Obnoxious Weather

[TrevorW]

I was going to say something more profound or is that profane but then I thought no I'd be good mannered about this

Cloudy overcast and humid in Perth today has been all week

Last imaging session 17/10/09

bottles of red wine consumed, too many,eating too much

on the boredom scale 1-100 I'm around 60

other nocternal activities "0"

chatting on the website while consuming red wine 45%

wasting money 33%

playing suduko 12%

[renormalised]

Regardless of how dreary it may look, you should look upon it as being an opportunity to do other things:):)

[marki]

Not to worry Trevor soon the sky will clear, the moon will fail to rise and the 100km/h morning easterlies and 200km/h afternoon freo doctor will set in :D. Not worrying about setting up for some weeks yet.

Mark

[TrevorW]

Then the mossies will be out, will be trying to keep ourselves and camera's cool

what other things

1. mowing the lawn (nah to humid)
2. housework (nah might as well be bored)
3. cleaning the pool (kids don't use it anymore see 2)
4. gardening (nah see 1)

Oh I did take the dog for a walk

[pgc hunter]

drinking booze ftw! Lots of sunny and clear sky here but ofcourse with work.....and weekend BBQs (cough*drinking*cough), not much time to get outside :P

[OzRob]

Don't talk to me about humidity and clouds!!! Up until 2 weeks ago I hadn't seen clear skies at home for about 5 months. I'm from Perth but I am living in Thailand at the moment. The few clear nights recently have also been nights that I have had other commitments, usually involving drinking like last night. Now my head hurts!!!

[mill]

:rofl::rofl:Drinking is not a commitment, it is a given :rofl::rofl:

Back to topic :P The weather is /was pretty ordinary but alas nobody can do anything about it and summer is just around the corner with scopes and camera's smoldering in the heat wreaking havoc on the carefully collected pictures :eyepop: (just a pity the camera's don't drink "insert favorite beverage here" to stay cool ).

[Darth Wader]

Had planned to get the scope out last night, providing the weather cleared. It stayed cloudy all day so I thought "why bother?" and had a few drinks with my father in law. As the sun was setting I noticed it was relatively clear, and well after sunset I wandered outside and the sky was almost completely clear. By this stage I was way too "tired" to do anything.:lol:

[pgc hunter]

clear here, but work tomorrow :(

[TrevorW]

Well believe it or not it's 4:00pm in Perth and not a cloud to be seen which is a stark contrast to yesterday and this morning,

my mounts already outside expect the rest of the gear to be around 6:00 if all stays clear

late moonrise so I might be able to get a few hours imaging in tonight

fingers crossed

[mswhin63]

Only 24 hours expecting heavy cloud cover for approx a week.

[seanliddelow]

It looks good for tonight. Has anyone seen the sculptor galaxy from urban skies?

Malcolm, it looks good (Partly Cloudy) next Saturday for Bakers Hill. I cant wait to bring my scope out:thumbsup: Then again if I go it will probably rain out...............

[TrevorW]

Sean the clouds back I'm not setting up my scope until I'm sure it's going to be clear so if they are still there at 7:00 I won't bother.

What's on at Bakers Hill is that a club meet.

[seanliddelow]

Bakers Hill is a viewing night we have on every new moon weekend. It is on the great Eastern Highway past Mundaring (At the Bakers Hill Equestrian Club). Theres a big paddock were you can set up your scopes. We stay up to around 10pm to 11 pm on clear nights. If you want to go you will have to contact ASWA on their website in my signature below.

[sheeny]

I hear ya, Trevor.

I haven't used a scope since IISAC (and I wasn't well enough to do much of that there either:sadeyes:). It's been cloudy every night except one, but I had a family function to attend to on that night... I've had a few nights which were spectacularly clear in the afternoon, just to get my hopes up but clouded in as soon as the sun went down.:rolleyes:

I suppose I have to expect it with a new rig setup in the obs waiting for first light...

Al.

[TrevorW]

Al maybe it 's all the new gear that's being purchased because of the good exchange rate.

[mswhin63]

Lovely clear skies, magnificent, Barely see Andromeda Galaxy, Can't see any stars in the Cetus Constellation so I assume I won't see the Sculptore Galaxy. How depressing. :sadeyes:

Bring on the light pollution. I have got to get out of this place. :mad2:

[Gallifreyboy]

I deliberately looked for it given my C8 just arrived this week. I can definitely see it from urban Perth with my favourite eyepiece the pentax xw14 although nothing like the photo I took a few weeks ago of it. I have been dabbling in astrophotography the last few months and neglecting the visual side. After collimating the SCT on Friday it was a joy to have such pleasure with visual astronomy even with average seeing conditions. I've been lucky enough to have 2 very clear satellite transits of Jupiter on those 2 nights, have a wow with 47 Tuc and of course Orion.:thumbsup:

[sheeny]

Murphy Sod and Associates (Solicitors) reckon that's the cause in my case anyway...:rolleyes: I'm hanging to use my new stuff!

:)

Al.

[seanliddelow]

It will be "Mostly Sunny" on Saturday;)

[pgc hunter]

lots of obnoxious smog and haze here last few days....Saturday looks like a cockup already, but Friday night atm looks good.