Cambroon 10th November

[astroron]

:hi: The last Cambroon AstroNight for 2007 will be on Saturday the 10th of this month.
All South East Queenslanders are :welcome:
lets make it a good one:)
Last month we had 24 observers, I hope we can beat that:thumbsup:
Ron:astron::stargaze:

[[1ponders]]

I'll be there with xmas bells on seeing as I won't be able to make Barambah.

BTW Ron how did you go with the LPI? Did you give it a try tonight?

[astroron]

Look forward toyour attendance Paul:)
No It has been cloudy all night, but I just caught a first observation of Comet Holmes through a gap in the clouds, naked eye plus 7x50 Bino's:eyepop: it is bright:),
There is a bit of hope I might get another lookas there are gaps every now and then:thumbsup:

[Gargoyle_Steve]

Sorry to say I can't see myself making it Ron as I'll be working nights and sleeping days from the Thursday before to the Monday after.

Good news though is that the chainsaw should be running again this week - long story, involving bad design, crumbling fuel line, etc - I know why the guy at the shop didn't want to work on it now. Soon as it's going again I'll let you know, I still have Mon & Tues off this week and next!


"Tim-berrr ....... "

;)

[BluMoon]

Sorry to say I cant make it....Mother in Laws birthday!!

[[1ponders]]

All the more reasone to get away :D

[BluMoon]

:lol:L.O.L....I guess I would rather one night of sacrifice than a lifetime of pain!!:rolleyes:

[astroron]

Isn't anybody besides me and Paul coming to Cambroon this weekend:shrug:

[joshman]

hahah, i would be there, but alas, i shan't be. i would very much love to but i have other commitments, but on the bright side, i'll hopefully be messing around with a new HEQ5 mount and ed80 :D

[joshman]

all going well i'll be aroudn for the new moon weekend in december

[mythago]

I'll show up! I've not attended before but me and my little ED80 are up for a drive over the hill from Nambour :)

cheers
sean

[[1ponders]]

What do ya reacon Ron? It's not looking real crash hot atm. We've been clouded in all morning, has it started to clear over your way?

[citivolus]

Satellite doesn't look promising:

IR loop:
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/gms/large.html?area=2&element=0&mode=UTC

Water vapour loop:
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/gms/large.html?area=2&element=2&mode=UTC

Visible loop:
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/gms/large.html?area=2&element=1&mode=UTC

(I prefer the JMA page over BOM as it actually has the visible loop and water vapour available)

Eric

[jjjnettie]

Still cloudy here.
I really thought this wind would blow the clouds away.
The horizon to the south east is clear so there is still a chance of clearing.

[astroron]

Beutiful blue sky here with a bit of cloud but it should clear up:astron::thumbsup:

[[1ponders]]

Full of sucker holes here, :(

[jjjnettie]

I've been umming and ahhing all afternoon.
But it's no go for me, sorry Ron.

[[1ponders]]

Good move Jeanette. It's wall to wall cloud here atm.

[[1ponders]]

I reacon as soon as I hit the enter key for the last post it started to clear. Its now looking clearer than it has in days. Except it's blowin' its head off now. :lol:


Maybe it might look good around 8:00ish after dinner ;)

[jjjnettie]

Typical.
We should have gone.
I've set up here, hoping to nab meself a comet this evening.

I wouldn't have been able to stay all night anyway. The boys have a golf comp. first thing in the morning.

[[1ponders]]

Nope, it's clouded over again. :lol: I'm not even going to worry about it until after I have had dinner. If it's fine then, then I'll go out.

[astroron]

Clouded over after BBQ then at 20:30 Showers:(Four brave souls ventured out but we got no observing.:(:(:(

[[1ponders]]

Yep it was pretty ugly here near the coast as well Ron. Who ended up braving the weather?

[astroron]

Moureene, Terry, and two visitors who are newbies.
I got alook at the comet Holmes through the bino's for about 1 minute before it clouded over and then rained again.
I am hopeing it will clear up for tonight, the scope is still outsize under a cover.
To make things even more miserable , we also had a power failure till 02:25 this morning, it was so dark, but there where lots of cloud so back to bed when it came back on and I had to get up to turn of all the things that where on when the power whent off.

[[1ponders]]

Yep it rained here for most of the night. :(

[joshman]

i had a clear night until about 2am out in gatton. fantastic transparency and seeing!

[Gargoyle_Steve]

Ron I meant to ask you did Maureen get those mounting bolts for the OTA sorted out? Hopefully that's all been dealt with now and she's having a ball with her brand new dob!

If there's anything else I may be able to help with tell her to give me a holler.
:thumbsup: