What do you do when the sky is cloudy?

[Manok101]

I was just wondering what everyone around here does when they can't watch the night sky?

[Asur84]

I pick my next targets and trawl through sites for news, build up my shopping list and to see how everyone is getting on.

Jonathon

[Starblazer]

Cry!

[brantuk]

I'm usually on here answering funny questions lol

[Guest Andromeda1]

I try to figure out how Registax works

[Brunty12345]

ermm for me.. i'd say either ps3 or nintendo wii.. if not, im browsing the net for random stuff

[brianb]

Sleep .... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[red dwalf]

clean my gear,

think i`m starting to rub of coatings now as it`s been so long since we had a good clear sky.

mount and scope look like new though.

[old_eyes]

1. read astronomy books and dream

2. check out online stores and dream ditto

3. hang out on SGL and look for answers to the many problems that puzzle me

4. process some data that I have previously collected (not often as I haven't collected that much yet)

5. update my observing log and notes (largely a work of fiction as my real time notes are so ****)

6. keep checking the sky looking for a worthwhile gap until I'm too tired and have to go to bed.

old_eyes

[astro mick]

Do you mean like every night.

Mick.

[northernlad]

Sulk, watch something on Discovery/Nat Geo/Discovery Sci etc (if I manage to prize the remote out of the mrs hand from whatever drivel she's watching.), or read a good book.

[LukeSkywatcher]

I do some more work on developing the worlds first cloud filter.

So far i have a name for it: Cloud Filter.

[sbooder]

I spend time working on my three inventions, I can not tell you too much about them in case someone steals my ideas.

But one is a carriage that dose not need horses to pull it (I know it sounds mad), one is an apparatus for viewing moving pictures form great distances (I might call that one a Magic Telebox) and a collapsible waterproof sheet on a pole to keep rain off you ( I have not thought of a name for this yet).

I know they all sound quite insane, but I envisage someday everyone owning at least one of them if not all three.

[IvanT]

Usually finish unpacking my latest purchase, I think there is some connection between buying new gear and poor weather. Someone should do a study on it.

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[brianb]

I do some more work on developing the worlds first cloud filter.

Sorry, you're about 70 years too late ... http://cgi.ebay.com/Kodak-Cloud-Filter-No-6A-Box-Diam-1-1-8-inches-/120610537394

[cosmic dave]

Go to the pub, I'm there a lot

[callisto]

I like watching the Animal Planet channel, ie Animal cops Houston and the likes

[themos]

read, clean and collimate optics, make electronic gizmos, build up a library of calibration frames, read some more, hang out on SGL, watch streamed lectures over the internet,...

Having said that, I had a great session last night, first time I saw the Witch's Broom in OIII, wonderful object.

[Bigwings]

:DMerlot, Shiraz, Vodka & Coke in an experiment to see how robust the human liver is:hello2:

[LukeSkywatcher]

Sorry, you're about 70 years too late ... Kodak Cloud Filter No. 6A in Box. Diam. 1 1/8 inches - eBay (item 120610537394 end time Oct-16-10 13:53:41 PDT)

There goes my life's work up in smoke.

I have nothing to live for now. I guess i'll also experiment to see how robust the human liver is.

[brianb]

There goes my life's work up in smoke.

Perhaps I should point out that a "cloud filter" was actually a "cloud enhancing filter" (to make white clouds stand out against a blue sky, when using monochrome film). You would be better off concentrating on a minus cloud (cloud suppressing) filter ... I'd buy one of those ...

[great_bear]

You would be better off concentrating on a minus cloud (cloud suppressing) filter ... I'd buy one of those ...

I guess we all need one of

[ollypenrice]

I go to bed before 5.30 am for a change!!

Olly

[LukeSkywatcher]

Perhaps I should point out that a "cloud filter" was actually a "cloud enhancing filter" (to make white clouds stand out against a blue sky, when using monochrome film). You would be better off concentrating on a minus cloud (cloud suppressing) filter ... I'd buy one of those ...

Sorry i thought it was quite clear to see (no pun intended) that it is a cloud suppressing filter i am working on.

WOOHOO.........now my liver can relax (at least until saturday).

[brianb]

I guess we all need one of

... and a good pair of earplugs ... or a supply of Bilsen wool ...