The "Beer Slide" - really, it is about astronomy!

[erick (Eric)]

Came across this:-

http://medkeff.com/jeff/astro/observing/beer/index.html

I had read mention of the effect of alcohol on observing, but here is the first data I have seen.

Wonder what my excess of caffeine (in coffee) does?

[Starkler (Geoff)]

I wonder if thats a reason why some prefer to look at a laptop screen than to look into the sky

[Rob_K]

Hmmm, that might be true Eric, but after a few beers, who cares...


Cheers -

[Kevnool (Kev)]

My kind of experiment. Must try and record it one night as well.
Cheers Kev.

[kinetic (Steve)]

Originally Posted by Kevnool

My kind of experiment. Must try and record it one night as well.
Cheers Kev.

Do you need a lab assistant Kev?
And does homebrew count?

Steve

[Kevnool (Kev)]

Originally Posted by kinetic

Do you need a lab assistant Kev?
And does homebrew count?

Steve

The more the merrier ....
Any brew counts.


Cheers Kev.

[OzRob (Rob)]

I don't believe his results. I will conduct the experiment myself to prove him wrong. I may have to do is a few times to ensure repeatabiliy...

[citivolus (Ric)]

I hope cloud doesn't move in part way through, or you'd have to do it all over again!

[Bassnut (Fred)]

The beer slide has an interesting effect during imaging too. As one increases consumption, the ability to set guiding properly diminishes, but conversly, images look better, so the effect cancels out and everything appears to look normal (on the night). Untill the next morning, when processing is required in the cold light of day.

On balance though, when one considers the grin factor the night before, the extra work required to counter the beer factor in processing, is well worth the effort.

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Originally Posted by erick

Wonder what my excess of caffeine (in coffee) does?

The caffeine slide of course has the opposite effect on imaging, you get so paranoid over getting settings just right, that no images are taken at all, very hard to overcome with processing .

[kinetic (Steve)]

Originally Posted by Bassnut

The beer slide has an interesting effect during imaging too. As one increases consumption, the ability to set guiding properly diminishes, but conversly, images look better, so the effect cancels out and everything appears to look normal (on the night). Untill the next morning, when processing is required in the cold light of day.

On balance though, when one considers the grin factor the night before, the extra work required to counter the beer factor in processing, is well worth the effort.

LOL Fred

Cold light of day?....Is that Coopers Light , Hahn...what?

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Pure Blonde, keeps you trim

[dpastern (Dave Pastern)]

Originally Posted by Bassnut

Pure Blonde, keeps you trim

Or, you could go Pure Brunette - and not only look better, but get smarter too!!!

Dave