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Originally Posted by Spanrz
Yeah, bloody DSE. I don't even bother to contemplate a night of viewing with them burning off.
Yeah, "Cloudbourne" seems right. When it's clear, you "have to" rush to get set up, the instant you setup, must get a viewing, get maybe 10-15 minutes in, then the low lying speckled cloud rolls in.
I've noticed, it can be up to 3 hours of cloud, then all of a sudden, it disappears and it's back to great clean skies. What the.....
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Just drove home from work, and I swear I could smell smoke. The bloody DSE are at it once again
100 bucks says they'll single handedly ruin the potentially clear weekend YET AGAIN FOR THE 4th BLOODY TIME IN A ROW
I've had countless experiences when just after setting up, the famous Melbourne cloud rolls in, Melbourne style.
What a disaster, is it possible to have an even worse place on the planet for observing?
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Originally Posted by DavidU
Last saturday I drive to Warrandyte ,set up the 12", table etc, quick star test & collimation, center the 50mm finder, pop in the 30mm 2", locate Saturn, pop in the 5mm, focus, focus.............what the....... no image, look up and fully clouded over 
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Melbourne style