To scope or not to scope tonight??

[04Stefan07]

Looks like there is quite a bit of fog settling in tonight. Jupiter still looks bright but some other stars not so much.

Worth taking the scope out tonight for us Melbournians?!

[Mamba]

I've just retrieved my refractor from the humidity, it's dripping. The decking is so slippery it's downright dangerous.
Mamba

[Waxing_Gibbous]

Perfect here :D. Well so far anyway. The wind's just picked-up so could be covered in cloud by 11:00. :(
Had some great views of Jupiter, Orion, a cluster or three and was hoping to get onto the Clouds later.
Fingers crossed!

[pfitzgerald]

Probably not Stefan - there's still a heap of particulate matter in the air from all of the controlled burns.

[casstony]

Tonight is my first clear night for a while. There's smoke to the north, fog to the south but still clear overhead. Air is unstable but the camera is catching some DSO's, testing the dslr in-camera noise reduction.

[Atmos]

Being in the north eastern suburbs all I can say is "Haze Haze Everywhere" :P

[Nikolas]

Haze in Glen Iris not good conditions it may be better tomorrow night

[04Stefan07]

Holy crap, I just went outside briefly and its soaking wet! Very foggy as well and you can barely see the Moon!

[casstony]

Very heavy dew on all my gear last night but the dew heaters easily keep the optics clear and I noticed that the electronics panel of the CGEM stays dew free - must be enough warmth generated by the electronics.
Getting a (partly) clear night lowers the stress levels :)

[04Stefan07]

Looks like it will be cloudy tonight :mad2:

[casstony]

We need another front to go through to put the fires out. It is lovely autumn weather though and winter will be here shortly.

[04Stefan07]

Yep agreed!

I want to try out my new camera and get my polar alignment sorted out.

Been having trouble with alignmaster.

[casstony]

Looks like there will be a couple of clear hours tonight according to CFN.

[04Stefan07]

How was last night?

[casstony]

No good here in Warragul - very hazy until 11pm when I last checked. It's smoky this morning with burning off just to the north of us. The next week looks wiped out. I do have some tuning to do on the CGEM and a new camera purchase to ponder :)