Please someone switch off the moon

[Joaquin69]

Seriously, what kind of meanungfull observation can be done when the moon is nearly full?...

Sorry if i sound like  a nob nob

[JamesF]

Double stars are a favourite, I believe.  Perhaps specific types of star too, such as carbon stars.

James

[John]

The moon itself is fascinating.

Then there are the planets which are not affected by the moon being in the sky. Double stars likewise. Open and globular clusters and the brighter planetary nebulae. Lots to explore even when the moon is high and bright

[Kyle Allen]

The Moon looks good tonight. Even as a bright gibbous there is plenty of detail along the terminator. It’s only when it is a day or two either side of full moon that the terminator disappears and there isn’t much detail to see. 

[Mr Spock]

Some of us like the moon 😜 

[Joaquin69]

6 minutes ago, Mr Spock said:

Some of us like the moon 😜 

And if we are thristy  plenty of water, wisky would be better but😄😄😄

[Joaquin69]

Seriously thanks a lot. I guess I wanted to justify myself . Its already cold outside🥶

[Mr Spock]

4 minutes ago, Joaquin69 said:

Its already cold outside

You want to try being up North - by eck it's grim up here...

[Joaquin69]

Here in spain. What we call cold.  13 degrees now.You are absolutely right.

[maw lod qan]

The moon is an amazing thing to view. With the terminator moving across its surface you will be surprised the different details you pick out that had gone unnoticed. 

[Neil H]

Astronomy is like fishing its part of the hobby getting cold if your fishing its cold and wet so its lots better than that lol

[Mr Spock]

Yeah, astronomers aren't daft enough to go out in the rain 😜 

[ShrewView]

I was quite happy looking at the moon half an hour ago. Then a big cloud came over and something told me to bring the scope in. Just as well i did, as it started tipping it down not long after. 

[Joaquin69]

I fully intend to brace myself and go out in the cold. See ya fellas🥶🥶

[johninderby]

Allways enjoy observing the moon. Just so much to see and idenifying a crater or other feature can be very satisfying. You could spend a lifetime studying the moon properly. 🙂

I observe from the comfort of the conservatory a lot as it gets colder. While the temp may be the same as outside there is no breeze to chill you. 

[ScouseSpaceCadet]

It's around 8°C here with a slight breeze. Very pleasant wearing a t-shirt and a fleece. A good hour's just been spent on the patio observing Mars and Lunar. There's plenty to tease out of an 88% waxing gibbous moon. 

Despite the moon and if by some miracle the clouds stay away, the extra darkness later should be good for some nice open clusters around Perseus and Cassiopeia for starters.

 

[Joaquin69]

20 minutes ago, ScouseSpaceCadet said:

It's around 8°C here with a slight breeze. Very pleasant wearing a t-shirt and a fleece. A good hour's just been spent on the patio observing Mars and Lunar. There's plenty to tease out of an 88% waxing gibbous moon. 

Despite the moon and if by some miracle the clouds stay away, the extra darkness later should be good for some nice open clusters around Perseus and Cassiopeia for starters.

 

The double cluster in perseus, thats really amazing. But not for a mak 127 (narrow fov). I prefer the startravel 120. Those are my two telescopes. Though the open clusters in cassiopea are my favourites. Little jewel boxes. The owl cluster,man, thats nice

[Kyle Allen]

It turns out you can see quite a lot even under bright moonlit skies! I’ve just spent a couple of hours observing the Moon, Mars, Uranus and some deep-sky objects with my 8-inch Dobsonian. The seeing was very good - I was able to use 300x on the Moon but I preferred the view at 200x as it had more contrast. Mars looked probably the best I’ve ever seen it. The south polar cap, north polar hood and lots of dark markings were visible on the planet. I tried looking for its two moons without any success. 

Uranus was a nice pale blue disc. I couldn’t see any of its moons but there seemed to be a hint of something there. 

By this time Cassiopeia was almost directly overhead (difficult to navigate with a Dob!). I had a nice view of the Pleiades (I prefer the view of this through the finder scope), the double cluster, M34 and M76 (the Little Dumbbell Nebula). It’s easy to see where it gets its name from after observing M27 so many times.

Not a bad session considering the great big spotlight in the sky casting shadows! 😀

[jonathan]

When faced with brightness, be bright.   Think I just made that up, or maybe I'm just being a bit dim.

[bomberbaz]

The moon is under rated by many. One man's pain in the A... is another mans beauty.

Planetary is not affected by the moon, doubles and clusters (to a certain limit)  are not effected by the moon that much.

Get yourself a pair of binoviewers and look at the moon and you may find something completely new and beautiful in terms of what you see.

Edited October 29, 2020 by bomberbaz

[Peter Drew]

Switch off the Moon????     Usually the chorus from DSO imagers.  They overlook the fact that full Moon gives them the respite they need from agonising over misshapen stars, mount orientation issues, tracking errors, computer malfunctions, the list goes on!       🙂

[Joaquin69]

Imaging?. Thats not my turf indeed. Seems to me an utterly difficult  hobby and too expensive. I am only for visual.  This is challengin enough for me🤪🤪🤪

Edited October 29, 2020 by Joaquin69

[Marvin Jenkins]

On 29/10/2020 at 10:52, Peter Drew said:

Switch off the Moon????     Usually the chorus from DSO imagers.  They overlook the fact that full Moon gives them the respite they need from agonising over misshapen stars, mount orientation issues, tracking errors, computer malfunctions, the list goes on!       🙂

And the years wasted learning all the acronyms. 😖

[Paz]

On 27/10/2020 at 18:20, John said:

The moon itself is fascinating.

I agree. When I started I was mostly into dso's but the more time has gone by the more I appreciate the moon.

Last year I tried to list all the astro objects I have observed, and very unexpectedly the longest list by far was not dso's but lunar features.

[reezeh]

On 27/10/2020 at 18:51, Joaquin69 said:

Here in spain. What we call cold.  13 degrees now.You are absolutely right.

That almost counts for a heatwave where I live! 😂😂😂