Another cracking night in prospect

[Zermelo]

Enough already - if you're really channelling Sir Patrick, you know it will last just long enough to get set up.

80% cloud a few miles to the south of you.

[Saganite]

The extra 1" of aperture has paid off as I knew it would and I got a nice split of Tegmine about 40 minutes ago. High cloud is now encroaching.

Edited January 25, 2021 by Saganite

[John]

40 minutes ago, Saganite said:

The extra 1" of aperture has paid off as I knew it would and I got a nice split of Tegmin about 40 minutes ago. High cloud is now encroaching.

Yep - I've now got that cloud that @Zermelo mentioned above

I found the 20mm that the ED120 had over the Tak 100 took Tegmine from "heavily notched" to "split". One of the reasons that I have held onto the ED120 despite obtaining the Tak 100 and the LZOS 130 - it's optics are superb and it is a very easy to handle and rugged near-5 inch refractor

 

 

Edited January 25, 2021 by John

[Saganite]

Yes, I think I may pack in now as I can barely see  Orion's belt and I cannot see M42 at all....

[Marki]

Same here Saganite. Packed up 30 mins ago. Started out nice and promising at 7pm, but then a high thin haze rolled in and steadily thickened. Ah well, had  fantastic night last night, so two on the trot was maybe a bit much to expect. I love that 5" f15 of yours - beautiful!

 

[John]

1 hour ago, John said:

Yep - I've now got that cloud that @Zermelo mentioned above

I found the 20mm that the ED120 had over the Tak 100 took Tegmine from "heavily notched" to "split". One of the reasons that I have held onto the ED120 despite obtaining the Tak 100 and the LZOS 130 - it's optics are superb and it is a very easy to handle and rugged near-5 inch refractor

 

 

Hey - it cleared, and I put the scope out again !

Scope got cool, put eyepiece in to look at Sirius. No Sirius. No clear sky ...... again !

Given up now for tonight - fed up with behaving like a yo-yo

[Saganite]

46 minutes ago, Marki said:

Same here Saganite. Packed up 30 mins ago. Started out nice and promising at 7pm, but then a high thin haze rolled in and steadily thickened. Ah well, had  fantastic night last night, so two on the trot was maybe a bit much to expect. I love that 5" f15 of yours - beautiful!

 

Thanks Mark, I consider myself very fortunate to possess such a fine telescope particularly when I remember that the height of my ambition used to be a scope as fine as Sir Patrick's 3" refractor.

Glad you have had some fine observing, it is good for the soul..

 

Steve

Edited January 25, 2021 by Saganite

[Zermelo]

It almost cleared here, got a productive 90 minutes and then the heavy stuff just rolled in.

Worth going out though.

[Saganite]

Just looked out before retiring, it has cleared  and it is Incredibly good here still, but I think I will leave it for another night.

Edited January 26, 2021 by Saganite

[John]

It has been clear again here since my last post but I think sometimes you have to draw a line and do something else.