Anyone Imaging in Melbourne

[Hans Tucker (Hans)]

I see once again Melbourne weather has given the proverbial finger (I'll let you work out which one). The day started out very promising with clear blue skies and yet as soon as darkness falls the cloud cover rolls in..and it's the high level veil type that lets you see your target but is pointless to try and image through.

The scopes and gear haven't been out in nearly a year...maybe it's time to sell up and take up a new hobby...I hear growing and trimming Bonsai trees is rather rewarding.

[pgc hunter]

Today...... full Melbournecast until something like 1pm then a fair bit of high cloud. No observing tonight.

A good hobby to pursue in Melbourne would be old skool photography. With our copious amounts of dreary subarctic drizzle laden days with lead skies which extend well into November, your dark room could easily be your lounge, kitchen, bedroom or even your back porch.

Hmmm, I wonder if Melbourne is a purgatory for people who were naughty in a previous life?

[mishku]

Oh Sab, bless, I just want to buy you a light therapy lamp and some industrial-grade melatonin.

I popped my head outside on my home from dinner, it's still not worth bothering (but we already knew that)

Originally Posted by pgc hunter

Today...... full Melbournecast until something like 1pm then a fair bit of high cloud. No observing tonight.

A good hobby to pursue in Melbourne would be old skool photography. With our copious amounts of dreary subarctic drizzle laden days with lead skies which extend well into November, your dark room could easily be your lounge, kitchen, bedroom or even your back porch.

Hmmm, I wonder if Melbourne is a purgatory for people who were naughty in a previous life?

[pgc hunter]

Originally Posted by mishku

Oh Sab, bless, I just want to buy you a light therapy lamp and some industrial-grade melatonin.

I popped my head outside on my home from dinner, it's still not worth bothering (but we already knew that)

The last 2 weeks have been Melbourne's finest performance, god don't think I've seen such permanent nuclear winter overcast in the middle of winter. Pukeriffic

A hot weekend coming up, with some storm action looking likely next week. Salivating at the prospect. May even get the scope out Sat night, do a bit of lunar obs and Jupiter.

[overlord (Charles)]

Originally Posted by Hans Tucker

I see once again Melbourne weather has given the proverbial finger (I'll let you work out which one). The day started out very promising with clear blue skies and yet as soon as darkness falls the cloud cover rolls in..and it's the high level veil type that lets you see your target but is pointless to try and image through.

The scopes and gear haven't been out in nearly a year...maybe it's time to sell up and take up a new hobby...I hear growing and trimming Bonsai trees is rather rewarding.

I havn't been observing since autumn but hey it would be boring if it was always clear anywayz.

Maybe buy a sports car, or several. It's kept me occupied all winter driving that thing around lol. ! Camping is a nice hobby. There is so much to do but yes, when you are feeling bored it does seem like there is nothing to do when that is not the case at all. Read some great works of literature! There is so much out there which we will NEVER have time to read.

Other fun hobbies:

*Jig saw puzzles!
*Jet ski
*Sunbaking and watching women at the beach thru aviator sunglasses
Reading of course
*Visit a new part of melbourne every day until bored! Just walk around the streets to see what's around.
*Go out with friends
* Take up dungeons and dragons
* Camping/road trips
* Model sets or even lego/zaks/mechano. I'm building the zaks dragon. They are not just for kids lol. They were build by adults for adults.
* Computer programming is great fun, even with just an old thing. I use pascal it's a lot of fun making text and even somewhat graphical programs.
* Making annoying comments on utube is quite a hobby for many people
* Trying to make a boomerang come back
* flying different types of kites.
* get more than one gf and you will have loads to do. lol.

[traveller (Bo)]

Only managed about 10 mins of binocular action last night, those damn clouds
As for new hobby, try having a kid (or a few). It's hard work but at least you have fun trying
Off to Whittlesea show tomorrow, a stinker of a day, but much better value than the one at Flemmington...
Bo