That damn Murphy!!!

[strongmanmike]

Had an 18th Birthday party this afternoon at a local Pub, family and friends came back to our place, drinking, eating and playing guitar on our 3rd floor veranda...sun goes down, sky is perfectly clear..should I leave this merriment and drive out to the Obs..?..should I..?...look at wife...look up at sky...look back at wife...she has a smile and nods, "off you go dear, I'll look after this bunch" :lol: :rundog:

Get 2Ltrs of beer from brewery downstairs, drive out, open up, boot up, get set, have a beer (Mmmm tastes goooood) start imaging.. seeing is excellent! :party: yaaay :computer:...3 X 5min subs down...look out of the dome slit.. white stuff everywhere :scared: :tasdevil:...wait 20min, looks bad, pack up, drive home (small consolation - get hot dog with bacon and cheese on the way :D)

Soooo, meah, this is 4 X 5min subs two of which were affected by cloud and just thought I'd post for fun, cause the detail suggests what could have been, eg. the fine thin dark wiggly lines, like a web, within the bright central section are rarely revealed... aaah sighhh :rolleyes:....

...when the seeing is good Murphy sends clouds...thanks you Irish git :mad2:

NGC 3576 (http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/163216861/original) Micro Data

Mike

[Atmos]

Every time I look at one of these images, I think it looks like someone giving the universe the bird... It's not Murphy that you should be annoyed at... The statue is giving you the bird Mike ;) :lol:

Very nice seeing too!

[strongmanmike]

Ha, yeah, I see that...and I think it was :rolleyes: :lol:

The beer was bloody good though :drink: called Sprocket :D

Mike

[codemonkey]

Gotta love it when that happens! Data looks nice so far, looking forward to the finished product.

[strongmanmike]

The fine thin dark wiggly lines, like a web, within the bright central section are rarely revealed :)

Mike

[alan meehan]

That's a shame nice bit of data to start off with ,I did the same thing here opened the roof started some shots and in came the cloud .Bacon and cheese hot dog sounds good about now
AL

[strongmanmike]

Hi Al :hi:...it was from a road side fast food van, I usually miss it cause it closes at 3am, which is usually before I am driving home but when cloud thwarts my efforts on a Thurs, Fri or Sat night... I tend to grab some comfort food on the way home :D

Mike

[Rex]

Yeah I know what that feels like. Damn Murphy! Oh well at least the data that you got looks good. Hopefully the seeing will be as good when you go get the rest. Damn Murphy!

[strongmanmike]

It was the best seeing I have seen in a while Rex, would have been nice if the clouds had just hung off for another 40min or so even, then I would have at least had a top notch Ha set I could have used as a bit of a luminance, 20min of cloud affected Ha data is a bit thin :sadeyes:...but fingers crossed I get another bit of good seeing.

Mike

[marc4darkskies]

What a sweet, caring wife you have! :thumbsup:



I feel your pain! Happens to me AAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL the time!!!!!!!!!!!!!:sad: Clouds do this deliberately you know :scared2:



Oh my! That micro data does look excellent! Sure hope you can get more nights to match it!! BTW, it's worth pointing out that the good seeing always above the clouds! :mad2:

[RB]

Try Ouzo next time Mike.
Two litres of Ouzo always yields better seeing even if the clouds do roll in. :lol:

Seriously though, beautiful start to this image mate.

RB

[strongmanmike]

Well at least your scope is in your backyard :rolleyes: but the level of p'd off-ness is probably still similar :thumbsup:



Mmmm, Ouzo?..never been a real fan, whisky man....but didn't get to that last night, it usually comes out after 11pm :lol:

[Ryderscope]

It seems to me that one needs to set up the observatory for remote operation. Have the best of both worlds, imaging and beers :cheers: :D

[strongmanmike]

I would, just the cost mate, need a new mount, new observatory, new computers, new software, a good data link etc....

But should I ever be in a financial position to do it....:question:...I will probably find something else to do with the money :lol:..unless it was a big win fall of course :)

Until then, it will remain a (buy beer) drive out, open up, babysitting (complaining :face:) affair :)

Mike

[gregbradley]

Funny story Mike and one we can all relate to.
The excellent data is a bit of a tease.

Greg

[RickS]

An all too familiar story, Mike. At least you had beer and a hot dog :lol:

[Slawomir]

My thoughts exactly :lol:

[Bart]

If that is micro data, please don't get mucho data and pale us into insignifigance!! :P:)

Nice story, nothing like beer and a hot dog! :lol:

[strongmanmike]

:love: all one big pissed off, cranky, complaining, ungrateful bunch of sods, all of us! one time or another :D :thumbsup:

Aaaah astroimaging....what would we do, if it was all too easy..?:innocent:

Looks clear again tonight :D ....leeeet me juuust go and do the puppy dog eyes at Angie again.....;)

Mike

[strongmanmike]

Ah sigh...beautifully clear tonight!...but ol Murphy has given me poor seeing..of course he has :rolleyes:..grrrrrrr

Oh well...the beer is still good :D

Complaining Mike :lol:

[vlazg]

I set up 2 nights ago for the first time since November, bloody wet season :mad2: sat there for 3 hours each night, clouds ,but if i looked at the horizon it was clear up to 15 degrees for 360 bloody degrees, so i had a circle of cloud over me which didn't clear .:cloudy: gave up

[Atmos]

I'll take the clear skies any day over cloudy ones :P

[multiweb]

Pretty cool considering the short integration time. Nice one. :thumbsup: