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30-12-2010, 05:51 PM
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Politically incorrect.
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Tasmania (South end)
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Confused....
I have a telescope... but I have not seen a star for months. Am I on Candid camera... or am I actually living my own version of the Truman show? 
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30-12-2010, 05:55 PM
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Supernova Searcher
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Cambroon Queensland Australia
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30-12-2010, 05:59 PM
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Stargazer
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posts: 842
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We had beautiful clear skies last night... At least until 9.30 or so. And of course once everything was packed up again it clears right up. Damn! Still was a great night for observing. Hope we all get some better weather real soon, I'm going insane!
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30-12-2010, 06:28 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Western Australia
Posts: 8,281
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Lovely clear skies in Perth and more expected with temperatures above 35 during the day, I might throw a news years eve pool star party
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30-12-2010, 07:52 PM
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Politically incorrect.
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Tasmania (South end)
Posts: 2,315
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For the love of Gawd!
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Originally Posted by TrevorW
Lovely clear skies in Perth and more expected with temperatures above 35 during the day, I might throw a news years eve pool star party
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... And THIS NEWS is supposed to make me feel better!!! 
... I am after SYMPATHY here..., not SALT!
... Oh, the misery... 
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30-12-2010, 08:07 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Western Australia
Posts: 8,281
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Quote:
Originally Posted by el_draco
... And THIS NEWS is supposed to make me feel better!!!
... I am after SYMPATHY here..., not SALT!
... Oh, the misery...
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Sorry I'm confused  , it makes me happy  , so I thought I'd cheer you up  with the thought that at least someone in Oz is enjoying clear night skies 
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30-12-2010, 09:46 PM
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Fast Scope & Fast Engine
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Broken Hill N.S.W
Posts: 3,305
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Pool Party yeah.
Tomorrow night no obs just as said pool party.
Ahh the beer,maybe a visual look up but by midnight dont think i will see much.
Cheer up people
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01-01-2011, 08:03 AM
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Politically incorrect.
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Tasmania (South end)
Posts: 2,315
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Wowsa...
I went out to my observing site last night and saw these wierd things in the sky.... shining like.... bloody stars!
Then I realised I was mistaken, for as soon as I began to assemble my scope to confirm they were indeed stars... they went away again.
Must have been dreaming... Very dark night... no stars... only five weeks of holiday left... five weeks until the starts come back!
boo hoo
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01-01-2011, 09:02 AM
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Retired, damn no pension
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Obi Obi, Qld
Posts: 18,778
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I'm feeling a bit like that kid from The karate Kid.
roll off, roll on, roll off, roll on.
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01-01-2011, 01:27 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Monto
Posts: 16,741
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Quote:
Originally Posted by [1ponders]
I'm feeling a bit like that kid from The karate Kid.
roll off, roll on, roll off, roll on.
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Ha, you could have been out there last night.
A true astronomer takes pain in his stride. ( ha ha sore foot....stride....get it??....)
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01-01-2011, 07:50 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Renmark, SA
Posts: 2,993
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Melbourne did pretty well in Dec, fair amount of clear sky about. If not for work I reckon I could've gotten a good 10 sessions in. None of that omni-present punce that defined the vast majority of 2010.
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01-01-2011, 08:17 PM
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The 'DRAGON MAN'
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: In the Dark at Snake Valley, Victoria
Posts: 14,412
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Quote:
Originally Posted by [1ponders]
I'm feeling a bit like that kid from The karate Kid.
roll off, roll on, roll off, roll on.
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That's better than saying the Karate Kid 'Wax Off' 
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02-01-2011, 08:43 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Hobart
Posts: 151
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It's shaping up to nice clear one tonight and NYs eve was crystal clear.
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02-01-2011, 08:46 PM
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Politically incorrect.
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Tasmania (South end)
Posts: 2,315
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Shhhhhhh!
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Originally Posted by M110
It's shaping up to nice clear one tonight and NYs eve was crystal clear.
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Dang man!!!, dont say it out loud! 
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02-01-2011, 08:53 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: wollongong
Posts: 523
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We've had a few clear nights but the recent rains then hot weather have increased the mozzies to plague proportions here and they even bite through your jeans !!! So I have been put off from going out.
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02-01-2011, 11:10 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Renmark, SA
Posts: 2,993
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Was looking real promising here, but my instincts, based on lingering patches of stratocrapulus cloud, gusty sourweterly winds and a BOM forecast of morning cloud, saw me staying inside.
Great decision.
tomorrow night looks alright though Should be good for hunting galaxies with the forecast freezing cold hopefully bringing good transparency and seeing with it.
Last edited by pgc hunter; 02-01-2011 at 11:23 PM.
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03-01-2011, 09:16 AM
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Politically incorrect.
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Tasmania (South end)
Posts: 2,315
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Yeah!
Entire Orion arm just spread out across the sky.... Crystal clear! Now I am going to bed....
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03-01-2011, 09:50 AM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Hobart
Posts: 151
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Quote:
Originally Posted by el_draco
Dang man!!!, dont say it out loud! |
lol
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08-01-2011, 05:46 PM
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Politically incorrect.
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Tasmania (South end)
Posts: 2,315
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Global Warming SOLVED!
Sat down today... stinking hot and humid. Put hours into setting up my new scope and thought... Hmmm, can't wait to use that. Maybe tonight.
Ten minutes later, pouring rain, 10 degree drop in temperature and the loudest damn clap of thunder I have ever heard. Fair rattled the brickwork!
Take home message boys and girls.... Everyone buy a new telescope and global warming will be history. We must all do this for the sake of the world! 
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08-01-2011, 06:10 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Hobart
Posts: 151
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Quote:
Originally Posted by el_draco
Sat down today... stinking hot and humid. Put hours into setting up my new scope and thought... Hmmm, can't wait to use that. Maybe tonight.
Ten minutes later, pouring rain, 10 degree drop in temperature and the loudest damn clap of thunder I have ever heard. Fair rattled the brickwork!
Take home message boys and girls.... Everyone buy a new telescope and global warming will be history. We must all do this for the sake of the world! |
Where in Hobart are you? The clouds cleared last night at about 11.30 so I was out til about 4am and didn't wake until midday . It was very warm I went to the computer as I have a weatherzone tracker on my desktop, gives current temps, it said it 33deg, within an hour and half the cold change had come through and it 20deg. Holy crap what a massive change. The thunder my wife thought was an explosion, it was that loud.
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