sitting outside

[Marcus daniel]

im outside with the scope and laptop, the met are unbelievably useless, its suppost to be nice and clear here in the midlands, but rest assured, those of you who are nice and warm, think of me....still sitting here...waiting....and waiting....

[Hypernova]

I am sitting here, waiting...and waiting. But inside and popping to back door every 5 minutes and keeping an eye on Sat24, the BBC has messed it up again.

[LukeSkywatcher]

Its mostly clear outside and i am sat inside having a wee drop of vodka.

First clear night in god knows how long and i am not in the mood.

Maybe its because my belly is full of king prawn stir fry with spicey tomato schezhaun sauce.

*home cooked*

[stafford_stargazer]

Tom, its a bummer,i came home early form work,thought id set scope up and have a few hours,got about 30 mins in on joop then the clouds came rollin in.

But bonus as first proper light with scope,joop looked stunning even though low,couldnt use any high power but with the 15mm tmb it looked superb.

Marcus

Keep at it mate,it will come,blankets and cuppas,yal be alright buddy

Paul

Shush ya makin me hungrey

[GazA]

i managed 2hrs, first light too but unfortunatly joop was hiding behind wispy cloud!

[LukeSkywatcher]

Did i mention the water chestnuts,bamboo shoots and bean sprouts?

[Marcus daniel]

Forget the cuppas, have just cracked open the magners!!!! As for food, been cooking a ruby murry earlier, smells divine... gona stick it out for a while though.... can just see rigel popping in and out of these dam clouds...oh theres betelguese too... you never know!!!

[Tantalus]

I've got a clear sky here, but I've also got a flood of LP from inconsiderate neighbours who think it's acceptable to turn on their kitchen and bathroom lights whilst I'm trying to observe!!! How rude!!!

[stafford_stargazer]

Dont ya just hate people with not a thought for others

[RikM]

Just popped outside with the bins and managed to spot the Praesepe through a gap in the clouds Seems like it's been weeks since I last saw a star

[JamesF]

Plenty of cloud here still, but from the looks of the Sat24 images there's a clear patch that might be along later.

James

[skywatcher1701]

outside now imaging m34 trying out guiding ..........

[Psychobilly]

ground level cloud here ... really damp and dreary

[Luke]

Fair bit of cloud now in Bedfordshire, think I grabbed a few ish subs first, I'd normally be disappointed, but it feels good to blow the dust off the camera!

[Ianladd]

Managed to get half an hour outside in the garden in my observing chair.. Bit gutted that my binoculars that I ordered are still at my fiancee's workplace (She's off ill and I stupidly had them delivered there thinking it would save me a journey to the post office sorting office)

Nice that It was clear for a good half hour or so but Im hoping that it will still be clear in another couple of hours as the tennis courts over the garden wall are in FULL FLOODLIGHT mode at the moment... aighhh!

[tbird]

Was clear on East Coast, but has turned very damp. Had a good view of Jupiter earlier. Spotted the open cluster in cancer as a faint blur with the naked eye and averted vision, good view with the scope.

The damp air was affecting viewing so given up for tonight.

[Slangers]

When I got home from work it was looking good to go- beautifully clear. Had my tea and popped out to cool the scope down and it was 70% cloud and horrible orange murk. Grrr.