I hate clouds!

[sebastien]

Today, after waking up I saw that there were absolutely NO clouds in any direction, the sky couldn't be any clearer! I was telling my parents how perfect the night sky will be for my first ever observing session with my brand new 6" Dob telescope. Being excited all day, getting the telescope ready, aligning it doing everything I could so I would get the best and enjoy my first night, observing the skies with a telescope! My parents said they were going out somewhere, and I decided to go with them, as a nice gesture. I step outside (this was about 6:00pm) and see one or two clouds in the sky, but nothing big, no worries! We go pick up some pizza (sooo nice!) and go to eat it near the water, overlooking the sea. I get outside and see now quite a lot of clouds in groups, I start getting worried, but my father said not to worry because they were blowing out to sea. Sure, okay. Next thing I know we are heading back home, and on the way home (after some very nice and relaxing time) start seeing clouds EVERYWHERE! I start getting annoyed.... Next thing I know I am home, I look up to the sky, and can't see any sky at all, all I can see is clouds thick as thick, covering basically everywhere :(
I HATE CLOUDS!!!

If you agree with me please say so on this thread, or post stories or comments, thanks :)

CLEAR SKIES!
Sebastien :thumbsup:

[jjjnettie]

Not a fan of clouds, not at night anyway.
It's raining where I am.

[sebastien]

Yea, that is really annoying too :mad2: These clouds over here have been here for ageeessss :S

Clear Skies,
Sebstien

[AdrianF]

I hate clouds aswell. My first official day of 5 weeks holiday and you guessed it, it rained on and off since 3am. We have cloud here still and a tiny glow of lightening a little to the north of us heading across towards Bundaberg way.
I am hoping for at least a week of clear weather during the next 5 weeks and preferably while my grandson is here. I have got him a pair of binoculars hoping that he might show a little more interest in astronomy than the last time I bought him a telescope.

Adrian

[h0ughy]

yep we are suffering up here in Newcastle. i went around to Alan Meehans - we set up a dual bar setup and got everything ready. then we looked up and saw a whispy bit of cloud off the coast - 15 minutes later we were wall to wall cloud. from beautiful blue clear sky.......

[jjjnettie]

Queensland Astrofest, 3 years ago. I had my son Jack with me. We'd just been enjoying the views through a beautiful big 30" dob. We'd climbed down the ladder and were crossing the field to look through a 25", By the time we'd walked the 20 meters, the sky went from clear to totally clouded. Super fast clouds.

[sebastien]

Thanks for posting in here :)
I agree clouds are very annoying, and can destroy a wonderful night sky and make us astronomers grumpy and annoyed :(.

To Adrian-Good on you for trying to get your godson into astronomy, and best of luck :) :thumbsup: I hope that next time that you go on holidays that you have better luck with the skies :thumbsup:

To David- Their is nothing worse than that I can imagine. Only thing to do is be patient, patience is a virtue, but it is so annoying, :(. Best of luck with the skies next time, hope it clears up, over in Newcastle :)

To Jeanette- Also good on you for introducing astronomy to your little son, I hope he enjoys it, and wish you the best of luck :thumbsup: At least you got a bit in :) And a 30" Dob!?!?!?! That's amazing!!!!, Must be quite a load to carry and set up :)

Best of luck to you all:thumbsup:

Clear Skies,
Sebastien.

[RobF]

I don't think you ever look at clouds the same after being hooked by astronomy. A few light fluffy cumulus clouds are of no concern, but at the first sign of any cirrus cloud appearing (let alone rain clouds) my face starts scrunching up. :screwy:

[desler]

Sabestien,



Hi, there is a phenomena known as new scope cloud cover. It doesn't matter what the weather pages show or anything else.

First set up of a new scope, you can almost count on it.

Like you said, best be patient, you will have heaps of fantastic fun with your 6.

It's a rule in my house, pizza for dinner is always followed by coke and icecream spiders. Enjoy one of those while the clouds are around.



Darren

[sebastien]

Haha, Rob :) that's for sure, even when I was observing with my binoculars, I started to feel hatred for the clouds, I don't mind them at all during the day but at night, they better clear out, or else.........:lol:;)

And to Darren- :lol::lol::lol::rofl::rofl: Absolutely love it :) What a joy it would be if there were no clouds at night (and light pollution for that matter ;)) And I must say, I love that rule of yours, I followed every bit of it except for the icecream spider part..damn! :) Please forgive me, haha:)

Hope that the sky clears up!

Clear Skies,
Sebastien:)

[mozzie]

yep planned a nights viewing last night and its the same old clouds and rain dont you just get sick of it :shrug: but got the sun earlier in the day cant complain to much:thumbsup:
mozzie

[supernova1965]

I am with you Sebastien here is a post I made not long after I got my Scope.http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=50170:rofl:

[ngcles]

Hi Sebastien,

We all understand your frustration mate -- don't worry about that.

If you hate clouds, then I say: Welcome to the world of the amateur astronomer. Get used to looking at the sky far more frequently and wondering "gee, I wonder if it will clear up tonight ..." be prepared for your hatred of high-level cirrus clouds that seems to serve no purpose other than to ruin your life.

But, at the same time there will be nights, so many nights over the years to come that the unsullied sky will make your soul sing for joy as you navigate the Universe.

You've just got to learn in the end, to take the good with the bad ...

And BTW, in Sydney, October, November and December are the cloudiest months of the year at night.

It could be worse (much worse actually) ... you could be living in Melbourne.


Best,

Les D

[pgc hunter]

Catastrophically worse actually.

Melbourne averages 0.0000076 clear nights every 10 billion years. I truly, madly, deeply HATE the climate here with an unparalled passion.

[that_guy]

When you think of the Gold Coast, you think sunny skies and wonderful weather... NOT!!! It has been forecasted that it would be raining and cloudy most of the new week!! And all I got to see from my dob was a star because that was the only thing visible for days... A single star!!!

Hope the sky clears,
Tony

[sebastien]

Thanks everybody for all these wonderful posts :) :thumbsup:

First of all (here goes my essay again......:D)

1-To Peter, yea, that must be really annoying too :S, I guess that we just gotta take it in, and be patience, but at least you got the sun:lol::lol:

2-To Warren- That was a terrific post, enjoyed reading it a lot, kind of moving too:) Thankyou.

3-Haha, Thanks for welcoming me :lol::lol:, I am sure though that those clouds made a sure welcoming to me last night :lol::lol: man, last night I didn't go to sleep until 4:00am:rolleyes: I kept going outside to check how the sky was holding up, but the clouds didn't want to move, :cloudy: and I can already feel my relationship with the clouds startting to become a very bad one:lol::lol:, but then, when it is a cloudless night I will probably say to myself "All worth the wait" :thumbsup:, lucky I don't live in Melbourne then:thumbsup:

4-:eyepop::eyepop::eyepop::eyepop::ey epop::eyepop: 0.0000076 clear nights every 10 billion years:eyepop::eyepop::eyepop::eyepo p::eyepop:
WOW!!! well best of luck with those nights:thumbsup::thumbsup:

5- To Tony:)- Man, at least you got that one star in!!, I still haven't seen anything (except a lamp post when I was aligning my telescope:rofl::rofl: )

Well to all of you, best of luck I repeat BEST OF LUCK with the skies:lol::thumbsup::thumbsup::thum bsup:

Clear, I repeat CLEAR Skies to you all;):thumbsup:,
Sebastien.

[AG Hybrid]

I have a sort of love/hate relationship with clouds.

First is hate. Purely because I was looking at the sky on the 19th (saturday) and I was thinking... Wow look at that, not a cloud in the sky, perfect! Going to be good viewing tonight at Linden. Then the wind changed directions. THEN THE CLOUDS CAME!!! No blue sky to be found. I was quite disappointed to say the least, since i have not been to a dark sky for a while.

The love. Well I think clouds are great, because sometimes they bring rain. And rain is good during a drought, and bush fire season.

Was trying to think of somthing funny but theres nothing funny about this love/hate relationship.

Irony is, it has not rained yet!?

[glenc]

I usually hate clouds too, but it's been dry here since June so I like them at the moment. Casino had 89mm of rain yesterday and 15mm so far today.

[Kevnool]

Pack up all your gear and head west where 98% of nights in the year you will look up.

Cheers Kev.

[pgc hunter]

hmm, that's exactly 98% more clear nights per year than Melbourne. I might put your idea into practice.

I don't like clouds. Period. The only acceptable form of cloud is of the Magellanic variety.

I'd probably like clouds more if I lived in a place which averages more than 1 minute of sunshine per year. The forcast for next Saturday has gone from "sunny" to "partly cloudy, isolated showers clearing" :mad2:

[sebastien]

haha, yep, I also have a love-hate relationship for clouds :) How far west do you recommend to go? But in the end we need clouds, but sometimes, they are just the worst thing that has happened all day and year for that matter :) Wouldn't life be good if it could only be cloudy during the day time and never during the night!?!?! Anyway, catch you all later and best of luck with the skies :thumbsup:

Clear Skies,
Sebastien.

[that_guy]

Ahar!! The clouds are clear and i had a good look at Jupiter and the moon. The moon was a fantastic bright... The light was too bright however that it projected the moon on my tee shirt when I got up. Saw some moons orbiting Jupiter it was worth all those mozzy bites... my brother will be posting some pics in a minute or two.

Clear skies,
Tony

[barx1963]

Is it just me or do you guys thinks maybe PGC Hunter doiesn't like the weather in Melbourne?:P:P

[Kevnool]

Hi all how far west to travel the answer is over the ranges and more altitude is better.

Cheers Kev.

[mozzie]

yep kev sounds good trying to convince the misses is another :shrug: been persistinging here for an hour and the cloud is starting to ???!!!! 10 mins of good seeing then 10 of high cloud
mozzie

[pgc hunter]

To the anti-point of Melbourne on this country. I believe that would be Exmouth, WA, which coincidentally also happens to be one of the sunniest places on this land. Must be the 4000km linear distance from the nearest Melbourne cloud slate-grey stratocumulus that is so famous to those whom inhabit the tundra of southern Victora.

Funnily enough, last 2 nights were clear, but you guessed it, I had work....and I get off on the 23rd and once again, you guessed it, at that instant the weather is supposed to turn to crap.


With the average annual cloud cover of Venus and average year-round surface temp of Pluto it is generally not found near the top of my list of 'likes'.

[sebastien]

Yesterday night I finally got to bring my new telescope out and check out some things but only for half an hour because then the sky was coverred with sky again :( But I still got to check some stuff out!

[glenc]

The nights are getting longer now :), last night was the shortest night, but they are also more likely to be cloudy here. :(

[sebastien]

Yea, I could feel how much longer it felt (if that makes any sense) when I was out tonight :) Till then, best of luck with the clouds :)

Sebastien.

[pgc hunter]

no we bloody don't

[matt]

:lol:

Come on, SAB....it's not always cloudy there!!!!

[rider]

In South East Queensland, summer clouds are natures way of preventing astronomers contracting mosquito borne viruses.

[pgc hunter]

Actually, as it happens, your statement was correctly demonstrated the last 3 work nights (first 3 clear nights this Crapcember)... now that I'm off, and it's looking pretty overcast.... :help:


I get stacks mozzies in my room driving me ballistic while I'm trying to sleep in summer even though its cold and cloudy 99.999% of the time :(

[Rick Petrie]

We in astronomy, unfortunately have to be patient when waiting for clear skies.
I'm hearin' ya.
The last three days here have been really clear during the day and as soon as dusk arrives so rolls in those &$^#%$#^% clouds.
Frustrating as it is.:sadeyes:

[pgc hunter]

I've been "patient" for 3 months waiting for a clear weekend. Enough is enbloodynough. :mad2: :mad2: :mad2: To the flippin hell with patience.

[michaellxv]

I wouldn't mind the clouds so much if they produced a bit more rain :rain:
At the moment they are just trapping the heat in serving no useful purpose.:shrug:

[pgc hunter]

trapping the heat is a good thing. Nothing worse than waking up to a freezing ice cold morning like in Melbourne in our so called "summers", and that's WITH cloud

[michaellxv]

I dare you to say that in the Climate change thread :P

[pgc hunter]

Greenies don't scare me.

[sebastien]

Haha, love it :thumbsup: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

To pgc Hunter, I wish you the BESST of luck for you and for anyone else living around your area with the cloud, it must be so frustrating!!!! 3 months to wait ?!?!!? I know I would be pretty annoyed :mad2: Anyway, best of luck with the clouds and mosquitos :lol: (try using a product called Aeroguard:lol::lol: ) anyway, once again best of luck to anyone who has to deal with clouds (I know that clouds, are now coming over Sydney:( )

So best of luck :) :) :)

CLEAR SKIES!!!!
Sebastien.

[pgc hunter]

Aeroguard is disgusting , I refuse to use that manure wannabee potion on my skin. I hate the feeling of it on my skin, it's exactly like grease, and that putrid smell, not to mention its evil molecules making their way onto my expensive glass....

[AdrianF]

Got out of bed this morning a beautiful blue sky gentle breeze birds where a singing.... Now I know what they where singing "set up your scope sucker here come the clouds".
We now have 90% cloud cover and showers in the SW. Who said they hated clouds? Oh that right everyone...

Adrian

[Rick Petrie]

Just looked at the radar for Sydney and surrounds. Not good for the next three days, bummer!!!!
The remnants of that cyclone in WA looks like it is going to smother us for a while.:(
Maybe new year, but then it will be full moon ahead. Oh well!!!!!!!!!

[mithrandir]

Three days? I reckon we've had one clear night in the last three weeks. Every night where it was clear during the day the clouds rolled in with sunset.

[sebastien]

Haha, yea, I guess Aeroguard is pretty bad.... noooooo, next 3 days ?!!?!?!?!??! That's going to be a tough one to go through, I am going to get emotionally scarred :lol::lol:lol:lol:
Best of luck with trying to be patient, for anyone with cloud cover on them :)

Clear Skies ;)
Sebastien.

[pgc hunter]

forecast suggest clearing skies just in time for full moon :mad2:

[sebastien]

nooo that must REALLY suck, worst of luck :(
Clear Skies :)
Sebastien

[pgc hunter]

latest forecast now suggests possibility of clear skys friday and saturday night.

[Benno18]

HAHAHAHA Suck eggs people. Absolute clear skys where i am, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus, Orion Nebula, SMC + LMC. There all here......... Oh there goes Santa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Or was that a comet? Who cares!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I dont mean to be nasty but i cant help it. but i know the tables will turn eventually and i will be sad.

Sebastian= I read in another thread that there was a myth about the new scope clouds..... Very true for the first month with mine i got 2 days out of a month!!!!!!

Happy viewing

[sebastien]

Haha, no problems, don't mind, all I can say is enjoy while clear nights are your way :)

Clear Skies,
Sebastien.

[pgc hunter]

looked promising earlier today but now it appears to be getting more and more overcast by the second :mad2: What a disgrace :mad2: :mad2: Even though there is still some 5 hours till dark, it looks like an absolute writeoff atm :mad2: :mad2: :mad2:

Just wrote up an observing list "just in case", but looks more and more likely it'll be used as toilet paper :mad2:


I HATE CLOUDS

[mozzie]

i had a run of 3 nights early in the mornings just before chrissy :thumbsup::thumbsup: but there saying showers and cloud till next thursday o-well may as well full moon coming:shrug: then let it be fine;);) for a month

[pgc hunter]

predictably, MELBOURNE CLOUD put a premature end to last night :mad2:

[mithrandir]

You Mexicans don't have an exclusive right to complain about clouds. I've had one sucker hole in the last couple of weeks, and that lasted for about an hour. There might have been an hour or two a couple of times just before sunrise, but that's no use on a work day.

Solar observing seems to be the way to go. Most days have been clear - up until the Xmas weekend.

[sebastien]

:rofl:To everyone- Hahah:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl: , jeez some of these stories just make me feel so sorry for all of you having to be so patient! Best of Luck AGAIN! :D

CLEAR SKIES!!!
Sebastien.

[Lismore Bloke]

Victoria looks like an astronomer's paradise compared to the tropical muck that's been sweeping down into northern NSW. :mad2::mad2::mad2:

[HSK]

Well, it's that season. I actually like rain they bring life, espeacially to crisp dry yellow lawn we used to have and pool needing fill. But that was before I got scope. It's about time they leave. EveryBody no-cloud dance :party2: :rockband:

Tom

[sebastien]

Haha :) Man N.S.W has been hit the worst especially Sydney :( Sucks for me, and all the rest who have had to deal with this terrible nuissance. But yes, Victoria, place to go at the moment :)

ClearSkies,
Sebastien.

[Manav]

New moon coming up in a weeks time, I'm hoping to head out to blue mountains lets see what happens....(I've prob jinxed myself already)

[sebastien]

Haha :) apparently this weekend is supposed to be a good one for Syd/N.S.W !! Hot and dry in during the day, making no clouds for the night :thumbsup:

ClearSkies,
Sebastien.

[glenc]

If you want clear skies in Eastern Oz in Jan try:
Mildura
Tibooburra
Wagga Wagga
Condobolin
Albury
Bourke (maybe not this year)

[icytailmark]

sydney has been really bad with clouds the last couple of weeks. We havent had a nice clear night at all :( Im dying to see mars and saturn.

[Manav]

Its forecast to clear later today and fine for Saturday...

[mithrandir]

The trees outside the office window are bright green, rather than grey. Is that supposed to be significant?

[supernova1965]

Our wet season is here if it is anything like it used to be we are in for a couple of months of solid cloud so I am living through all you pictures and reports as I can't see anything outside except grey sky and water everywhere:(

[Manav]

I'm hoping for a miracle, planned a scope night out with my friends for tonight and its not looking pretty at the moment.

[mithrandir]

Same here - the first possible night out since early December.

The leaves are grey again. They've been toggling colours every few minutes.

[Manav]

I might go ahead actually Andrew cause it seems to be clearing out south east from where I am. Keeping fingers crossed as this will be my first attempt at alignment.

[mithrandir]

I'd been up since 3am after work paged me. When I got away I was too d*** tired to want to load the car and drive out to Glenhaven, even though there was about 60% clear sky at 7pm.

[pgc hunter]

Just got back to the fiery (or is it icy) depths of melbourne after spending 4 days/nights in Renmark, SA, with NOT A SINGLE CLOUD SPOTTED FOR THE ENTIRE TIME.

And not to mention the WARMTH! Don't see that in Melbourne in summer...

[that_guy]

got 10 minutes of observing Jupiter til the Clouds rolled in :cloudy::mad2:

[pgc hunter]

Was clear skies all day here, compiled an observing list, dragged the scope to the door, and what do I see? BLOODY HIGH CLOUD EVERYWHERE :mad2::mad2::mad2::mad2::mad2:

Unbeleivable, this is beyond all rational belief :mad2::mad2::mad2::mad2::mad2:

Satpic suggest it will clear, but who knows what will form behind it :mad2::rolleyes:

[Parkwood]

Yep. Noticed the high cloud on the western horizon and knew what was coming.

Melbourne. Cloudy one night then cloudy the next!

[supernova1965]

I hate Wind all the cloud is gone :stargaze:and now I have 30klm/h winds:windy:

[pgc hunter]

western horizon appears to be clearing up nicely.

[mithrandir]

We actually had a clear sky yesterday, until around 1am. I even managed to get some images of M42 and NGC104 (still not much chop) without trailed stars!

Clouds are back tonight.

[pgc hunter]

the clouds cleared just as twilight ended, so ended up bringing home a nice haul of galaxies, and in nice balmy weather aswell :D

Shame about the damn mosquitos.

[that_guy]

mosquitoes are just disease carrying blood sucking THINGS that aren't good for anything

[pgc hunter]

damn right, mosquitos were invented by the devil.

[that_guy]

who says they aren't the devil!?

[sebastien]

well said :)

[AdrianF]

Did I mention I hate clouds?:P

I have had 3 great nights of cloudless weather but dew beat me. No way could I focus anything with the amount of dew about. Trying to image M42 with the scope pointed almost straight up and the dew was making it impossible to do anything. After 2 hours of hoping I gave up. I think I need a dew heater thingy.

Adrian

PS now its clouding over again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!