Cloudy Week Ahead UK

[tooth_dr]

Wee bit of haze creeping in

 

[scotty1]

21 minutes ago, tooth_dr said:

Wee bit of haze creeping in

 

The Aurora was around at your latitude earlier.

[tooth_dr]

7 minutes ago, scotty1 said:

The Aurora was around at your latitude earlier.

I got an alert and went out but couldn’t see anything.  Was on the middle of putting down a floor so couldn’t leave to set up camera. 

[tomato]

Clear here at 6 pm but then constant high cloud rolling over until 9 pm when it cleared. Good seeing for a change, imaged for around 90 minutes until fog started to impact on the sub quality. 
Still, a little bit more is in the can.😊

[gorann]

You guys in the UK seem to be lucky compared to my part of Sweden for the coming days. Here you have a chance to learn the names of week days in Norwegian. www.yr.no is an excellent site for weather forecasts all over the world:

[Sabalias]

Started out beautifully clear here last night with both the Met Office and Apple weather agreeing that there would be 2 good hours ahead. Dashed around setting up all my kit and 20 mins later started checking Astroberry connectivity (no connection but easy fix); when I went outside to recycle the Astroberry low cloud and fog were beginning  to drift in ☹️.

In my neck of the woods the last 3 months have been appalling, by and large 🙄

Stu

Edited November 29, 2022 by Sabalias

[tooth_dr]

Last night got me 5 hours of luminance on B150. I should have had five hours of OSC too but I decided to install a new EFW earlier that day and couldn’t get the tilt sorted. 

[jacko61]

My bit of South Lanarkshire has had TWO perfectly clear nights since the start of September. Every time it's looked clear at about 6pm, it's clouded over by 7:30. More often than not it has rained into the bargain.   Since the partial eclipse I've managed a 2 hour session on the soul nebula and a 2 hour session on Andromeda. The bbc forecast and cloudy outside all say 100% cloud for the next 7 nights.  This isn't a hobby that is in any danger of taking over my life

Graeme

[Elp]

I think I've seen it all. If it's not rain/cloud it's high wind. Now there's thick fog for a week?

[Mandy D]

3 minutes ago, Elp said:

I think I've seen it all. If it's not rain/cloud it's high wind. Now there's thick fog for a week?

I think we have to hold FLO accountable for the extra cloud/fog. It's due to their current sale prices and us all buying more kit with clouds included!

[Elp]

Might bring on an apocalypse if they ever decide to discount say an XW or Morpheus...

[imakebeer]

17 hours ago, Mandy D said:

I think we have to hold FLO accountable for the extra cloud/fog. It's due to their current sale prices and us all buying more kit with clouds included!

I feel I have to take some of the responsibility personally...

Firstly for getting into the hobby around late-September/early-October, since when it seems to have been more or less permanently cloudy... And if that wasn't enough of a jinx I went and bought lots of new gear last week which has resulted in even more cloud plus some fog for good measure! 😖

Clear skies seem to be so rare lately that I am virtually at the point now where I can brew and ferment another batch of beer between viewing/imaging sessions!

[Ratlet]

I'm going to call it just now:

Clear skies for most around Monday 5th onward for 3 or 4 days.

The full moon always brings clear skies.

[Elp]

I would back this normally but it's also showing high wind next week...

[Leo S]

The damage is already done here. There was a near perfectly positioned (for one of my cameras) fireball in the early evening on Monday, but it was cloudy, again!

It clears up when they are in the distance/small, but I'm starting to get fed up with cloud and fireballs seemingly conspiring against me when everything would be perfect otherwise! 😩

[JCIdaho]

8 hours ago, Ratlet said:

The full moon always brings clear skies.

Is that a thing, or sods law?

[JCIdaho]

On 28/11/2022 at 22:51, tooth_dr said:

Wee bit of haze creeping in

 

 

What camera / setup is that?

[WolfieGlos]

21 minutes ago, JCIdaho said:

Is that a thing, or sods law?

Seems to be a bit of both ! The forecast here now is cloud until nearly 90% Full Moon 🤨

[Ratlet]

51 minutes ago, JCIdaho said:

Is that a thing, or sods law?

Just an observation in my area that I'll generally get weeks of looking through sucker holes and then come the moon being nearly full (when imAging and dso viewing are sub optimal) it'll be clear for ages

[Elp]

I get this also, especially during meteor shower peaks. Either cloudy or full moon directly near the radiant or wherever I want to image.

[imakebeer]

9 hours ago, Ratlet said:

The full moon always brings clear skies.

I'm just a newbie but now you mention it I feel like at least the last couple of decent sessions I had were around the full moon 🤔

Anyway, I managed to get out just now but only for an hour before the fog rolled in - turns out grab & go with an HEQ5 is a different ball game to an EQ1 but I was determined! 💪 If nothing else at least it was an hour well spent getting the hang of 3 star alignment 😁

[scotty1]

Just for good measure we could be adding sleet/snow into the mix by next week. 

With the wind in the ENE western areas have a higher chance of staying clearer. N.Ireland , western Scotland Wales....

If it's clear we have a 75% moon close to the radiant for the Geminids.

Edited December 1, 2022 by scotty1

[Sabalias]

Out of the blue (or black) last night was clear as a bell here 😁. Managed to get some more time on the Iris Nebula - now 4 hours 18 mins.

 

Stu

[scotty1]

53 minutes ago, Sabalias said:

Out of the blue (or black) last night was clear as a bell here 😁. Managed to get some more time on the Iris Nebula - now 4 hours 18 mins.

 

Stu

Whenever I look at these DSO photos, I'm always amazed at the amount of stars in the background. 

[imakebeer]

17 minutes ago, scotty1 said:

Whenever I look at these DSO photos, I'm always amazed at the amount of stars in the background. 

Damn straight - the Pleiades isn't exactly the brightest thing in the sky but even in my own paltry efforts it's amazing how there are so many more stars in the background!