you know when your pushing it uphill when.....

[h0ughy]

I have to say i am really struggling with light pollution this weekend. As you can see the next door neighbours are an illuminating lot......i really hope that they settle down and put blinds on the windows real soon. they just moved in. I am trying to reimage ngc253 tonight, its calm but the dog track is on - i know they will be off in an hour, but next door is another problem.....

I was so spoilt at duckadang this year - 10 days of dark skies - it was even dark with the crescent moon the last two nights there......i am just venting:P and dreaming of a dark christmas.......:rofl:

Well Lostock is in 4 weeks.......:thumbsup::question::D

[kingkong01]

me and you alike i have the same problem at my place:sadeyes:.......mmmmm wonder if an EMP might help us with this problem:rofl:

[ballaratdragons]

Hey Houghy, it lights up your observatory nicely.

People pay a lot of money for outdoor lighting on special features. You are getting it for free :thumbsup: :cool:






:scared3: sorry mate

[peter_4059]

Think of the up-side - you could use it for taking flats!:D

[h0ughy]

Ken thanks for the positive vibes :(

[h0ughy]

now that hurts:P

[h0ughy]

no it will take out my gear!!!:eyepop:

[RobF]

Looks like a job for a rapid growing 10m hedge!

[ballaratdragons]

H-Hmmmm, if only you knew someone who works for the council? ;)
:D

[jjjnettie]

Poor Dave.
I'm thinking of you....as I'm imaging m45.

[sheeny]

I sympathise Dave. The best thing I did was move out of town.:D

Pity you can't buy remote control triggers for earth leakage circuit breakers...

Al.

[h0ughy]

You're a cruel woman JJJ - hope you filled your CF card:lol:

[h0ughy]

well i hope they get blinds real quick:help:

[kustard]

Wow, they're lighting up the whole suburb by the looks of it!

Maybe invite them over for some viewing and show them what their lights are doing, throw a bbq or something and get to know them and maybe they'll realise their "ignorance" and be a bit more in tune with your nightly habits?

[danielsun]

Geez Houghy that's a bugger. Well seeing as they just moved in hopefully it won't be too long before they do get blinds.
An idea might be to collect as many blind and curtain junk mail brochures and bombard their mailbox everyday with them and hope they give in or get the hint.:lol:
My neighbour also has two spotlights that they usually leave on all night which are pointing too high and straight into my backyard so one night when I know they are out I might have to jump the fence and adjust them to point down a little.

Cheers Daniel.

[RB]

This has the makings of a Hitchcock thriller.
Careful what you observe Houghy.

[GrahamL]

Its quite dark down one end of the yard by the looks , It will definately need a spotlight there.

[Jen]

:eyepop: dam houghy those lights are bright i needed to put my sunnies on just to look at your pic :lol:

[h0ughy]

may work?

look at the image again - everything is from the insides lol

no broken leg:lol:

:P

:lol::sadeyes:

[AstralTraveller]

The house looks sooooo close to the back fence. It must be a tiny block of land :( .

[h0ughy]

the block was originally bigger than ours, now its not

[Suzy]

:scared2: :scared2: Crikey, it's got more lights on than a government building.:scared2:
I'd be going for their fuse box every clear night. :whistle:

[AstralTraveller]

Did it shrink in the rain?? :shrug:

[AstralTraveller]

Susy in black camouflage stealthily scaling the fence, wirecutters gripped in her teeth. I want photos. :lol::lol:

[Suzy]

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/../vbiis/images/smilies/lol.gif http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/../vbiis/images/smilies/lol.gif
Maybe all that heat from those lights melted some of the land away http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/../vbiis/images/smilies/shrugging.gif

Or perhaps a certain someone trying to image that night, tried to blow up the house, failed and got the land instead. http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/../vbiis/images/smilies/shrugging.gif Wasn't me, I was home watching "99 ways to be a good person".

[Ric]

I can sympathise with you Dave, before we moved to a rural acreage we had neighbours like that. They would leave the lights on all night.

The only upshot was listening to their teenage daughter throwing tantrums because her parents wouldn't let her go out or give her money, they were always good for a laugh.

cheers

[AstralTraveller]

Did you find one that suites you??? :poke:

:scared3:

[h0ughy]

subdivided

[pvelez]

Thought that was a Pink Floyd reference - Careful with that axe Houghy

Pete

[gregbradley]

Whaddya complaining about? I can see some stars in the background!:lol:

Astrophotographers have a different set of problems to other people.

Greg.

[TrevorW]

Complain to the Council about the lights impinging on your privacy and affecting your sleep cycle

or send them an offical looking note on Governement letter head about Carbon Tax, how to reduce the amount you pay,

1. Turn out lights when leaving a room
2. Do not have lights on in empty rooms
3. Place security sensors on all outdoor lights
4. Use lower wattage globes
etc etc

[allan gould]

David
I sympathize with you, but when I setup my observatory I invited all the neighbors around with their children to have a look at Saturn, m42 omega etc and I made sure that I left on my back floodlights. When they all arrived the kids had a great time as I'd set up video viewing on one scope and eyeball observing on another. They quickly saw the difference outside lights made to observing.
Now if there are any lights on the neighbors switch them off when I let them know I'm outside or even the 7 year old next door who loves scopes etc makes her dad switch off the lights. Just takes a little education rather than an airgun.
Allan

[h0ughy]

when that very next door neighbour complains of BBQ smoke i have no hope:sadeyes:

[allan gould]

Use the airgun

[AdrianF]

More fun

Adrian