what a perfect night on the coast of NSW- but cold

[h0ughy (David)]

well it is clear - i dont have to go to work tomorrow and i have just captured 3 hours of the triffid with more to come. i hav watched the temperature from 11 through to 4.5 at the moment and its just 10pm. I am sure i will see frost by the morning. its warm inside but will go up the back soon so as not to disturb the wife and kids. Freezer suit is waiting LOL.

[alan meehan (Alan)]

I,ll have to agree with you david its lovely and clear and i already have the freezer suit on,1hr swan ,2hrs cats paw ghange scopes and then a few galaxies could be in for a long night
AL

[h0ughy (David)]

LOL Al the scope is getting up to towards zenuth - maybe an 1.5 hours to go before i have to flip.....

BTW the camera is operating at -15.7 degrees C

[alan meehan (Alan)]

You must be in a hole mine is sitting on -10.8

[Octane (Humayun)]

You guys are making me so jealous. :shakesfist:

H

[Hagar (Doug)]

Perfect night here also...... except for the rain, the wind, the clouds, the fog and of course the fact I am on night shift.

I'm jealous too.

[h0ughy (David)]

Dam the neighbours have come home and turned on the back light - they are inside and the rotten thing is still on............

[Octane (Humayun)]

A few loud swear words should diffuse the situation.

H

[h0ughy (David)]

luckily the dome shrouds a lot of the light, but when i flip it will be open towards the light

[h0ughy (David)]

now the wind is picking up...... its a conspiracy i tell you from the west the wind and the darn neighbours back light!!!!

[h0ughy (David)]

TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL TWILIGHT
(for ideal horizon & meteorological conditions)
Time zone: +10.00 hours
11/06/2010 Rise 0524 Set 1821
oh well might have to pack up about 5am

[h0ughy (David)]

Disaster - i just heard the windows shutdown chime - for all those who haven't done so - make sure you have turned off automatic updates for your windows machine. if not you could end up like me - having an early night.............................. ................................... .....................bugger and no i wasnt in the dome - i am in my warm room

wel time for darks and to sneak back inside the house

well with a few shots to be deleted i think i have all up maybe 6-7 hours worth of data

[h0ughy (David)]

wow now how lucky was i last night?

[Outbackmanyep]

I was out observing comets last night, it was -3 at 7pm and at 2am it was -5 when i got up to view 65P and 10P (which is brightening nicely)

Walcha had -8 in town and it was at least -5 where i was 30kms East of Walcha.

Woolbrook will probably be on the news tonight as the coldest in the state, which is 20kms West of Walcha.

[mithrandir (Andrew)]

It only got down to 1.7 here - but that was at 7am. It had been below 3 since about 1:30.

[Terry B]

A hard frost here in the Northern Tablelands. My birdbath is still frozen at 9am. No viewing last night due to high cloud. The coast seems to have had better conditions.

[Jen]

yep crystal clear here too got the next 4 days off woohooo bring on the late nights

[sejanus (Gavin)]

Originally Posted by h0ughy

Dam the neighbours have come home and turned on the back light - they are inside and the rotten thing is still on............

that drives me bloody nuts that - the guy net door leaves their outside light on until about 11:30pm most nights

[Ric]

It looking like a great weekend down my way as well.

The nights are expected to go down to -3 and clear skies predicted as well.

I'll be getting the old scope fired up for sure.