Sydney Weather

Zuts · #1 05-01-2008, 11:28 PM

Went to see my sister last friday, took a daughter so no room in the car for astro photo stuff.

Left Sydney, cloudy
Arrived Hay, Sunny
Arrived Mildura, 42 and sunny
Arrived Adelaide, 42, 41, 42 and sunny
Arrived Port Fairy, Sunny
Arrived Melbourne, 40, 37 and sunny

Left melbourne this morning at 10am, Sunny
Arrived Gundagai still sunny
200 km out of sydney 7 pm clouds are building looks dark in the east
arrived mudgee RAINING
arrived Sydney 10pm, cloudy looks like rain

Man i cannot believe this crap sydney weather

Paul

iceman (Mike) · #2 06-01-2008, 08:11 AM

Another new moon weekend ruined by the weather.. getting sick of it myself!

theodog (Jeff) · #3 06-01-2008, 08:22 AM

Its overcast & raining here now

.

Can you people keep your rain to yourself.
Maybe I shouldn't have laughed at the poor buggers on the coast.

Anyway back to more planning.

CoombellKid · #4 06-01-2008, 08:36 AM

Good to see mother nature sharing it around a bit

regards,CS

leon · #5 06-01-2008, 09:51 AM

Gee you guys are sure getting a flogging,

I have to admit we have clear nights all the time, it gets to a point of having to many, Sorry

they, the nights are pretty hot though, think i need an ice box like Bert.

Leon

§AB · #6 06-01-2008, 10:49 AM

It wasclear here but was way too damn hot and mozzie infested over the last couple of nights to stargaze. The mosquito situation was a appalling. I was forced to wear long pants and a jumper but eventually I gave up after getting drenched in sweat and mosquitos still driving me mental.

Alchemy (Clive) · #7 06-01-2008, 11:30 AM

ah yes melbourne, clear skies thurs night, clear skies fri all night, clear skies til 3am last night, fantastic mmmm... mmmm finally a chance to rub it in.. oh yeah

dont think it will last though

SAB cemical warfare is the way to go i use RID it keeps me away from most of them.

tsuken · #8 06-01-2008, 11:03 PM

It's beautiful here

But I'm about to hit the sack. I did have a look around earlier without the telescope though, and it was an absolutely gorgeous sight

leon · #9 06-01-2008, 11:11 PM

Yea guys and it's clear again tonight,

and is expected to be like this for at least 4 nights running,

Ah, good old bagged Ballarat.

and a new Moon to top it off, gee i'm going to be tired

Leon

Zuts · #10 07-01-2008, 03:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tsuken

It's beautiful here

But I'm about to hit the sack. I did have a look around earlier without the telescope though, and it was an absolutely gorgeous sight

Yeah,

I went out around 10.30 pm, looked OK, bit of high cloud, spent about an hour polar aligning for a few photos and guess what?

The clouds rolled in..........

Paul

Glenhuon (Bill) · #11 07-01-2008, 07:13 AM

Was a bit tired last night so hit the sack about 10pm. Woke up at 3am and it was still clear so did a bit of visual and imaging till the sun came up. Took a few exposures of the Jewel Box in Crux, Orion Nebula and a fuzzy shot of Saturn. A few mozzies around but the good old RID keeps them at bay most of the time.
Should really go back to bed for a while, but better finish the lawn mowing while its cool.

leon · #12 07-01-2008, 03:36 PM

Guys I really hate to spoil your day, but again clear, tonight, tomorrow clear, and so on, we are getting so tired staying up all night, please help, rain, clouds, snow, anything but blue skies.

Although i make fun now, i do sincerely think of the damage the floods and storms have done, and do hope that everyone is safe.

Leon

iceman (Mike) · #13 07-01-2008, 06:37 PM

Looks pretty good so far here, tonight, though something building up to the west of us.

GrahamL · #14 07-01-2008, 07:00 PM

well I think I almost finished my scope at the end of october
I've lucked a good look at holmes (10 ") and maybe one 3.00am stumble
before work once .. but the new one just cant see the light

..YET

CoombellKid · #15 07-01-2008, 07:25 PM

Looking good out here Graham, Just setup the scope and bino's on one
of the dryer knolls in the yard. So fingers crossed I might get a star test,
first light and observing session in

. All the clouds seem to be heading
to a rather larger storm cell that's been developing to the west and appears
to be heading north.

regards,CS

iceman (Mike) · #16 07-01-2008, 09:31 PM

Oh c'mon..looked like it was going to be a clear night, but that cloud/storm that formed over Orange has now drifted East and is clouding me out now..

Just after I finished drift aligning. Grr.

Karls48 (Karl) · #17 07-01-2008, 09:34 PM

Same here after I set it up, the cloud drifted in from west. Now its wall to wall cloud.

Outbackmanyep · #18 07-01-2008, 09:38 PM

BRING BACK THE DROUGHT! LOL

StarLane · #19 07-01-2008, 09:52 PM

It's about time someone else copped some weather. We here in QLD have had cloudy skies since mid October, and recently have had cyclonic conditions for more than a week, wind has eased but still cloud, sick of it. Was planning to get out to Leyburn over the weekend but the sky didn't look promising. I hope it will get better soon. Just bought a new SV 80ED NHNG and have not used it yet.

Terry B · #20 07-01-2008, 09:52 PM

Well I'm sitting outside having aligned my scope with minimal cloud (the wonders of my new wireless thingy

allowing me to use the net outside). The camera is focussed and the guider was aimed at a nice star. It is now completely clouded over and I'm wondering whether I should wait of pack it in?