SGL Maintenance Downtime Tonight 9pm GMT

[Grant]

SGL will be unavailable from 9pm tonight for several hours whilst we perform important software upgrades and maintenance.

The site will be unavailable during this time.

We hope to be back up within a few hours but it could take longer.

[tooth_dr]

Are you providing any counselling or medication for withdrawal symptoms that may result 

[paul mc c]

Noooooooooooooo......😱

[JeremyS]

13 minutes ago, tooth_dr said:

Are you providing any counselling or medication for withdrawal symptoms that may result 

Or any other form of entertainment for the evening?

Edited January 21, 2021 by JeremyS

[andrew s]

28 minutes ago, JeremyS said:

Or any other form of entertainment for the evening?

You could try observing or writing your next paper?

Regards Andrew 

[johninderby]

There may be other things to do while the forum is unavailable. That is if the forecast is to be beleived. 😁

[AstroNebulee]

3 minutes ago, johninderby said:

There may be other things to do while the forum is unavailable. That is if the forecast is to be beleived. 😁

Good Luck John, CO is saying a fair chance this evening.

[Tiny Clanger]

Oh yes, I saw that too ! 10pm until sunrise, clear over Leicester ?!

I'll  believe it when I see it though. Meanwhile I'm just popping up in the loft to borrow a tarpaulin and some groundsheet pegs (the flat topped ones you don't trip over) from the camping kit. I plan to lay it out on my 'lawn' before sunset, as it seems to have turned into a rice paddy , and I'm worried the telescope (or observer ) might sink without trace ...

Heather

[johninderby]

Any bets on the forecast changing to clouds and drizzle by tea time? 🤔

[JamesF]

Ye gods!  We have a forecast for clear skies from midnight!  And I have a shed full of bits of shiny glass.  I feel sure the two are somehow connected, but I'll be damned if I can remember what's supposed to happen.

James

[Tiny Clanger]

1 hour ago, Grant said:

SGL will be unavailable from 9pm tonight for several hours whilst we perform important software upgrades and maintenance.

The site will be unavailable during this time.

We hope to be back up within a few hours but it could take longer.

Newbie question : Does SGL scheduled maintenance always have this (forecast) effect on the weather, and if so, could you do regular updates, say once a week please ?

FLO delivery box :'May contain clouds' .  SGL forum update 'May repel clouds' !

[JeremyS]

38 minutes ago, andrew s said:

You could try observing or writing your next paper?

Regards Andrew 

Thought I might polish the Taks....

[teoria_del_big_bang]

11 minutes ago, JeremyS said:

Thought I might polish the Taks....

Yes well not meant to be clear here tonight so might actually get my shelves with my gear on sorted so I actually know where things are.

Steve

[JamesF]

45 minutes ago, JeremyS said:

Thought I might polish the Taks....

Do you have to hand them all over to the Taks man at the end of the month?

James

[andrew s]

46 minutes ago, JeremyS said:

Thought I might polish the Taks....

It's not going to be down that long is it? Regards Andrew 

[banjaxed]

2 hours ago, JeremyS said:

Or any other form of entertainment for the evening?

You could try talking to SWMBO or not 😲😀

[JeremyS]

20 minutes ago, banjaxed said:

You could try talking to SWMBO or not 😲😀

Who? 🤣

[DaveL59]

2 hours ago, johninderby said:

Any bets on the forecast changing to clouds and drizzle by tea time? 🤔

The sky has changed to being all cloud here now after a fairly nice day, looks like movie night, again 😞 

[JeremyS]

1 hour ago, andrew s said:

It's not going to be down that long is it? Regards Andrew 

I’m not worried as I have a back catalogue of sand casting and collimation videos from the Tak factory to watch.

[Mr Spock]

Sky is clear here, so, byeeeee!

[johninderby]

Cloud is clearing away nicely. 👍🏻

[AstroNebulee]

5 minutes ago, johninderby said:

Cloud is clearing away nicely. 👍🏻

Nice one John, better than here at the moment, but maybe enough gaps to get the scope out 

[JamesF]

There is a break in the cloud to my west, but it's not close enough yet.  I could see the Sun setting though.  I'd actually forgotten how beautifully blue the sky can be.

James

[johninderby]

Time  to pop out for a bit of lunar observing here. 🙂

Edited January 21, 2021 by johninderby

[AstroNebulee]

Going to start popping my scope out now to cool down, by the time it's cooled and I've set up should be OK to start, wish me luck my first light with the scope and mount outside, clear skies