There must have been something in the air last night.
I setup, got everything going, focused, got the autoguider up and running, did a crappy drift alignment and then honed in on the Sculptor Galaxy. Setup my camera to take 1min subs and walked inside.
About 6 minutes later I hear the dreaded beeps indicating the guidestar is lost. Yep full cloud cover. What the heck, it's been one of the nicest days I can remember. I figured I see if the clouds let up. 2 hours worth of beeping I decided to pack up and about 2 minutes after I packed up it started raining. Phew a near miss if I've ever seen one.
Stupid God of Astronomy.
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