Not a cloud in sight and the moon won't be rising for hours. So who's heading outside tonight?
I've got both mounts up and running. Wide fielding with the 20d on the eq5 and it's "Galaxy Quest" using the Gstar, ed80 and the Tower of Terror.
About the fire up the music to drown out the sounds of the highway.
Starting with a little Led Zepplin, Houses of the Holy.
Gunna have a good time tonight!!
whats wrong with mozzies hahah no wind no clouds good seeing its been a great night try not to kill to many of my brothers
mozzie
mozzies suck and must die. I remember a couple of summers ago I had to endure hell with those crappy things. Once I actually had to give up a perfectly good night because I was being eaten a-bloody-live....
Yes, if it were not for the wind.... It's going to be a balmy 15 deg out tonight in Melbourne!
Ironically its the 1000000km/h winds keeping the temp up here in Iceland. That's the only way it's possible to be warm at night here in Iceland, even in mid summer while the rest of the country actually gets summer nights without fear of hypothermia. As soon as the wind dies down, watch that temp fall to earth. Wind has completely dissappeared about half an hour ago, temp has already gone from 22 to 19. No sign of wind anymore, temp should have no problems dropping to 15C, perhaps lower (after all, we failed to hit our forecast high...what a surprise).
This ain't Sydney, heat capital of our known universe
Yes, if it were not for the wind.... It's going to be a balmy 15 deg out tonight in Melbourne!
Just came in from 4 hours of an almost perfect Sydney night. Shame I have to be up early or would have been out longer. Clear skies. Slight breeze. No moon. Far enough northwest for only moderate light pollution. Scorpio dominating the sky.
So far - 9x1200sec Ha shots of M8 + M20 (M20 is on the side of the field of view, I didnt notice till I'd already run 6x 20min subs.. but its clearly visible.. sort of a bonus I guess!
20x 5mins (colour) shots of NGC300.. Dont know how that will turn out.. its pretty dim and 5 min is the max i can do from home thanks to light pollution... I should get another 10 or so before the horse head rises, then I'll wack the Ha filter back in and get as many 20min subs as I can before dawn.. I should get 2.5hrs to add to my current hours worth from last weekend... then my Ha lum will be ready for when I can get stuck into some colour subs from Barambah Dark Sky Camp next weekend!
No, I'd like to but I'm working all this weekend.
Tonight has been great hasn't it.
I've captured loads of data for a Sagitarius wide field using the 20d and 7 galaxies and 3 nebs with the Gstar.
I've been busy busy busy.
Been eating chocolate brownies (yum) to keep me going. I'm buzzing along on a massive sugar hit.
You missed out massively at Astrofest. I'll have to make 4 kilos of brownies next year.
Hahaa! yea I've been doing a bit the same.. I made biscuits though.. but still, they go nice with a big hot coffee and a sky full of stars!
Tonight has been awesome.. I've definitely not covered the amount of targets you've managed, however I'll be happy to have some good lum images to use with RGB data I get at Barambah..
Im still not sure If I'll be heading to Rons.. I'd like to, but its a long way to drive etc..
Still listening to Zepplin or have you moved on to the usual 1am music (pink floyd) I've got black sabbath going at the moment, im sure my neighbours love me.. but hey, they had outside lights on shining into my back yard till 11:30.. This is me getting mine back! haha
After "Houses of the Holy" I just had to listen to Zepplin 4.
Then some Janis Joplin, Rodriguez and a bit of various complilation stuff.
Just doing my darks now, so some Floyd would be nice. Sit back and watch the moon rise. "Dark side of the moon" I think.
So who's heading outside tonight? 
good for you Ms J
got other commitments.
