Bad seeing

[atalas]

Man the seeing sucks tonight over Padstow!

[LewisM]

Dust been blowing off the Brindabellas all day over Canberra, so yeah, seeing sucks. Probably easily transported to Sydney by now.

[h0ughy]

what are you complaining about - nothing! at least its clear for you:P there is a major fire to the west of Downtown Wallsend (in Putty) AND THE SMOKE PLUME HAS COVERED THE ENTIRE SKY FOR ME

[atalas]

Man I think It's about as worse as I've seen It here!

[LewisM]

I haven't bothered to go look up since nightfall...gimme a sec...

[atalas]

Yes!and we have Universe created out of nothing....so that would be something! and If i never complained I wouldn't be an IIS member now would I big fella.....and stop complaining about fires...It keeps our fire men employed.

[atalas]

You can see the fire from Canberra?man FSQ's rule!

[atalas]

And now It's blowing a gale...so not suck It blows!

[atalas]

Ah good....2" guiding goes well with the 8" stars :lol:

[LewisM]

Because you asked, I took some happy snaps for you.

See what I got to deal with, even WITHOUT the dust in the atmos-fear? :screwy: I need an LP filter like a fish needs water. Now to invent a dust filter - can I remove it from my Dyson?

That's looking S-W at 22:20

[RB]

:lol:

[h0ughy]

Louie,
i wished i could see the universe;) through your eyes:eyepop::)

[LewisM]

He'd be the wind beneath your wings...

Fly...fly away...

[atalas]

When our electrons become entangled you will!

[h0ughy]

dunno about seeing because nothing is focused, its all blurry. no wonder your seeing is bad:rofl:

[h0ughy]

ohhh thats gross

[atalas]

Hey Lewis...I'll trade you my camel for your donkey!

[atalas]

I didn't create the law of physics David....I just obey them :lol:

[atalas]

I've got a dusty filter....will that help?

[Star Catcher]

Well I'm at Bankstown and imaging to see how much the seeing sucks right now (10.45pm) ... lol. Got to take whatever we can these days given the crappy summer weather :)

Ted

[LewisM]

:fight:

Can't...stay...focu................ hey, bunny rabbit. :D

[RB]

:lol:

[LewisM]

Just lick it off...

[multiweb]

C'mon mate.. that smoke is clearly coming from your BBQ. It says Wallsend :P

[atalas]

That was taking It up the backside last night Ted :zzz2: called It a night and went to bed.

[baileys2611]

As in Takahashi? :eyepop:

[LewisM]

Watch it Simon, else your observatory will fall into your septic tank... :)

[Waxing_Gibbous]

Very few nights of the year is seeing here not "crap".
While I live at a dark site and transparency is often excellent, our house is in a valley and strong thermal currents are a ubiquitous problem.
When I take my scope (an FS102) down to the flats, the difference is obvious. I can go from a maximum of 7mm to 4mm or even 2.5mm.
If it weren't so purty here, I'd move!