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Originally Posted by erick
....Who do I call to get the Moon switched off tomorrow night?
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Why didn't someone warn me? Apart from an eclipse, the only sure way of switching off the Moon is to park big black clouds in front of it. But it's easier to just cover the whole sky.
We left Melbourne with mostly clear skies and a clear night weather forecast and only got in 15 mins of looking at the Moon. Betelgeuse was glimpsed briefly rising before it went behind cloud. Packed up at 10:30 and drove home. 5 minutes from home, in Melbourne's glare, the clouds dispersed and the Southern Cross, Orion, Moon all decide to show themselves!
Is amateur astronomy always this much fun?
OK, back to the forward weather forecasts and a correlation with the diary to come up with some more dates. I realise now that close to full moon is not the time to go looking at stars etc? True?
On another matter, where on the forum will there be information about viewing the Geminids from Victoria - date/time etc? I cannot seem to calculate correctly which early morning will be the best?