All dressed up...

[JamesF]

Because it's really quite chilly this evening, and I even have a place to go, but there's thick cloud to the north west and it's creeping ever eastward.  I suspect tonight might be a non-starter after all.

James

[geordie85]

It's definitely going to be hit or miss for me tonight too. 

Still getting ready to venture out in hopes for a hit. 

[John]

I was setup and observing Jupiter about an hour ago. It's now clouded over and we are having showers of rain now and then. Rather frustrating

[JamesF]

Yes, I've just abandoned the evening due to rain showers.

I *almost* don't mind that though, because all I had to do was roll the observatory roof shut and walk back to the house :)  Then go back again when I realised that I'd not powered down the mount :D

James

[scarp15]

TV-85 set up in the yard, almost but not yet dark enough. Meant to be clear skies N/E following rain showers earlier. Could chase a few doubles, dressed up perhaps involve donning my thick pullover. 

[geordie85]

I was still ever hopeful. Got everything ready, packed the car and went to a dark site. It was slightly cloudy but after no more than an hour it was near enough total cloud cover. Even started to rain on my way home. 

I did see 1 persied though, but my camera didn't pick it up. 

[tooth_dr]

Totally clear here for a chance but a big moon. I had a look for a bit but didn’t see any Perseids.  However left the cameras running so hopefully pick up some. I recorded about 15-20 last night that I am confident are Perseids but haven’t done the analysis yet.

 

 

[Dragon_Astro]

An out of the blue rain shower here at 10pm, afterwards decided to still venture out with the truss dob, had a look at Jupiter, Saturn and finish off with the Moon before the thick clouds decided to roll in.

[scarp15]

11 minutes ago, geordie85 said:

I was still ever hopeful. Got everything ready, packed the car and went to a dark site. It was slightly cloudy but after no more than an hour it was near enough total cloud cover. Even started to rain on my way home. 

I did see 1 persied though, but my camera didn't pick it up. 

Oh dear sorry to hear that, turned out to be not so good here to, although surprisingly encountered a perseid. Consoling to think that at least you tried but not much fun when faced with more than an hours drive home. There is of course always the next time...

[maw lod qan]

I had hoped to set the camera up last night but we've had an unusual switch in our weather. Instead of the winds being Easterly with the storms blowing over early afternoon, we're into a morning pattern with it coming from the West.

Leaves clouds over us most if the night.

[Alan White]

I went and sat on the holiday home patio and between broken thickening cloud saw a couple of Perseids, but cloud soon stopped play, typical Astro evening of late.

[geordie85]

It cleared up really nicely here around 2am so I just set the camera up in the back garden. 

Saw a few beauties,  but not too many. Going to see if I captured any on camera now

[MilwaukeeLion]

Hope to see some captures by SGL members.  Was complete cloud by me with possibly partly cloudy after 2am...work week so didn't bother.