Seeing in Melb 4-4-10

[DavidU (Dave)]

Except for dodging cloud last night seemed to be very good seeing, best I have seen for some time. Saturn was detailed and stable at 240x +.
The moons were pin point.NGC 5139 was like a bowl of diamonds.
NGC 4594 showed a glowing core with some detail in the surrounding dust lanes at 8'.7 x 3'.5 it is a large beautiful object at this time of year.
Anyone else enjoy the good seeing?

[Astrobserver99 (Rob)]

Missed out last night.. I was expecting clouds so didn't set up. It's a great time of year for viewing though

[pgc hunter]

I saw alot of cirrus and mid-level cloudage during the afternoon so I stayed inside. Looked outside just before I went to bed at around midnight, could see the moon illuminating a scattered mid-level deck and possibly some cirrus.

Went out the night before (Sat) and seeing was garbage with a catogory 5 cyclone annoying me.

[wal]

Hi all, the seeing in Melbourne was very good indeed. Saw detail in Saturn even with my little Megrez at 72x

[DavidU (Dave)]

My observing was from 21.30 to 23.30 until the clouds & moon took over.

[richardda1st (Richard)]

I had a go, the good conditions we had at Snake Valley has spoilt it for me at home. I'll have to re-acclimatize. Saturn was nice and crisp but the gaps between the clouds were much to small. It was perfect (except for light pollution) when I decided to set up of course!

Viewing around midnight, a little to late.

[goober (Doug)]

Looked rock solid last night, the night before it was a'shakin all over.

[ChrisRS (Chris)]

Seeing was good in Sydney too on 4th April, with some intermittent patches of cloud moving through. For the first time in an age I could visually make out the Milky Way from inner western Concord.
I also located M105, M95 and M96 in Gemini in my 8" SCT - usually most DSO's are washed out in the skyglow. Saturn and satellites were also a fine sight.
Chris