Clear night in Sydney...at last

[lacad01 (Adam)]

After struggling with motivation to get the gear out in over 18 months, I've decided to bite the bullet and get the old 8" dob out. Here's hoping the sky remains clear

[Screwdriverone (Chris)]

Me too Adam,

Last night I had the scope collimated and sorted, set up and ready, then the clouds arrived.

Now dusk and I am already guiding.....weeeeeee

Cheers

Chris

[lacad01 (Adam)]

Some nice albeit wobbly views of Jupiter & moons - good enough for me yay

[h0ughy (David)]

clear but murky in newcastle

[mental4astro (Alexander)]

HEY, I've got comet Lemmon up in my 8" dobbie right now!!!

WOOHOO!

The oh so faintest of a tail. But view it over the space of 1/2 hr to 1 hr & its movement is noticeable - how cool.

I'll post my sketches later on.

PS, conditions are pretty good too.

[Screwdriverone (Chris)]

Had some luck with guiding,

here is a quick (just out of DSS and some slight work in Nebulosity) hours worth of the 8 burst nebula.

Cheers

Chris

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Looks good, Chris!

[mental4astro (Alexander)]

I managed to do a 'time lapse' sketch of Lemmon. You'll find it in this link to the sketching sticky in the Obs Forum. Only my second comet since Halley's. I was surprised at its quick shift in position over the time I was observing it. Rather cool I thought.

Mental.