what do you do when a perfectly good planetary conjunction is ruined

[h0ughy]

why not polish your freshly rained on car??? :D

[toetoe]

Watch TV with the wife and sulk. :(

[acropolite]

In another thread hUoghy wrote Should have planned a trip to Tassie, the weather's been perfect here, didn't even have to leave the house. Of course I had it organised that way.....:lol2:

[h0ughy]

Firstly get my Name write Mr acrolplice! :D Secondly since your so smart and have built a cloud dispurser, send it up here for a few days. thirdly put your photo where your Name is :poke:

[[1ponders]]

clean my study/hobby area, organise, polish and repack all the astronomy gear and stamp my feet. :mad2: :( Oh and keep the family company for a change

[toetoe]

One must not forget that this is a very special thing to have a family and they should always come first.

[[1ponders]]

Oh don't worry Peter, :lol: I have a very special family. :) We're all hobby mad :D We stand on the sidelines and cheer each other on.

[toetoe]

Good one Paul, i think we are all like this with our familys. :thumbsup:

[ballaratdragons]

I agree!!!!

Family must come first and we must do things as a family . . . So drag them all outside to share the conjunction with you!!!!!!!!!

[cometcatcher]

I'm like this with comets. They seem to magnetically attract clouds. I've had the enire sky clear except for one cloud which is right on top of the comet. What's with that?

[Astroman]

But have you ever noticed that Orion always seems to be in the clear when there are clouds about? Well the Belt and sword stars are. Always seems to happen for me for some reason.

I think I will prepare the cameras and watch the thundery showers bypass me, and cover the conjunction.

[cometcatcher]

Cloudy here now! :(

[dhumpie]

Sit in a corner and cry :(

Darren

[Astroman]

Guess what the thundery showers bypassed me today and the leftovers are covering the conjunction. Hows that for forecasting, I can actually work out where the clouds will be :( I did however see an Iridium flare in a clear spot.

[iceman]

I hate clouds! :( Got a brief glimpse through a hole in the clouds, but most disappointing really.

[FNQ_View]

Drove 800 odd kms to find a break in the cloud - didn't find one though. Well at least we can log on here and find someone with a sadder story - maybe?

[h0ughy]

have had a great viewing evening at Newcastle Foreshore tonight. beautiful :D

[ballaratdragons]

Houghy,

In Number 2 pic Mercury looks so clear! Cooly Awesome.

[h0ughy]

Thanks Ken. more here http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?p=29542#post29542

The usual Superiour Non kodak camera :rofl: the fantastic Pentax *istDS and a B***dy big 50-500 lens.

It rained on and off most of the day, with a small thunderstorm in the afternoon, then cleared and I we got the view you saw in the pictures, then the cloud came over again. I think we were looked after!! :windy:

[ballaratdragons]

Yeah but can your 'fantastic Pentax *istDS and a B***dy big 50-500 lens' fit in your pocket! Huh!!!

[cahullian]

it was a nice couple of hours

[h0ughy]

You should see my pocket :rofl:

[ballaratdragons]

Nice half an hour here Gazz.

Everything had frozen up again. Just went outside to check on how thick the frost is and I scared the sheep and all I could hear was 'crunch crunch crunch crunch' as they ran off crunching thick frost under their feet!! Made me laugh! Boy it's COLD!

I will take the thermometer outside and get a reading, hang on. It may take 5-10 minutes.

[h0ughy]

too right it was mate. I have your photo. $50 or I post it on here!!!


too late

[ballaratdragons]

Thermometer outside.

Houghy, don't tempt me to go into PaintShop!! :D :evil: :wink2:

[h0ughy]

Awe come on who's afraid of a few little degrees , why that would make a dragon little wouldn't it :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[ballaratdragons]

Hehe! I bet the number 1 pic with the Flash ruined his night vision!!!!!!!

[ballaratdragons]

Stupid thermometer Iced over!

Minus 3 at the moment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and falling.

Leave my little dragon out of it. It's my fingers & feet that sting like hell out there!

P.s. It's probably people like Kieken and others saying 'Hey ya big sook, that's not cold yet! We wear T-shirts in that weather'. Lol

[h0ughy]

and it was set for high output! :rofl:

[h0ughy]

I'll admit I wouldn't be out in that either :D .

[ballaratdragons]

If it's a special occasion I put up with it for as long as possible.

Then I crack the frozen seal between my eye and the EP (leaving eyelashes frozen to the EP) and scrape the ice of the OTA and pack up as quick as possible. Nearly slipped over a few times last night. Tonight I packed up before it got too slippery.

If I didn't do it in short bursts I would miss out on too much like tonights conjunction! So it's actually worth a bit of discomfort (Shivering still as he says it!)

[[1ponders]]

I thought you must have had an Irishman with you h0ughy to be that lucky. Must have been the only place on the east coast that was lucky enough for it to be clear enough long enough to get some images of it.

Damn fine shots too :clap::clap::clap:

[cahullian]

Hey Ken did you notice it was warm enough up here to go out viewing in shorts? lol I even got a little sunburnt refereeing the reall game of football today he he. Sorry mate but I had to rub it in a little. :D

Irish

[ballaratdragons]

Hey Gazz,

It's warm here too!



















In front of the heater! LOL

[FNQ_View]

It's about 22 degrees outside here in Cairns right now...

[ballaratdragons]

Hmph!