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31-01-2018, 10:54 PM
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Last edited by RB; 31-01-2018 at 10:58 PM.
Reason: offensive language deleted
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31-01-2018, 10:55 PM
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Nerd from Outer Space
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No chance here... as usual... But I am watching 2 live streams and it is better than nothing.
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31-01-2018, 10:56 PM
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8/8ths [OVC] @ 22:56 - going to bed 
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31-01-2018, 10:57 PM
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Get used to it.
In Sydney over 38 years it has almost invariably been totally overcast whenever there was something worth seeing.
In that time just two - TWO - lunar eclipses were not clouded out.
I should add a statistical analysis been done which showed there is a correlation between the night-time cloud cover vs the moons phase. What this shows is that there is a bias towards clear weather between new moon through first quarter and full (pretty useless to us) and a bias to cloud cover between full through third quarter to new moon- when we would like to observe.
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31-01-2018, 11:02 PM
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Novichok test rabbit
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Seen quite a few lunar eclipses previously (all in QLD), so not going to be overly perturbed.
Bit of a weird night for me anyway with my 94 year old Aunt passing away 
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31-01-2018, 11:03 PM
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Something must be badly wrong in Melbourne - I can see the moon!
Philip
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31-01-2018, 11:03 PM
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Nerd from Outer Space
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I was so excited a couple of weeks ago. The weather had been good for so long. I thought - FINALLY I will see an eclipse, but no...of course not!
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31-01-2018, 11:04 PM
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spitting rain here now off to bed
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31-01-2018, 11:04 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Wavytone
Get used to it.
In Sydney over 38 years it has almost invariably been totally overcast whenever there was something worth seeing.
In that time just two - TWO - lunar eclipses were not clouded out.
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Got a glimpse of the Moon Wavy ..still all white ..maybe some penumbra..just now too
bigjoe.
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31-01-2018, 11:07 PM
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Too soon, Joe. Totality starts 1151 and ends 0106. Im'll take a look outside at 12 and 0100.
But there's a roaring southerly blowing in from the sea along the whole eastern coast from Victoria to Brisbane, which means its pointless even thinking about setting up. We live on the high point here and get the sea breeze.
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31-01-2018, 11:08 PM
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Cloud building since about 7.
9:46, starts raining.
Exasperating doesn't get close.
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31-01-2018, 11:18 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Wavytone
Too soon, Joe. Totality starts 1151 and ends 0106. Im'll take a look outside at 12 and 0100.
But there's a roaring southerly blowing in from the sea along the whole eastern coast from Victoria to Brisbane, which means its pointless even thinking about setting up. We live on the high point here and get the sea breeze.
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Too true Wavy..just out here with wife and dogs anyhow..for an hr..so if it happens it happens.
bigjoe.
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31-01-2018, 11:20 PM
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Politically incorrect.
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Join Date: Apr 2009
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Perfect clear skies around Hobart. Spectacular view, absolutely SPECTACULAR! 
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31-01-2018, 11:21 PM
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Still got reasonable view in Albury moon is clear about 40% of the time now, cloud is still light and wispy. 
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31-01-2018, 11:22 PM
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Don't suppose you have a camera...
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31-01-2018, 11:26 PM
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Watch me post!
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Location: Melbourne
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Still lookin good from the inner burbs of Melb.
No cloud ( so far ) near the moon
Andrew
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31-01-2018, 11:26 PM
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Drifting from the pole
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Location: Brisbane
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Had a patch of rain here earlier, the thick cloud persists...
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31-01-2018, 11:26 PM
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Location: Adelaide
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Quote:
Originally Posted by el_draco
Perfect clear skies around Hobart. Spectacular view, absolutely SPECTACULAR! |
Lol, I see most of Tasmania is clear!
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31-01-2018, 11:29 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by el_draco
Perfect clear skies around Hobart. Spectacular view, absolutely SPECTACULAR! |
Yeah. ROM...Rub it in.
bigjoe.
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31-01-2018, 11:30 PM
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Ah, if I had known I would have come to Hobart! I wouldn't have minded the distance.
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