Great skies last night

[gregbradley]

I am down the NSW South Coast at the moment.
Almost every time I am here I notice the seeing is extremely good.

Last night I went to a spectacular lookout spot I had picked a year ago as being a great location for a nightscape.

Drove down a completely pot holed dirt road and went to set up only to realise a I’d left a vital power cable back in the unit! Grrrr

Undeterred I took untracked nightscapes like I used to before all these tracker units.

A sublime sky, virtually no cloud, no moon, very dark and very scenic.
Downloads looked sensational.

Packed up and went back to the unit. Got the cable. My wife suggested I go back and photograph it again and not take the clear skies for granted.

Bless her. I reshot the nightscape with the tracker and sure enough cloud started to slowly move in. I got me sequence though.

This morning shows it rained overnight, its completely overcast and forecast is for showers tonight.

Moral of the story is to take advantage of clear skies and don’t assume they will be there the next day which Has caught me out before.

Greg

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

My wife suggested I go back and photograph it again and not take the clear skies for granted.

Bless her. I reshot the nightscape with the tracker and sure enough cloud started to slowly move in. I got me sequence though.

Moral of the story is to take advantage of clear skies and don’t assume they will be there the next day which Has caught me out before.

Greg

Also, marry a kind, understanding wife....
Bless her!

[Startrek (Martin)]

Glad to hear you had some excellent skies down south
What area of the South Coast ?
I’m still in Sydney until mid to late June then heading down to my Dome
Last night was clear but the dew was ridiculous, didn’t both setting up
Tonight , Sunday night and later next week in Sydney look promising, westerly winds, no moon and no bloody dew

Martin

[Ryderscope (Rodney)]

That is a good story Greg. The clear skies are so few and far between at the moment that we must grasp every opportunity. Otherwise all those photons will go crashing to earth. What a waste

[alan meehan (Alan)]

That was good luck Greg my wife would have said the opposite to much dew and fog here last night cant wait to see your shots

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by RB

Also, marry a kind, understanding wife....
Bless her!

Hehe yes that too.

Originally Posted by Startrek

Glad to hear you had some excellent skies down south
What area of the South Coast ?
I’m still in Sydney until mid to late June then heading down to my Dome
Last night was clear but the dew was ridiculous, didn’t both setting up
Tonight , Sunday night and later next week in Sydney look promising, westerly winds, no moon and no bloody dew

Sussex Inlet, just a little bit north of you. I have been there quite a few times and most times the seeing has been superb. I guess a laminar flow off the ocean and not a lot of cliffs to enturbulate the air.

Martin

Originally Posted by Ryderscope

That is a good story Greg. The clear skies are so few and far between at the moment that we must grasp every opportunity. Otherwise all those photons will go crashing to earth. What a waste

It was good luck. There were a couple of storm cells with lightning going off regularly out to sea. I was hoping to catch a sprite.

Originally Posted by alan meehan

That was good luck Greg my wife would have said the opposite to much dew and fog here last night cant wait to see your shots

I'll have them up and running ina few days.

Greg.

[xelasnave]

Perfect for me and managed 13 subs at 46 seconds.
The rest were all cloud. But something is better than nothing.
Alex