CLEAR AS A BELL

[tom.yates]

HI GUYS GALS, Its as clear as a bell in sunny Wigan at the mo looks like i may be ok for tonight

anyone else got clear skies. :)

[Greg]

No...

Had the Baader filter on my ED80 earlier though Tom... Grabbed half hour..

Thick cloud in Devon at the moment......Will wait and see. Supposed to improve later in the week

[radioactive]

we have some fairly good patches of blue sky here in Leeds Tom just about to exercise the dogs then make my mind up what to do got very painful back problem that is also a determining factor but we shall see

[Albireo380]

100 % cloud here in "Sunny" Glasgow. Spent a happy hour this afternoon parfocalising my barlow (on the end of a flip mirror) with a 12.5mm Plossl. So here's hoping for a clear night sometime in the next decade.

Hope the weather stays good for you.

Tom

[lunator]

Tom

Good luck, hope it stays clear.

No breaks in the cloud down in London 

[Naz]

It has been clear most of the day, apart from a few very heavy hail storms, but the wind was very strong, near gale force at times, it's now down to a dull roar and the sky is still clear, if I get my scope out, it will definitely cloud over, so i am pretending not to.

naz

[lunator]

Thats the spirit Naz

Convince yourself that putting the scope out to cool is just a precaution, you really have something else to do that is far more important so you probably won't get then out. That should confuse the clous enough to make them away and then at the last minute wander out for a look....

[Naz]

Oh dear, who let the cat out of the bag? come on own up,

All day one good shower this afternoon, three in the morning, since my posting, 3 stormy periods with winds back up to near gale force again.

naz :)

[radioactive]

well had a nice little view of Jupiter in the end Tom on the C8 very pleasing will try to do some imaging with it if its clear mon tues wed in prep for Kielder Thursday

[Astroman]

Lovely night here in Az. Re-aligned the Pieramyd for our star party/potluck next weekend. Grabbed some views of planets Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. DSO's M67, M42/43, M35, M1 and checked alignment on the pier in the dome. Rock solid seeing, transparency held up to 318X on NGC 2440 in Puppis.

Wish you were here.

[lunator]

Lovely night here in Az. Re-aligned the Pieramyd for our star party/potluck next weekend. Grabbed some views of planets Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. DSO's M67, M42/43, M35, M1 and checked alignment on the pier in the dome. Rock solid seeing, transparency held up to 318X on NGC 2440 in Puppis.

Wish you were here.

Wish we were there too

[tom.yates]

Well after all that the :) Rolled in so only got a hour or so.

[radioactive]

Well after all that the :D Rolled in so only got a hour or so.

well you gotta have a dream Tom