Anyone out tonight?

[Dan73]

Whos going out tonight? looking for anything in particular?

[phillc]

Cloudy here in Somerset Dan. So it will be the underside of clouds or bed.

Hope it's clear with you.

phillc

[insomnia]

Clouds as far as the eye can see. No viewing tonight.

[Leegsi]

Patchy cloud here at the moment but hoping to view Saturn tonight.

Might even try using the webcam and try my fist go at imaging it (If I can even see it on the screen lol)

[Dan73]

nice:) ive checked on sat24.com and it looks like there is a bit of a gap in the cloud some time later for southern england:icon_salut:

[Psychobilly]

Really clouded up here in the last hour as well so just closed the obs up....

Did make for a very nice sunset though.....

Peter...

[Demonperformer]

Due to be cloudy here until later tomorrow night. Think I will not worry about setting the alarm for 3 tomorrow morning now.

[legion48]

Not too bad here, just some patchy cloud. Just been observing Venus and Mercury with the bino's. Now I'm going to watch the Masters.

[Chris H]

Since this high pressure set in the weather has been bright by day and high cloud has set in every night not had the scope out for a couple of weeks now.

[ollypenrice]

Wasn't dead sure at first but it turned out really well. I've no-one in (at least for astronomy) for a couple of days so I got stuck in to a second night on M101. I should really have got the other rig going as well but I had been out for a blow on the bike and was a bit soggy in the Gumption department so settled for one setup on the go. Knocked off around three.

Getting old...

Olly

[robhal9000]

had a look at Venus and Mercury, just taking a break then a couple of hours on the other planets and maybe a few doubles. Been clear the last 2 nights in South Lanarkshire,Scotland.

[Beulah]

It's clear and I am very tired. Gave up coffee (strong filtered Java) three weeks ago, so I cannot rely on stimulants!!

I might pop out for a bit - I want to make the most of the Leo and Virgo area of the sky.

[Mr Spock]

Clear here in Sheffield. Steady as a rock too. I've just been aligning the scope and decided to have a peek at Castor. Put on a ludicrous x720 but the image held up well - clean airy disc and no turbulence. x300 was ideal.

Saturn is on for later. I'm just having a cup of coffee right now...

[Brett]

MotoGp took priority for me

[franticsmurf]

Just had a quick squint outside. High cloud. I might wait for a few more minutes but there's an early start for work tomorrow.

[paulastro]

Had great telescopic views of Venus and Mercury before 9pm, then Mars and Saturn. Beautiful in my SW Equinox 120ED. Based in Oakworth, nr Haworth, West Yorkshire.

[brantuk]

Leicester - got outside and setup - and clouds rolled over before I had chance to start alignment - fiddlesticks!!

[Donny]

Managed to get about 30 mins clearish sky, to get a short look at Venus. Then as it got darker, had a look at M44 & Mars, but the clouds came rolling in. Looked promising but was let down.

Still, this was my first night out and I'm glad to have got the chance to have a glimpse out there! Very happy with my 10" dob.

[argonaut]

Had great telescopic views of Venus and Mercury before 9pm, then Mars and Saturn. Beautiful in my SW Equinox 120ED. Based in Oakworth, nr Haworth, West Yorkshire.

Hi Paul,

Been up to Tod Astro lately?

Glen.

[Robert Watson]

Hi Dan,

Not bad here in N Ireland, Just come in after an hour some thin cloud just been looking at saturn and one of my fave's M35 and Mar's

Robert

[SirFoo]

Was hoping to see Mercury again but clouds came in. The rest of the sky was totally clear so I turned my attention on Saturn. Had a wee look at The Hyades and the Pleiades. Finally I decided to have a look at Mizar to see the double star. At this point I saw two fast moving 'stars' moving off in different directions. I presume that these were satellites orbiting the earth. As I'm new to this I would appreciate it if soemone could enlighten me. Thanks

DD

[NickH]

Doing the M94 halo at the mo...will need to redo my flats tomorrow (as nothing is moving, that's fine)

[Donny]

Was hoping to see Mercury again but clouds came in. The rest of the sky was totally clear so I turned my attention on Saturn. Had a wee look at The Hyades and the Pleiades. Finally I decided to have a look at Mizar to see the double star. At this point I saw two fast moving 'stars' moving off in different directions. I presume that these were satellites orbiting the earth. As I'm new to this I would appreciate it if soemone could enlighten me. Thanks

DD

I saw 2 fast moving "stars" too. Just watched them with the naked eye as they sped along.

...Judging on the amout of satellites about http://science.nasa.gov/realtime/jtrack/3d/JTrack3D.html was probably what they were. They seem to be moving in the direction of the ones i saw if i remember rightly.

[SirFoo]

I saw 2 fast moving "stars" too. Just watched them with the naked eye as they sped along.

...Judging on the amout of satellites about NASA - Science@NASA J-Track 3D was probably what they were. They seem to be moving in the direction of the ones i saw if i remember rightly.

Thanks for info. Good web site. I didn't realise that there were so many satellites.

DD

[RobH]

Doing the M94 halo at the mo...will need to redo my flats tomorrow (as nothing is moving, that's fine)

Looking forward to seeing that Nick. What sub length and scope are you using?

Just closed down for the night but had a few good hours of clear sky, enough to get the bulk of the colour data I needed for this years M51

Did the meridian flip, recalibrated the guider and the clouds rolled in from the East.

Night all!

Rob