Whos out tonight??

[johnnyp]

JohhnyP! i have the exact same book!! what are the odds lol, present from the gf..making a good read infront of the radiator

cant miss at 6.99 fella. lol its very clear now (1:53) but ive finished off a bottle of baileys with a mate, now im goin to finish off with a quick half hour with the binos and then im done:)

Night all

John

[solarwallace]

Just come back in. Clouds have just rolled over here in Stafford. Lovely and clear earlier on.

Steve

[James]

Still clear here in Taunton... unfortunately the same can't be said for my filters which I've just realised are filthy, after lots of imaging of course. Little clouds keep scudding through my field of view and the Jaffa cakes have run out... but hey, I'm still out.

James

[Glider]

Still at it, 4 hours, still clear, no snow, no wind, freezing though.

[johnbaz]

an' i still can't get out of the backdoor:mad:

i suppose i could go out of the front door and climb the 6' solid gate.....naw, i'm too old for that:o

John:)

[Brunty12345]

Managed 2 hours so far in Nottingham, DSI says -2C, so it's probably more like -4C allowing for its self heating. Clear as a bell.

its been quite clear in nottingham

[dark knight]

just gone 3.00am here, popped back indoors to put another layer on, a quick brew an back out there.

If I don't report back in later today, will some one please pop round and snap me off the patio....

[James]

Still at it, 4 hours, still clear, no snow, no wind, freezing though.

Same here... thermo is touching -6 now and I'm beginning to feel it...

[Ibbo!]

The reinstall of drivers worked

Back in for a cuppa and a fresh set of batteries for the street light tamer

done couple of clusters unguided with the 1000d while looking through the dob

great stuff

Might need to put another pair of socks on

Steve

[James]

Glad its working for you Steve. I'm going to call it a day(!) in about half an hour. Maybe a few minutes on TJ's NGC2903 to round off... I'll try and see it visually then take a pic.

James

[Ibbo!]

I'm wimping out now

spotted ngc2903 with the 12" before I ran out of charged batteries for the SL tamer

now the pda has given up the ghost so no control for the imaging rig

quick tot then bed for me

a big day saturday cable hunting and the PC back in the obs

I could be some time

Steve

[yeti monster]

First session was solar obs. this lunchtime, had a look at the sun spots.

After sunset it was Jupiter, then mars, then a go at Cassieopia, but she was too awkward (directly overhead), then clouds and general non-astro duties.

Crashed out on the sofa around 23:30 until 04:00 or so, whereupon I noticed how clear the sky was, so binos out first just having a scoot about trying to identify things (no sucess yet!!!), scope out and try to get a decent look at Saturn, but I'm struggling with the smaller EPs/Barlow just now. Mars was showing very clear and distinctly in the 25 mm, but again, the smaller EPs letting me down.

Cassie was now low and to the west, got to look at the double cluster between here and Persius, which was rather thrilling. As I started to look for The great nebular in Andromeda, the clouds had started to scuttle back in. So that looks like it for me tonight/this moroning.

Oh yes, it's chuffin' freezin'!

[Dave]

Brrrrr! Now that's cold.... Just popped in for a cuppa and a warm to do some processing while the scope and camera are busy taking some more...

[beamish]

right well I'm going in now ,seeing has been dreadful .should have stayed in bed !!

[George]

I called it a night at around 1am, out of 35 subs I had taken only 6 were usable mist and varying amounts of cloud spoilt the party.

Temperature was -6.5C

[Tim]

What a great night! At last.

I just finsihed my darks and flats at 8am this morning, just before leaving for work.

Temp dropped to -5 at its coldest. I think for the first time I can remember, I have taken 8 hrs 40 mins worth of lights, in 20 min and 15 min subs, and not lost a single one to cloud. Didnt have PHD ping once, not even once Of course my new FLO pier will be helping with that, it was great to have the first alignment star dead centre from turning on, what a time saver.

The pics are just stacking now, i'll post later if I get a chance. Seriously need some kip now. Hmmmm, working till five, going out at 6pm tonight.... erm....

[beamish]

Look fwd to seeing the pics TJ

[LukeSkywatcher]

Fantastic clear night here last night. COLD...........VERY COLD though (-4C). No snow here as yet but the people at the weather station say it is on the way.

[fmeireso]

Too cold yesterday evening and also clouds kept rolling in.

I managed a short trip to M42 and surroundings and M41 wich still sat low. It was about half past midnight.

This morning at 10' oclock it was still -9°C!

[dark knight]

Gave up at 3.30am, computer failed so I presume it caught a cold. Will drag it back indoors to do some diagnostics today ready for tonight.....

[geoff_k]

Very cold here, but it keeps clouding over early on and then clearing much too late to set up.

Might get a chance over the weekend.

[LukeSkywatcher]

Got my new scope today. The sky thus far today has been brilliant blue with not a cloud in sight. I think i might be asking too much to get to use my scope on the same day it arrived. I have more chance of a white christmas.

[keithatrochdale]

Started snowing in Rochdale, been -2C all day which was warmer than -7.4C at 6am!