Victorian skies beckon

[janoskiss (Steve H)]

Tonight is looking like it's going to be a great night for observing in Victoria. (Geez it's been a while). I'm going home right now and packing the Dob, EPs, binos & the recliner (I'll tell you about that another time), and going for a drive.

[mick pinner]

it will be great Steve and last night was great as well, no talk about bad seeing and lousy transparency, who cares there's no cloud and the camera will get a work out tonight.

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Test out those new 'Polaroids' while your driving Steve!

Looking good here too! Last night turned out horrible here Mick. Very windy and cold! Tonight should be excellent!!!!!!!!!

[Stu]

Yeh, but now it's too hot so I'm thinking of moving to Tasmania.

I thought last night was really good after 12. I only had the binoculars out though because I couldn't be bothered setting up after getting home at 12:30am from watching Harry Potter in gold class. Working the next day doesn't help either.

[Starkler (Geoff)]

This often happens once the moon comes back
I did not get one moonless dso session this month

[janoskiss (Steve H)]

It's been tops. But I didn't make it home till 9:30 this morning. I drove as far as Bena just past Loch, found a good stretch of gravel on a hilltop to set up. Skyglow from Melbourne in the north (poor Andromeda was almost completely drowned), but very nice and dark at zenith and southward.

Gave all my eyepieces a good much-needed workout on the Moon & Venus first, Mars, and all the showpiece DSOs. Then I went Galaxy hunting. I think I'm getting good at this. I found quite a few that are not even on my charts.

... and I got to try out my new outdoor recliner. Just brilliant for binos & naked eye!

I started driving home at 4am (where does the time go?) but was too tired to drive so ended up sleeping in the car.

Now I have a difficult eyepiece decision to make: Stratus 21mm or Panoptic 19mm.

PS. Yes, Ken, the 'roids are great for driving on a sunny day.

[Dave47tuc (David)]

Originally Posted by Starkler

This often happens once the moon comes back
I did not get one moonless dso session this month

Nothing wrong with looking at the Moon.

I thought the seeing was very poor.

I gave up by midnight.

[Stu]

But won't the seeing always be poor when looking over your neighbours house that they have converted into a sauna? They are probably in the sauna cooking marsh mellows over an open fire that is directly under Mars...