VIC & Melbourne: good seeing tonight...?

[janoskiss]

The air is very calm outside and the sky has been clear most of the day in Melbourne, although looking outside now I can see a few light whiffs of cloud. Victoria is in the middle of a high right now, so there is a fair chance of good seeing tonight. It's been a while since I had a good close look at Jupiter. I'll put the 12" outside when I get home and :prey:

[ballaratdragons]

Steve,

the weather report is for this High to hang around for about 4 days!

[janoskiss]

Hmmm... The forecast charts I'm looking at show a cold front sweeping through tomorrow and Wednesday and then the next high moving in and maybe settling down for a bit... :confuse3:
http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDG00074.shtml

[ballaratdragons]

I'm only going by what the Weather Channel showed today. :shrug:

[Jupiter]

What about the moon, I tend not to bother when it gets close to full, am I missing some good nights because of this?

[janoskiss]

full moon or light pollution matters not one iota when it comes to planetary observing.

[Tamtarn]

Hi Steve

Good to see your threads once again.
Enjoy our Victorian skies.
Just had a look outside and no clouds at all, even with the moon we have been out viewing testing out a new XW 7mm and Jupiter looks pretty good.

David & Barb

[janoskiss]

Thanks David and Barb. :)

Seeing has been very ordinary. So much for highs and lows and weather map. Inspired by the refractor vs long newt vs short newt thread I played a few games with my two GS Dobs. I posted about my observations in this thread (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=12210&page=2).

[OneOfOne]

I was out on Sunday and after showing the Moon and Jupiter to a couple of friends, more or less gave up. Couldn't see a cracker! Plus my wife finished off a bottle of red and kept poking her finger in my XW-10...and that hurts!

Maybe tonight (Tuesday)? I expect that once the Moon gets past full, the clouds will come back though....ain't it the way?

[Dave47tuc]

I had a nice night with very good seeing.:thumbsup:

Here is the scope set up ready to go.:eyepop:
How good is the new mount:thumbsup: All that I thought it would be;)

Great night and the Moon at 300x no problems.:whistle:

Hope you got out there.:)