I thought I'd get a bit of a log going for tonight that everyone can add to as the night goes on.
What's it like at your place tonight?
Here on the Sunshine Coast it's a lovely night. Some fairly significant clouds rolling through but with equally significant clear skies. Probably 65/35 clear to cloudy, which ain't bad after the lousy skies we've had here for months. It's a dry night at only 17 deg with no sign of dew yet. When the clouds pass it's crystal clear. Even though the moon is like a lighthouse the skies are actually quite dark considering. Must be pretty clean air/good transparency.
If only the seeing was that good. I though I might try a bit of a mosaic tonight of the moon using the ToUcam in my Orion80. HA! The moon looks like it's made of jelly and its doing a cross country dirtbike race. Through the 16 T2 it looks like the moon is shivering. Not so much roiling air in between, but like the air is shaking. In the ToUcam.....forget it
. Still it's a lovely night sitting out here away from the lights and the noise of the television set. Yep I'm in the back yard now. Don't ya just luv modern wireless technology.
I'm hoping that the seeing will improve before the 22:35 GRS Meridian crossing tonight.
Whooops, where did all that cloud come from. Looks a bit nasty and grey. Fingers crossed.
So what are you up to tonight?