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John

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I've got clear skies here in North Somerset tonight but rather frustrating seeing conditions - normally relatively easy double stars are proving a challenge in the 6" mak-newt (it's been cooling for 2 hours !) and Jupiter refuses to focus crisply for more than a fleeting moment even at relatively low magnification.

Pretty annoying as it all looked a bit good to the naked eye :)

Anyone else having these sorts of issues tonight ?.

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lukebl

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Got quite excited by the clear sky here in Norfolk but, like you, the seeing was awful. The worst I've had for a long time. Given it up for the evening and set the alarm for Saturn, when maybe the seeing has improved.

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Sounds like I had it slightly better than you John but I couldn't make out M33 near the zenith in my ED120 so conditions were far from ideal.

Things got a bit better around 20:30 but I have to be up for work at 5am and it takes me a while to thaw out before I can go to bed!

I got some nice views of Jupiter though from 17:30 onwards upto x200.

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Have to admit, I'm wussing out tonight. I'm a bit run down so I've got the imaging kit out doing the biz and rather than throwing the dob out for a spot of observing, I'm staying in. It's not that bad here but it's one of the transparent but unsteady nights here rather than the mucky but still nights.

Tony..

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Funny one here, all the signs were there for a really good night, the evening twilight was beautiful, and although there is very little orange in the sky (for here) it isn't exactly as vintage a night as I had hoped. However, as the first half decent clear moonless night in MONTHS i'm determined to make the most of it!

It's just the kind of night I need to get the blue reflection details around IC405, so the camera + Blue filter are doing that as I type, and will be for some time yet :D

Not too bad temperature wise. It's -1°c in the observing part of my obs, and a stifling +3°c inside the "warm room".

Probably my first all night for yonks, might even fire up the spare mount and C9.25 for Saturn in the morning yet :)

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Same here, got the big bins out for a look at Jupiter, Ring Neb and the Andromeda Galaxy. At 40x mag I just couldn't get Jupiter sharp at all and even though the core of Andromeda was in view the outer fuzziness wasn't as clear as usual. To make matters worse I just couldn't see the Ring Neb for love nor money.

Packed in about an hour ago and had a nice swift brandy to warm me up.

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John

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Sorry you other folks are having the same issues but it's reassuring in some ways that I'm not imagining the seeing conditions. I'm giving Orion a chance to lift above the rooftops a bit and see how things look then.

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Seems to be getting better. Stars are twinkling less now. Just found M81 and M82 for the first time in my 15x70's too as a bonus, and to the south, there are stars visible in the binos right down to the horizon almost, hardly ever get that here in Coventry.

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Just packed up for the night and quite reassured that everyone else was struggling. Couldn't get anything decent out of jupiter even though its a lovely clear night.

Gave up with it and spent quite a while looking at m42. Seeing has improved a little, and the scope finally cooled so plenty of detail to be seen and even managed to spot the E star in the trapezium which is a first for me. Wasn't easy by any means but definitely there.

Thawing out now then to bed

Stu

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mike.brightmore

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Beautifully clear now in North East Lincolnshire - just what a winter's night sky should be like. Marvellous to see Orion standing proud with both his dogs. Sirius is a brilliant white rather than the multi-coloured version we often get. Not too much twinkling either. Good views of the Crab and Owl nebulae and M81/82. Even Andromeda looked good in my L.P. western sky. Thinking about hanging on for Saturn now.

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David Rayment

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In Keswick it is -10 so I set the camera and laptop to do the watching for me for a couple of hours while I went inside. The seeing looked good through binos.

Since I am only a newbie and getting to grips with my CG5GT mount I thought I would try a different target and some additional star alignments, I went out and it has clouded over! So I am inside whilst it does the darks before it snows again!

Goodnight

David

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Hi Mike

I keep trying for the Crab but can't see it. M57 is clear as anything despite being in a direction with bad LP but I just can't find M1. What sort of magnification is best? Any tips?

Stu

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russ

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just in from observing Saturn but this morning was just a continuation of last night for me. Poor transparency, poor LP (not helped by the railway) and dreadful seeing. All three scopes out and all three couldn't return a good view of Saturn.

Just hoping tonight will be better.

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I've got clear skies here in North Somerset tonight but rather frustrating seeing conditions - normally relatively easy double stars are proving a challenge in the 6" mak-newt (it's been cooling for 2 hours !) and Jupiter refuses to focus crisply for more than a fleeting moment even at relatively low magnification.

Pretty annoying as it all looked a bit good to the naked eye :)

Anyone else having these sorts of issues tonight ?.

Been like that for most of this cold spell for me John :D

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