Is tonight the night?

[rumples riot]

Weather is clear, a little wind, no jetstream. What will happen tonight I wonder. Will I get that great image of one of the Jovians?

Paul

[Astroman]

go paul, I was thinking of getting scope out tonight too....

[rumples riot]

Yeah such fine weather conditions surely will give us something.

[asimov]

Where do you get your latest jetstream info Paul? Got a link?

[rumples riot]

Right here

http://weather.wvec.com/auto/wvec/global/Region/AU/2xJetStream.html

[asimov]

Yep. The same one I use, was just wondering if you use something better/more upto date than me. Cheers.

[davidpretorius]

totally of the track for mine, first i see a post about a cokin and then you say is tonight the night????

no wind, no clouds, jetstream looks ok, sirius dancing a bit at the moment??? not sure, well see!

good luck you south australians!!

about time you got a fair crack of the whip!!!!

[rumples riot]

What did you think of the Cokin images Davo?

John, I also use the WA weather site which also has jetstream analysis.

[davidpretorius]

just finished posting, they are top class professional. they shouild be adorning someone's wall in a 4 ft x 3 ft frame!

[fringe_dweller]

good luck fella's - looks good out there.
..too tired ..need sleep :zzz: :zzz:

[ving]

yup, nice and cloudy here :(

[asimov]

I won't be trying for anything, too buggered.

[rumples riot]

Little breezy at the mo. Waiting, waiting.

[davidpretorius]

hows work?

[asimov]

Work? Nearly finished. Satisfying but hard yakka! Mixed & Concreted 20 odd poles in today. Beats sitting home doing bugger-all though.

[davidpretorius]

excellent,

now, i have been outside and canopus is twinkling 4 times a second and the crux looks is flashing like the fluoros that are faulty in a movie!!!

a beautiful night, but not for viewing!!

will have a look at 1.30 for saturn transit me thinks!!

[asimov]

I'm not that far west of Adelaide as the crow flies, but it's blowing a gale here anyway. Makes me feel a bit better about hitting the hay early.

Good luck everybody & I bid you all good night!

[davidpretorius]

night mate!

[rumples riot]

Night John,

Dave, might wait the wind out or get up early for Jupiter again. The waiting game is on.

[davidpretorius]

well it was worth it, got up 1.30 for saturn and then 4am for jupiter. dare i say it......8/10 or 9/10 seeing for jupiter, temps were 7.5 degrees for ambient and mirror, i was collimated.

please please let these videos process well?????

[rumples riot]

Nothiing but garbage my way. Got 1 AVI of Jupiter in less than average seeing. We had winds here and that blurred the image a lot. Maybe tomorrow morning.

[Exfso]

Yeah Paul, I hung around until 1am, seeing utter garbage and windy to boot, not to mention influx of bushfire smoke. SNAFU

:mad2:

[rumples riot]

Yes the bushfires in Victoria are now impacting on our skies. However it is the seeing that is of most concern. It seems that we get a good bit of seeing during Autumn when the winds swing around and then for the rest of the year we have garbage. Now I know most of you think that I am whinging, but if you lived here you would be most annoyed as I am. In the last month the seeing has been so bad that collimation with a 25mm is hard. It takes the fun out of the hobby, especially when I have spent a ship load of cash last year just so that I could concentrate on planetary imaging. I hope the conditions change soon.

Not happy.