Clear weekend

[DaveS]

Steve from FLO just belled my to say my Meg 90 / HEQ5 has been despached and will be arriving on Monday .

So appologies to all in the London area if I've put the kaibosh on clear skies next week .

Thought it would be another few days but....yipeee

Dave

[ashenlight]

my scope is set up already.

:D

sorry if it clouds over

[SteveL]

I`m not gong to rush home to set up, I think the east side of the country is going to be cloud covered all night

[Whippy]

I`m not gong to rush home to set up, I think the east side of the country is going to be cloud covered all night

I've bought in a couple of bottles of Kopparberg in preperation....

Tony..

[SteveL]

... and I have several bottles of Redds in the fridge.

[Whippy]

And I think they're all going to get downed too ..

Tony..

[SteveL]

Well, I am the only one allowed to drink in the household right now

[robneath]

Well here in SW wales totally clear skies - looking good ( and I've prayed to the Cloud God, watched 24sat and ignored the met office )

[moocher]

Looks like we might get an "interupted" night here in the Midlands, fingers crossed though!!!!

Alan:)

[Nick R]

clear here at the mo , scopes outside waiting

[ashenlight]

Well, I am the only one allowed to drink in the household right now

I've got the Rose for tonight, Steve.

I've had a nap and I'm gonna balance the scope after my curry. This could be the best night for ages!

[ashenlight]

my RDF is on its way out.. battery I think.. I've managed to tease some life out of it so will you all please cross your fingers that I get at least an hour out of it

[Psychobilly]

It's bound to happen as I cant get to my scopes for the next 10 days....

Peter...

[Deneb]

Well, I have taken delivery of a cg5 mount with it's nice 2" legs lovely , just transferred over the eq5 goto electronics over to it, also I have taken delivery of a moonlite focuser for my newt, their not cheap are they ! I hope it stays clear for the weekend, more unguided galore.

[JCJC]

Damm, cloudy here in the south east.... looks bit better for Saturday though, fingers crossed..

[Doc]

Well scopes out but as normal cloudy so the fridge is stocked with some beer just in case.

[Catanonia]

Well nice and clear tonight, with no moon glare ..... wow not many of these nights around in the UK....

Sleep, whats that then ? .... LOL

[Lowstar]

Perfectly clear here though Megrez is barely visible and Jupiter is "boiling" away. Maybe it`ll settle down a bit later.

[TheThing]

Blumming solid cloud here!

Hope those that have clear skies have a good session and that batteries hold out!

[zedds]

I get home from work and set up. Clear skies:hello2:. Then i go to the shop, get back and ....whoosh.... total cloud cover:confused:. Still plenty of hours left in the night:)

[ashenlight]

Just got in, freezing my socks off, saw 2 new messiers and revisited some old favourites. It's so nice to just slew over and know exactly what you're looking for. I'll post a report tomorrow

[Lowstar]

Just in too. Pretty cold out and scope covered in dew. I`m becoming a dab hand with the hair drier so Nicky Clarke or whatever you call him better watch out.

Orion looked great, absolutely massive. Mars was quite small and a little low in the sky for good views but the "usual suspects" all benefited from a moonless, very dark sky. Called it a day as shattered, cold and need to be up early.

Maybe price a few neb filters tomorrow.

[dobserver]

I only managed to get an hour in - the sky was dark but there was a haze over everything that made it really hard to see well. I came in for a bit and when I went back out it had clouded over!

Hoping for some better viewing in the next few days......

Steph

[moocher]

Disaster of a night here!!!! Power supply went pop!!! Clear skies didn`t appear anyway so i`m not to upset. Off to Maplins in a bit to get a new one!!!! God this hobby is expensive!!!!

Alan:)

[Catanonia]

Managed to get about 5 hours on the Crescent Nebula Clouded over around 3am.