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The burning off has been going on here for the last month and hopefully is now over. Despite the burn offs the smoke has generally blown away and the usual September westerlies are back after going missing for a few years. Despite the daytime heat, and its 33 here right now, its still dropping down below 15C at night. I find, what works best for me, is to image after midnight at high altitudes (+45 degrees). As long as my camera can still pull the sensor down to -25C i will keep going, seeing permitting. Waiting till after midnight allows the ground to cool down and any dew to settle ( although there has been very little dew because of the low humidity). There is less stray light around as well. Right now there are plenty of targets rising in the east after midnight: all of the Orion objects, the LMC and its attractions, etc.
Thankfully i am retired and live alone (well there is the dog), so altering my hours to work a night shift imaging is not hard, and i enjoy it. Once the observatory sequence is started i can come inside and have a port and monitor the progress via Teamviewer. Its a good time of the year imho, but come December i will be taking a break and pulling all the gear back into the house until it cools off abit.
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