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Old 10-01-2019, 01:09 AM
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Yet more pain ...

Hi Alex & All,

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Originally Posted by mental4astro View Post

Les, I share your pain! Very poor astro conditions for me too Haven't even been able to do anything with the Moon in weeks as well <sigh>

Alex.
Tonight was the last reasonably accessible night for deep sky stuff during this dark-of-the-moon. Finally after two weeks of either high cloud or dust or wind or thunderstorms (that were nearly all "dry", tonight looked good despite Skippy Sky predicting some low cloud.

Set up as the last traces of sunset were leaving the sky at about 10pm and the Moon just setting. Lovely sky, not bad seeing -- started to observe some galaxies in Antlia on ESO plate 373 and had been at it for about 45 minutes when I'm looking through the eyepiece and stars start fading and going out! Look up sure enough cloud was forming right where I was observing in Puppis - Canis Major -Antlia. Within 20 minutes half the sky was socked in and disappointed yet again, I put the 'scope away for another fortnight of moonlit but probably clear nights.

Sigh ...

Best,

L.
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