Clear sky

astroron (Ron) · #1 13-10-2010, 12:38 AM

Just came in after having about twenty minutes with with the bino's lovely clear sky

Pleades Hyades Rigel and Good old Jupiter

Just standing there under the stars was great after so much cloud and rain

I hope this is a sign of things to come for the rest of the week

Pretty soggy under foot but was worth it just to see the night sky again

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #2 13-10-2010, 12:44 AM

Sounds terrific Ron. About time huh!

We had our good run and now we are back to rain and thunderstorms for the next 5 days

I hope you guys get some clear sky for a while.

Alchemy (Clive) · #3 13-10-2010, 06:07 AM

Yes twill be wet here for a while now, had our 3 days of clear skies....... And didn't we rub it in

...... Back to the usual now

Suzy · #4 15-10-2010, 11:14 PM

So apparently all I have to do is drive a couple of hours out of Brissy to get some clear skies ...

Was no such luck here I'm afraid. Oh how I'm looking forward to seeing the Hyades cluster (I haven't seen it before).
I'm glad you took advantage of the break in the weather there Ron.

RobF (Rob) · #5 15-10-2010, 11:22 PM

You're not wrong Suzy - have been watching the rain clouds drift by on the BOM radar. Been a while since there's been so much moisture blowing right across the country for sure. If forecasts can be believed, everyone in SE Qld should be in for 2 good nights this weekend.

Hope you all get some good viewing in.....

I'm really looking forward to Orion season this year!

[1ponders] (Paul) · #6 15-10-2010, 11:25 PM

what clear skies and stars???? I just walked outside to check and got bucketed on. And we're only about 5 km in a straight line

Suzy · #7 15-10-2010, 11:40 PM

Oh Paul!

Ron's thread was dated the 12th

. I didn't have to recall too hard for the weather that day when I bumped this post back up - I know it was cloudy or raining that night, because it always is.

What I would give to even just spend 30mins with binos *deep sigh*.

Rob - are you serious? Fine this weekend? Let me check Foxtel weather ..
Ok, Saturday super windy (bad hair day for me, note to self don't leave house) and Sunday and Monday fine.

Then back to cloudy. And by the way, what is it with those Foxtel weather girls

They all wear really tight tops and skirts, sheez!

astroron (Ron) · #8 15-10-2010, 11:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by [1ponders]

what clear skies and stars???? I just walked outside to check and got bucketed on. And we're only about 5 km in a straight line

Paul this weather must be getting to you

look at the Date of my first post

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...023#post646023

[1ponders] (Paul) · #9 15-10-2010, 11:55 PM

I see now.

Goin' house crazy. I was even thinking before of mounting an EOS lens to my SX and taking images of the dog. Well she is a bit of a star

astroron (Ron) · #10 16-10-2010, 12:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Suzy

Oh Paul!

Ron's thread was dated the 12th

. I didn't have to recall too hard for the weather that day when I bumped this post back up - I know it was cloudy or raining that night, because it always is.

What I would give to even just spend 30mins with binos *deep sigh*.

Rob - are you serious? Fine this weekend? Let me check Foxtel weather ..
Ok, Saturday super windy (bad hair day for me, note to self don't leave house) and Sunday and Monday fine.

Then back to cloudy. And by the way, what is it with those Foxtel weather girls

They all wear really tight tops and skirts, sheez!

Suzy,Whats wrong with the tight skirts and tops of the weather girls

It helps to keep the mind of the lousy weather

RobF (Rob) · #11 16-10-2010, 09:32 AM

Yes Suzy, its an interesting phenomenom how the ladies decide if its a good or bad day according to hair

My wife has bought one of those GHB hair straightener thingies, and will often spend ages straightening out the curls in her long hair (which I try to tell her I like the way they are). Why is it girls with straight hair want curls and vica versa - everyone comments when the weather makes it go curly (nice comments...!)

I must confess didn't check the wind forecast as its rarely an issue for us. Looking now its going to die down for tonight as the Low moves away. Yay!

(I was living in fear Paul's next few pics in the Deep Sky forum were going to be Canis Majoris....

)

[1ponders] (Paul) · #12 16-10-2010, 09:45 AM

You can relax Rob

Its an absolutely glorious day here today and I'm looking forward to tonight. Moon? Yep is an imagible (?

) object for us desperate DSOers tonight

astroron (Ron) · #13 16-10-2010, 10:06 AM

Glorious day here too Paul

wind to 49.5kph but hopefully the wind will dry the place out

multiweb (Marc) · #14 16-10-2010, 10:23 AM

I hope to get out imaging a bit this week-end. Looks ok for Sydney tonight and maybe tomorrow.

mozzie (Peter) · #15 16-10-2010, 06:12 PM

worked today in this beautiful blue sky,scope cooling down in pod-moon looks nice in binos and a cresent venus was also spotted.ready to chase a heap of d/stars in sagattarius tonight,with this bright moon out woo hoo its clear!!!!

astroron (Ron) · #16 16-10-2010, 06:39 PM

The sky is beautiful at the moment

but the ground is soaking wet

, so
I will roll the roof of the observatory give the 8"SCT a bit of a whirl, and leave the 16" inside till tomorrow

I

mozzie (Peter) · #17 17-10-2010, 05:38 PM

had a nice couple of hours last night iss at around 7.45,iridiun flare at 8.00 and went through around 20 d/stars and its a cracker night again so im going to do another 20 or 30 d/stars. the moon maybe bright but at least its not cloudy or raining

Liz · #18 17-10-2010, 06:48 PM

Glad to hear there are some clear skies down there at last, enjoy all.

Suzy · #19 19-10-2010, 09:53 AM

It's unbelievable - its' been clear Sat, Sun, Mon and this morning the skies look clear too. Wonder what tonight will bring.

I didn't have my scope out Sat (as there was a blizzard) instead, I ran in and out the whole night re learning the sky as it's been so long. Sunday I did the same thing again, tho this time with binoculars (it was still quite cool from the cold snap we're having). The seeing on Sunday was terrible - i could easily see the sky was mud with my naked eye and it wasn't until around 1 am when Orion got some height that the seeing improved noticably. Last night however (Mon) when I got the scope out, the seeing was very poor. Jupiter was jumping around like a ball and the stars wouldn't focus. The Pleiades's cluster (naked eye) saw them all jumping up and down. There was also a lot of dew. Can't complain though, it was great to be able to see the stars after so long.

Suzy · #20 19-10-2010, 10:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RobF

My wife has bought one of those GHB hair straightener thingies, and will often spend ages straightening out the curls in her long hair (which I try to tell her I like the way they are). Why is it girls with straight hair want curls and vica versa - everyone comments when the weather makes it go curly (nice comments...!)
..

)

I'm with you Rob, I think pretty curls is so much nicer than straightened hair; but fashion "dictates" the rules I guess at the end of the day. Less people are straightening their hair now (daughter included) which is nice to see.