Oh can you guys send some clouds this way please it's been so clear here for weeks now I need to catch up on some sleep well now the moons getting brighter I might be able to get some rest hehehe
Just saying....... Ummmmm ok I will sneak out quietly back to my clear skies before one of you kill me hehehehe
Awkward clouds and missed chances are the order of the day here in south Sydney. I got a photography rig last October and have had properly clear skies on only (at best) four or five occasions since then. I have a lot more lightning photos than astrophotos recently! It's made me appreciate the requirement for extended clear skies for photography (clouds move a long way in a 5-minute sub), and how long it takes to set up only for it to cloud over an hour later . Visual is a fair bit easier that way, but even so the Dob hasn't been out much. Of course if I'm away from home or have friends around for dinner, you can be assured of clear skies!
Finally!!! Clear skies in SE QLD. I have had an explore scientific coma corrector sitting in its box since Christmas. Might not worry about sleep tonight.....
Autumn is generally pretty nice here, but it's also peak burnoff season. In the past, all those lovely warm clear nostalgic autumn days have been mangled by said burnoffs
DELWAP (yep, you guessed it, DEPI are history! ) are already on the job here and the valley is full of choking smoke. Summer weather hasn't been too bad overall here - some big rainfall events but some good long runs of clear skies too.
Oh OF COURSE! 100% Moon and last night was clear as will tonight most likely and again tomorrow night according to the reports....oh yeah great, I am so happy ...I mean, fair suck
I have had a pretty good run myself. In the last two months I have had about 35 nights where I have collected data. Some nights only an hour or two but mostly 5 hours a night. Looks good again tonight. Tight band pass on my NB filters means I utilise the full moon nights too. I make sure that the targets are well enough away from moon in such conditions. Well over 98 hours collected but only 76 hours published. No problems with the weather here, though it could always be clear every night.
Oh OF COURSE! 100% Moon and last night was clear as will tonight most likely and again tomorrow night according to the reports....oh yeah great, I am so happy ...I mean, fair suck
Grumble...
Yep gunna be a clear night, so don't care...it is 100% clear out so I'm going out, Moon or not! I'll show that Moon who's boss
A week on from TC Pam hitting Vanuatu, I can't believe the strength that
that low still has, now far below NZ.
Still showing 100km/h winds and below 40S latitude now.
The low associated with the TC off WA a week ago is now well south
of the bight.
Surprisingly, whenever there is mega cyclonic grief hitting QLD we seem
to get very calm, clear air here down in S.A.
Surprisingly, whenever there is mega cyclonic grief hitting QLD we seem
to get very calm
Hi Steve,
It may be the associated high pressure system. They are quite often calm. I have observed the same several times. A cyclone up north and extreme calm to the south. (Can calm be described as extreme? LOL)
Surprisingly, whenever there is mega cyclonic grief hitting QLD we seem
to get very calm
Hi Steve,
It may be the associated high pressure system. They are quite often calm. I have observed the same several times. A cyclone up north and extreme calm to the south. (Can calm be described as extreme? LOL)
Yep I agree Marty, the highs we get when there are intense lows up your way are highs with very widely spaced isobars. The other day, nearly the entire state of SA was the same barometric pressure! Slow moving highs, we love them down here, but it is always at the expense of you poor buggers.
I need to catch up on some sleep 
well now the moons getting brighter I might be able to get some rest hehehe 
. Visual is a fair bit easier that way, but even so the Dob hasn't been out much. Of course if I'm away from home or have friends around for dinner, you can be assured of clear skies!
it's still crystal clear here 
100% Moon and last night was clear as will tonight most likely and again tomorrow night according to the reports....oh yeah great, I am so happy 
...I mean, fair suck 
