Well it's clear here and I am photographing something but I have no idea what it is...I left the Dec in place to get more dragon data and had the scope just pointing above the trees doing some adjustments waiting for a dragon and picked up some nebulosity which I can't make out so as to identify it...so let's see what and hour of ha will bring..it's exciting.
Alex
Thanks Brian I sure appreciate knowing. I did not recognise it from what I had. I took an hour of HA and was tempted to gather other channels but I kept to my plan and gathered more data on NGC6188. It was a wonderful night. I had the 80mm on one mount and the DSLR on the other and of course looking at the lappy screen etc I had no dark adaption...however I let both run without attention and laid down for about 30 minutes with no light and came out and it was jaw dropping with the Milky Way high and Jupiter rising..magical. there was only a little dew which was to a degree unfortunate as I wanted to lite a bon fire to get rid of some stuff...Maybe that's the key to holding off dew...have a bon fire planned. Just woke up now 20 C thank goodness.
Thanks again.
Alex
Fantastic...the clouds have rolled in which is good cause I am near passing out I am so tired ...so I get the night off..unless there is a heavy dew which means I will do some burning off.
Hope others are getting some.
Alex
It looks like tonight is going to be a good one on the east coast of NSW, the Low has moved off and it has dried out significantly with just 50% humidity here on the coast. No cloud, light north westerly wind, all very promising.
I have had the roof open on the observatory for most of the day for a good sunshine dry out after the storm, and some cleanup, vacuum, etc.
Good to go for tonight. Best of luck tonight. The Moon sets at 9:54pm but is not too significant yet anyway.
I think you'll find that the moon is setting at 9:54 not rising, you have probably realised that already with it shining nicely in the clear sky, seeing is average though. Good for low power views but shimmering at higher magnifications. Something to have a look at is C/2019 U6 Comet Lemmon, tonight located just next to M41 at Mag 7 ?. Hopefully visible in the moonlight, going out for a look now.
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It looks like tonight is going to be a good one on the east coast of NSW, the Low has moved off and it has dried out significantly with just 50% humidity here on the coast. No cloud, light north westerly wind, all very promising.
I have had the roof open on the observatory for most of the day for a good sunshine dry out after the storm, and some cleanup, vacuum, etc.
Good to go for tonight. Best of luck tonight. The Moon rises at 9:54pm but is not too significant yet anyway.
I think you'll find that the moon is setting at 9:54 not rising, you have probably realised that already with it shining nicely in the clear sky, seeing is average though. Good for low power views but shimmering at higher magnifications. Something to have a look at is C/2019 U6 Comet Lemmon, tonight located just next to M41 at Mag 7 ?. Hopefully visible in the moonlight, going out for a look now.
Thanks Jeff, i fixed that, yes it is setting at 9:54pm. I will have to pass on the comet, it is behind a tree in my location.
South coast NSW ( Shoalhaven) is clear tonight with cloud rolling in at 10.00pm
Currently imaging the Tweezers Galaxy
Friday night looking excellent , zero cloud all night to daylight
Saturday looking good too with some cloud rolling in at 11pm
An imaging feast for 3 nights running
I might pull the 12” dob out of the garage tomorrow night for some observing in the front yard whilst imaging in the back yard with the 8” f5 newt
Sunday heading back to Sydney for grand parent duties
Yeah, I can see lightening down south, and cloud has ruined tonight it seems. I was waiting for Saturn to get up above 60 degrees but it looks like a scrub.
Edit: I spoke too soon, just came in from closing up the observatory. The storms stayed out to sea and took any cloud with them by 1am, so I have had a few very good hours to observe Saturn and Jupiter very high in the sky. The plan was to go for the Encke Gap in the A-ring, but while Saturn is getting larger as it nears opposition on the 21st of July, that Gap still eludes me. Still it was a good night for chasing other delights like the Helix Nebula as well. I hope those who persevered have been rewarded.
Sensational sky tonight for Canberra, probably the pick of the upcoming three.
A comedy of errors on my part has meant fairly low productivity... I'm starting to wonder if I perhaps need a bit more sleep
It's clear here although it's pretty wet and I can see misty going past the Moon.
Trying some O11 on NGC 6188 to see if it helps. I am charging the observatory battery using a car charged off the vans new batteries..wasteful but I can't be bothered putting petrol in the Genny.
A duck just now landed on the dam ..I didn't know they flew around at night.
Alex
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