Cloudy nights

[Roobi]

Are these clouds in melbourne ever going to clear?
I havn't had a good evening all week and wouldn't you know it, i just got new eps :(
very sad indeed.

[supernova1965]

You will learn it's because of the EP's somewhere on this forum there is a formula for figuring the time in relation to the amount or expense of the item purchased:P:rofl:

[Roobi]

Lol i knew it was the ep's that did it

[pgc hunter]

The answer is no.

[Liz]

Yes, very annoying Roobi, know the feeling.
Got my new telescope last week, and still havent used it!! Lows and cyclones causing havoc :shrug:
Hope it clears for you soon.

[Nightskystargaz]

Roobi,

We have clouds over here for the last month. :sadeyes:

:thanx:,

Tom

[mithrandir]

:lol: As long as the clouds are over Melbourne, there are less to bother the rest of us. We'll take some off your hands, but only during daylight hours.

[Roobi]

lol

[CarlJoseph]

It's looking good today so far. Hopefully in for a good night.

[Roobi]

fingers crossed here.

[mithrandir]

Couple of hours ago it was totally clear - and 40+deg.

Since then we've had a thunderstorm nearby (not here), sun shower, 60+Kph wind, it's now in the mid 20s - and 100% cloud cover.

[mill]

Ok it looks like it is going to be a clear night :)
Now get those panties out of a knot :rofl::rofl::rofl:

[mill]

Scope is setup and camera cooling.
So i will be imaging tonight :)
Guess where i live ? In so called cloudy Melbourne :P

[el_draco]

For CHRIST SAKE !!! Shhhhhhh!!!!!!! :eyepop::eyepop::eyepop:

Sheez, I'm 500km SOUTH!!! :rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Lumen Miner]

How annouying! I was watching that storm come in on the radar in my lunchbreak, just missed us.

Still windy as, hey!?

[Lumen Miner]

Guess who is getting, a sparatic cloud burst tonight. I think you've jinxed yourself now.

[pgc hunter]

Looking good for tonight :D

[floyd_2]

I installed my new losmandy guidescope rings and dovetail, and losmandy counterweight system this afternoon. Guess what happened when I was screwing it all on....it rained. From 41 degrees C to raining in a matter of 30 minutes. It's 8.20pm now and it's looking like I've ruined the whole night.

We might have to call a truce with mother nature and agree not to buy any more gear until we've all had a good clear night or two in a row.

I have a guidescope arriving on Monday, so I'm guessing that we can all forget about Monday night as well.

[pgc hunter]

Hmmmmm on second thought, it looks quite iffy out there...a fair bit of high cloud around and lots of low cloud on the southern horizon.

last time I saw low cloud to the south and lugged the big dob outside...guess what happened...yeah thats right!

The dob is staying inside....I'll keep the rich field refractor at the ready for later on just in case. Ahh the joys of grab n go :D

[that_guy]

a few clouds when i was up in sas meeting.. but no biggy. I look at the LMC while cloud covers orion and mars, than after LMC gets covered back to mars and orion...:D

[pgc hunter]

too tired to observe tonight.....have resigned myself to the couch, a burger and a few glasses of red :D

[Roobi]

did a little bit of looking this morning... about 5 hrs worth lol. My hubby must be wondering what the hell im doing out there.
I still can't get hold of the sombrero galaxy though, can anyone tell me how it should look in my scope. i'm using 10 and 20mm, but i have a 4mm also. i figured the 20 was my best bet, but i still couldnt navigate my way to it. :question:

[pgc hunter]

THe Sombrero will be visible in your scope, it should appear as a small sliver of light.