sky was clear, the first clear night since I bought my binoculars.

At last! Got togged up for a nice long session, clothes, flask, maps, etc. and what happens? By the time I got out there, a good half-hour later there wasn't a star in the sky. The clouds were even hiding the moon. I gave it an hour or so, during which I caught s few scatterings of stars through the variable, sometimes patchy clouds and perhaps 5 minutes worth of moon. :-(

This is beginning to get a bit frustrating. :-)

Steve