It really is amateur astronomy law isn't it?

[Intergage (Matt)]

Got my first tracking mount on Friday haven't seen a star sense.
I got it out last night as I had one to two minutes in between cloud cover and it's forecast like this for the next week. Waah

http://www.weatherzone.com.au/satellite/qld/visible

[pw (Peter)]

Yes, picked up my new (to me) secondhand solar telescope early last week, no sun till the weekend :-)
Waiting on a new equatorial goto mount to arrive this week, assuming day/night cloud cover will continue unabated throughout March :-)

[AG Hybrid (Adrian)]

People better stop buying stuff in April. I want a clear sky at IIAC2014.

[Intergage (Matt)]

Originally Posted by pw

Yes, picked up my new (to me) secondhand solar telescope early last week, no sun till the weekend :-)
Waiting on a new equatorial goto mount to arrive this week, assuming day/night cloud cover will continue unabated throughout March :-)

It sucks I had 100% clear sky on Sunday during the day. The SECOND the stars came out clouds rolled over top of them. Like, the clouds followed the night sky.

[Pinwheel (Doug)]

Happened to me too! New 12" toy to play with but took 2 days to try it out. It's a conspiracy I tell you.

[Intergage (Matt)]

It's cloudy again tonight
I failed at setting up the Synscan last night so going to try again tonight between the cloud cover. If I can't use it, I'm going to make sure it's 100% ready for when it is clear haha.

[sn1987a (Barry)]

It's not lookin too bad here at the moment

[brian nordstrom (As avatar)]

Yep I am out in Rocky looking at Jupiter thru my C9.25 , its a nice night here , again , .
Brian.

Originally Posted by sn1987a

It's not lookin too bad here at the moment

[sn1987a (Barry)]

I'm waiting for my mirror to cool down. I'm at a new spot I found via google earth near serpentine. Less than an hours lazy drive from R/ham. Looks like it's going to be reasonably dark for this close to town. Big open space and sky to the east. I haven't been axe murdered yet but the night is young.

Ps the internet connection here is pretty good too

[brian nordstrom (As avatar)]

2 + 2 , a little windy but woaw Jupiter is looking good .
What scope have you tonight ? .

Any chance of a few of us locals being aloud along next time ? .

Brian.

Originally Posted by sn1987a

I'm waiting for my mirror to cool down. I'm at a new spot I found via google earth near serpentine. Less than an hours lazy drive from R/ham. Looks like it's going to be reasonably dark for this close to town. Big open space and sky to the east. I haven't been axe murdered yet but the night is young.

Ps the internet connection here is pretty good too

[sn1987a (Barry)]

I'll pm you the co ords. Now the night is setting in there is a fair bit of glow toward perth so it's not dark dark but it's better than my backyard but not too much of a hike. To get good dark you have to travel about 2 hrs. Jupiter is starting to look fine in the 28 but the mirror is still cooling. I'll sing out next time we're out but won't be for at least a month I think. Now back to Jupiter before the red spot swings away

[brian nordstrom (As avatar)]

Sweet Barry , I just watched a Jovian moon start its transit and aint the GRS in perfect position tonight ?? what cool night here in Perth .
14mm Radian at 170x just perfect .
I am Back out.
Brian.

[sn1987a (Barry)]

looks like the curse of this thread strikes again as soon as I stopped posting the wind picked up and stayed up all night ruining the seeing and making any observing unpleasant. A gust blew the ladder over chipping a chunk out of my mirror box

[Intergage (Matt)]

Originally Posted by sn1987a

looks like the curse of this thread strikes again as soon as I stopped posting the wind picked up and stayed up all night ruining the seeing and making any observing unpleasant. A gust blew the ladder over chipping a chunk out of my mirror box

Ooooo man that sucks. Everything work out ok?

[sn1987a (Barry)]

I had a Malcolm Tucker moment, expletives were uttered, teeth were gnashed and lessons were learned.