Do I have a problem...?

[strongmanmike]

Do I have a problem when I have chosen to go downstairs to the pub for beers with a group of friends...when it is a clear night ahead with only a crescent moon....? :question:...I could have said no but the call of the hops was stronger than the call of the universe....:help: :drink:

[xelasnave]

You are too hard on yourself.
The opportunity to mix with some mates ... You should take it.

Have a few, have some laughs sing some songs and go to the observatory after closing.
Alex

[Atmos]

You should be doing both! Automate ;)

[RickS]

I'm giving a short talk on remote/automated imaging tonight. I think this would be a good lead in. I can go to the pub *and* capture data at the same time :lol:

[Slawomir]

Since you have asked...shame on you Mike! You have just gotten a brand new shiny FSQ and instead of capturing messengers from distant galaxies you have instead chosen drinking a weak solution of yeast poop...:shrug:

[Atmos]

And just to drive it home, Suavi made ^ his 2,000th post in recognition of the 2,000 crying photons from FAINT galaxies that are going to be wasted. Where they would have had a soft landing in the large well of a 16803 they will now go smashing into the shutter of your closed observatory.

[Boozlefoot]

I've just left the pub, because it's too bloody cold there, so hibernating tonight. its gonna be a cracker frost!:(

[blink138]

[QUOTE=strongmanmike;1325981]Do I have a problem when I have chosen to go downstairs to the pub

wait a mo................... you have a pub downstairs michael?
pat

[blink138]

oh i am 2001 posts haha!
pat

[strongmanmike]

....yes...automaaaate :rolleyes:....I wish.. and yes, I live above a fantastic micro brewrey!....maaaan life is tough.:D...not good for the waistline though :help:

[Boozlefoot]

Some people have all the luck! I'd be like a kid let loose in a lolly shop! The choice is a moot point Mike, too cold for practical and comfortable obs is my best offered excuse.:)

[sheeny]

No.

You made a decision.

If you had not made a decision, and you ended up doing neither, then you have a problem.

Sometimes a change is as good as a holiday, as they say. Sometimes it good just to do something different...

:thumbsup:

Al.

[glend]

I have been told that true imagers are socioparhs. So your off that hook.

[LewisM]

Seeing is only so-so tonight Michaelangelo, so you aren't missing out on much.

Having said that, I have been visual on 7 GX so far with the A-P 120, and just went to the C&B Nebula...if you don't know the C&B, don't ask :) (AKA Omega Neb / M17)

[The Mekon]

Agree with you Lewis - have just come in after only one and a half hours due to the poor seeing and substantial halos around almost every star.
Two nights ago was brilliant.

[LewisM]

I had a couple of very fleeting moments of excellent seeing, but for the last half hour I was continually chasing the focus with the bad seeing. Luna was swimming, Jupiter was very average (hard to even see any banding!), Saturn featureless - I was hard pressed seeing the Cassini Division (let alone Encke's Minima).

Jewel Box was OK, M17 was quite good at times as was M8. I managed to bag a LOT of Messier and NGC objects tonight, though not overly clearly :( Antares-B was definitely NOT on the books tonight (I tried, and failed)

[RobF]

https://ramakblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/he-chose-poorly.jpg

[strongmanmike]

Ok so had a good night drinking beer and ...the Universe is still there :P

And Suavi, will be putting the FSQ image train together this weekend :thumbsup:

[Slawomir]

Glad to hear you are back to normal Mike... ;)

Please share with us some images and the process of assembing image train for your FSQ :thumbsup:

[LewisM]

It'll be as long as the train tracks from Canberra to Queanbeyan... :P

[el_draco]

You have a choice... Astronomy, or BEER GUT!!
Correction, No choice to be made....
Really???

[strongmanmike]

Oh don't worry Rom, when I look in the mirror I still look like this (http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/165240389/original). ..?...I think?...ok, maybe not quite...well nothing like that really....ok, ok perhaps a tad of a gut....just can't see any of it in the mirror :shrug: straaange :question: :)

Mike

[Derek Klepp]

Mid Life crisis! The beer tastes better.

[strongmanmike]

Oh no...my son is visiting from Sale VIC (Air force JBAC training)....have to drink beer again! :rolleyes: ...perfectly clear night ahead again!... :doh:

...oh well :drink:

:D

[LewisM]

It's OK Mike, I can image for you - I'll sell you my data for $0.01 per FIT file.

Capeesh?

[Nebulous]

Choosing to spend time with friends always seems like a good option to me, and it's only slightly worrying that it was the beer that was calling rather than the mates...;). :)

But if the astro hobby gets too serious I guess there's always A.A. to join - "my name is Mike and I'm an astroholic" ......

[strongmanmike]

:lol:...yep nearly there....

[el_draco]

Pleased to say, I have not indulged in the "portable vat maker" for over 30 years. Don't miss it even slightly, (nor the delusions of steroid impregnated superman-ism :rolleyes:), and cant really understand why Aussie blokes drink the stuff :shrug: Errrk!

Having said that, give me a wee dram or five (+) and I am happy enough.... and we make fruit wines for a hobby. Probably 500 bottles in the "Wine room" atm.... :rolleyes: and I have a growing number of bee hives.... so Mead is looking like an interesting project this year... :)

Oh... the temptations... :P

[strongmanmike]

Just for the record, while I managed to represent and captain my country and set numerous strength records, including one World Record, I never touched a steroid...it can be done :)



Definitely don't need to be Aussie to appreciate fine ales ;)



Amen to that :prey2: I love Scotch style whisky my self and some bourbons, I have a couple on the shelf at the Observatory :D ...usually starts after the beer is exhausted :lol:

Mike

[strongmanmike]

Went to stat putting everything together Suavi and the first thing I noticed is the Robofocus adaptor OPT sent is the wrong one :rolleyes: :doh:....so thought I'd have a beer instead :D

[strongmanmike]

That's my understanding :shrug: they sent me RFB2 instead of RFB3

http://www.robofocus.com/store/product_category_2.htm

Mike

[Octane]

I was going to say you could have mine (I ended up with a spare somehow), but, I remembered that I was going to use it to cobble together a focus mount for my 200mm lens.

H

[strongmanmike]

Thanks for the thought, I think OPT will just need to send me the correct adaptor..?

[LewisM]

Or you could just go to Bunnings, buy some aluminium and MAKE the bracket in about 5 minutes...

[strongmanmike]

Hmmm?... drive to Bunnings and back = 45min alone :lol:

Plus don't have required tools :sadeyes:

[LewisM]

I'll lend em to you lazy butt! :)

Or visit the workshop of Kunama Industries.

Since when was Bunnings Belconnen 45 mins away from you, unless you drive like an old nana!

[issdaol]

Multitasking is a Good Thing :thumbsup: :D

[strongmanmike]

Technical Innovations have the correct bracket in the mail to me already :)

[LewisM]

How the hell would you know Mr. Klutz???!!! You can't even switch your headlamp over to red, let alone shining that bloody 150000000000 lumens thing in our faces.:mad2::sadeyes:

[issdaol]

Thats actually never been by accident Lewis.....just getting you used to interrogation techniques for your interviews :lol: :P

[Kunama]

You 2 sound like an old married couple I used to know :mad2:

[LewisM]

George and Mildred?:rofl:

[LewisM]

Having been through one of these 3 day intensives, it's a colonoscope, not a headlamp :) :P

I appreciate you NOT having been factually correct in your assistance thus far :P :)