Green with envy!!

[Rob]

For all of you south of Birmingham its going to be a corker of clear night (or so they say). I'm stuck in Swindon this week on a training course, so no scope!! :x

The sky is soooo blue this morning. Looks like it could well be one of those dream nights for observing / imaging.

All the best to all that get out tonight. (Russ, do me proud from a Southampton point of view and post some widefield images! - cheers)

Rob

[lunator]

Rob

Here's hoping.

I was busy last night and it was a corker as well.

Just hope tonights te same.

Cheers

Ian

[Naz]

Ian & Rob, as you two aren't making use of the clear skies, can you post them up here, could do with some.

Let me know what the postage will be

naz

[GordonCopestake]

There isn't a single cloud in the sky this morning here in Stoke, not a one. blumming freezing though dispite the sun. If it will just stay like this for the next 12 hours i'll be amazed.

[trekker308]

Well, the view out of the window and the local forecasts do seem to indicate that it could be a promising night down here next to the New Forest - so fingers are very firmly crossed (despite staying up to 4 o'clock this morning to view Jupiter!)

[Martin 2]

last night was good down here, started with 4/10 seeing and just got better and better, when I packed up

about 3am it was stunning, you could have reached up and touched the stars, dont get many like that

M2

[Rob]

Well, the view out of the window and the local forecasts do seem to indicate that it could be a promising night down here next to the New Forest - so fingers are very firmly crossed (despite staying up to 4 o'clock this morning to view Jupiter!)

Hey... your close to where Russ & I live!. We should hook some time... I think we are planning a New Forest trip late April, fancy tagging along?. We use the old air field site past te motor museum

Rob

[russ]

Wouldn't worry about it too much Rob. It's rapidly clouding in over Winchester, 70-80% cloud coverage now. Was supposed to be clear yesterday evening but was 100% cloud from the second the sun set. Fantastic this morning though.

Russ

[russ]

You needn't have worried Rob......weather here is carp yet again! Weathermen have it completely wrong AGAIN! Just packed everything away AGAIN. Feel like throwing the whole lot in the car and dumping it down the tip, pointless owning any of it.

right going to bed, flippin cheesed off with this worthless hobby!

[Darron]

Clouds have rolled in here too. Managed an hour, gave up and going to bed!

Darron

[GordonCopestake]

I hear you Russ! I must have been too loud, the clouds heard me bragging about my clear skies all day. A thick haze covers most things

I can just about see a few bright stars and the moon is a thick blur. I was hopeing to test out my new MT1 motors tonight too and do a few unguided shots of M42 and maybe get some of jupiter later on. No dice. Oh well. Im off on holiday on saturday down to St. Ives in cornwall. Gonna take my little nexstar 80gt and hope for a few clear nights from the balcony overlooking the sea.

[Rob]

Aww sorry guys if I cursed it!!

Just to top that off, Swindon was 100% clear ---- loads of LP, but clear.

Rob

[daz]

Well, I had a lot of high wispy cloud until 9:30pm. Went in for a cuppa and hot cross bun, and came back out at 10pm to pretty good skies. I live near a brickworks and the wind had changed sufficiently to blow the smoke right over my head, but even so, it wasn't too bad.

Packed up at midnight - full report to follow....

[GordonCopestake]

I look forward to it! I enjoy reading peoples observation reports. Especially when my skies are so overcast!

[OXO]

Agree with Gordon theres something good about reading the observations made by people when your night is pants! Sort of get the feeling your out there with whoever has written the report