Cant Buy New Equipment

[Kevnool (Kev)]

Dont you really love it when you buy a nice new piece of equipment such as the Argo-Navis ,Set all the encoders up the night before then wake up in the morning with all fingers crossed for a good night observing only to see wall to wall cloud with no hope of it clearing , well it happened ( Murphy`s Law ) .....gotta love it...OH p.s NightStalker you prezzie is on its way expect it wednesday..cheers Kev.

[vash (Ashley)]

I've got a new camera on its way and all I can see is cloud, It couldn't even wait for me.

[Alchemy (Clive)]

its always the way.

let us know how the argo performs and how easy it was to set up

[CoombellKid]

Yup! I'm ready to star test my 16"er well almost, Argo goes on next week.
Clouds and rain here

regards,CS

[NQLD_Newby]

Yup, got me new 12" the other week, been clouds nearly every night since.

[Jen]

Kev i havnt had a clear nite to test out the eyepieces that you gave me yet grrrr

[Matty P (Matt)]

What can you do?

It is understood between all amatuer astronomers that when you purchase new equipment, expect it to be cloudy for the next month or two.

It is just how it works.

[§AB]

Originally Posted by Kevnool

Dont you really love it when you buy a nice new piece of equipment such as the Argo-Navis ,Set all the encoders up the night before then wake up in the morning with all fingers crossed for a good night observing only to see wall to wall cloud with no hope of it clearing , well it happened ( Murphy`s Law ) .....gotta love it...OH p.s NightStalker you prezzie is on its way expect it wednesday..cheers Kev.

Yeah that's called the Melbourne Effect. Yesterday has a promising forecast then at the last minute it was changed to include cloud, and sure enough a layer of high cloud enveloped the sky. Naturally.

[Kevnool (Kev)]

Originally Posted by §AB

Yeah that's called the Melbourne Effect. Yesterday has a promising forecast then at the last minute it was changed to include cloud, and sure enough a layer of high cloud enveloped the sky. Naturally.

We can generaly live with the low clouds here as they generally burn off at dusk, but when the high clouds are there you can forget about it..........but we`ll take the rain ......cheers Kev.

[Kevnool (Kev)]

Originally Posted by Jen

Kev i havnt had a clear nite to test out the eyepieces that you gave me yet grrrr

Ive Still got more eyepieces to give to you and something to give to the night stalker.............Oh well all my gifts are going to good homes........cheers Kev.

[Kevnool (Kev)]

Originally Posted by Matty P

What can you do?

It is understood between all amatuer astronomers that when you purchase new equipment, expect it to be cloudy for the next month or two.

It is just how it works.

Matt i,ll trick it here 1 day i,ll throw a sickie at work and sneak out on a work night...........that,ll fix it maybe....cheers kev.

[TrevorW]

Friday was cloud and light rain, clouds started to clear a bit as it got dark so didn't set up my scope last night. Beautiful clear day in Perth but I've got an engagement party to go too tonight for one of my nieces, don't you love em to pieces, the weekends the only real time I can get to do any serious viewing etc. Maybe tommorow night but bet ya clouds roll back in and being Sunday I can't make it a late one anyhow !!

Roll on retirement, country skys and a permanent place to set up my gear ah!! bliss.

Dreaming is nice and doesn't cost anything.

[Kevnool (Kev)]

Originally Posted by CoombellKid

Yup! I'm ready to star test my 16"er well almost, Argo goes on next week.
Clouds and rain here

regards,CS

I went to work early to clock all the men off because of the rain and while there i printed out the Argo-Navis 228 page manual in colour, now i think there out of ink.........cheers Kev.

[Kevnool (Kev)]

Originally Posted by vash

I've got a new camera on its way and all I can see is cloud, It couldn't even wait for me.

Trick i think is to buy 2 secondhand things as well, what brand of camera because this will tell us why also.....cheers Kev.

[Kevnool (Kev)]

Originally Posted by Alchemy

its always the way.

let us know how the argo performs and how easy it was to set up

I,ll do that for sure.....cheers Kev.

[Jen]

Originally Posted by Kevnool

Ive Still got more eyepieces to give to you and something to give to the night stalker.............Oh well all my gifts are going to good homes........cheers Kev.

Awwwww thanks Kev yes they are going to good homes

[vash (Ashley)]

Originally Posted by Kevnool

Trick i think is to buy 2 secondhand things as well, what brand of camera because this will tell us why also.....cheers Kev.

Canon 450D modded by ezystyles.

I decided on this one mainly due to weight and that it is better than my 350D, I didn't really want to mod my 350D as it is getting on a bit, I'd rather take it on trips and I won't worry if it gets bumped around.
Other reasons are it's 14 bit, live view, can be controlled by a laptop through just a usb cable and it's new and shiny.

[Kevnool (Kev)]

Originally Posted by vash

Canon 450D modded by ezystyles.

I decided on this one mainly due to weight and that it is better than my 350D, I didn't really want to mod my 350D as it is getting on a bit, I'd rather take it on trips and I won't worry if it gets bumped around.
Other reasons are it's 14 bit, live view, can be controlled by a laptop through just a usb cable and it's new and shiny.

Yep that will do it ashley ,I,m glad it wast just me who ordered the cloud with there purchase...... cheers Kev.

[Kevnool (Kev)]

Originally Posted by NQLD_Newby

Yup, got me new 12" the other week, been clouds nearly every night since.

Have a look on your reciept sometimes they give clouds away for free..
Cheers...Kev.

[Jen]

Originally Posted by Kevnool

Have a look on your reciept sometimes they give clouds away for free..
Cheers...Kev.

but wait theres more hahahha one week of clouds to go with that scope