Weather strikes again

[Gary1]

Beautiful clear night, set up my scope then went in for a cup of coffee came out half an hour later sky gone clouds everywhere aaaaaghhhh

[Psychobilly]

I managed a few hours to try out a few things ...quite "dewy"..

Billy...

[LukeSkywatcher]

Lovely and clear here tonight but its already -2C. Lots of dew about. I might have a look out for Saturn a bit later on. I'm dying to try my new 8mm EP

[Gary1]

I've left my scope set up, i give it an hour or so and hope it clears a bit.

[rowan46]

same for me another promising night down the tubes. must admit I am starting to be very hacked off about this I haven't been able to get out since the first week of January.

[LukeSkywatcher]

same for me another promising night down the tubes. must admit I am starting to be very hacked off about this I haven't been able to get out since the first week of January.

Yeah the clouds have been relentless since the first week of January.

[Digz]

Lovely and clear hear, just blowing a gale. Tried my luck, set everything up but its just too window to take any subs

[Hawklord]

It's clear here but lots of moisture!

[mark7331]

I'm not going to say a thing but it's been clear for a few hours and I've captured more data tonight than I have in the last three months.

Anyway. Looking forward to the clouds rolling in....

Mark

[MorningMajor]

I've left my scope set up, i give it an hour or so and hope it clears a bit.

So did I - just brought it back in grrrrr

[ralph1245]

same here Gary, beautiful clear afternoon, got set up ready, then, wham clouds rolled in from dusk - makes you want to spit feathers !!

[Applemac]

I was also hopeful of a night viewing, I have only managed two very brief sessions in 4 weeks. As many of you say as soon as you turn your back the clouds creep in. Two disappointments tonight, my beloved football team crashing out of the FA cup and another cloudy night. Boo!

[rowan46]

I was also hopeful of a night viewing, I have only managed two very brief sessions in 4 weeks. As many of you say as soon as you turn your back the clouds creep in. Two disappointments tonight, my beloved football team crashing out of the FA cup and another cloudy night. Boo!

Look at the bright side at least birmingham city are still in the cup:eek:

[Gary1]

oh well i have given up still as cloudy as ever, put my stuff away, maybe tommorrow will be better

[JamesF]

It was looking ok here at about 7pm, but when I went out after we'd eaten and the kids were in bed, cloud was starting to push in from the north-east. Still had a fair view of the sky from Cetus or thereabouts around to the head of Orion however, so I started setting up. I even parked the car to the north to act as a windbreak as far as was possible.

That was when the tow truck turned up just down the road, all lit up with flashing lights and throwing shadows hundreds of yards. Very distracting. Fortunately he moved on after about fifteen minutes, but by then the cloud was obscuring pretty much everything except to the south when I'd particularly planned to go Messier-hunting around Cassiopeia, Andromeda and Perseus. Eventually managed to find M52 and M76, having given up on M32, M74 and M110 before the visibility became even worse and I started thinking about calling it a night.

Whilst I was waiting to see if the cloud would clear someone wandered into the neighbouring field furtively flashing a huge torch about, nicely mucking about with my night vision. I think I shall take my own stupidly large torch with me next time. It did make up my mind about giving up though, which was just as well as barely a few minutes later the sheep grazing on the cricket pitch next door but one set off the security lights on the pavilion, practically lighting up the entire county.

Could have been worse though, I guess. At least I did get out.

Looks like weather-wise there's more of the same for the next few days. There were clear skies in the forecast earlier, but they've changed their minds now.

James

[The_PSY3NTIST]

Cloud again in Sheffield Went to setup Tuesday night and along came the cloud! bad times

[martin_h]

Wall to wall cloud in Grimsby.

[LukeSkywatcher]

Still clear here. I just had what i think is my best ever view of Saturn. Using a SW Heritage 130P and an 8mm Vixen NPL.

[rowan46]

Still clear here. I just had what i think is my best ever view of Saturn. Using a SW Heritage 130P and an 8mm Vixen NPL.

yeah thanks for that:rolleyes:

[ixalon]

Lovely clear night here - apart from an hour of cloud. Unfortunately the frost got me bad - I started getting the dreaded CGE cable problem (further complicated by ST4 driving the mount nuts), then once I'd got everything running smoothly, the corrector plate frosted over. Sounds like a perfect excuse for some more shopping ;-)

[johninderby]

Nice clear sunny skis during the afternoon and still looking clear early evening so I thought finally I'll get the chance to give the 150PL / OO 1/12PV optics project It's first light. Finished off the few things I had to do indoors and stepped outside and looked up to be greeted with wall to wall unrelenting

GREY

No change by midnight so I gave up. My comments wouldn't really be suitable for SGL so I'll have to leave it to your imagination. Someone please tell me that it will be clear one of these nights.

John

[jnc71106]

Was fairly clear during the day down here in Basingstoke Hampshire but by the evening the mist and fog rolled in a bit as well as some clouds I gave up about 11 o'clock it was -7 with the wind chill chuffing freezing

[stardad]

Had one look at 7pm and didn't bother after that point.......

[Penfold]

Beautiful clear night, set up my scope then went in for a cup of coffee came out half an hour later sky gone clouds everywhere aaaaaghhhh

We had lovely clear skies here in Shropshire had to pack in about 11ish though due to dew.