I can't believe it's clear

[DavidU (Dave)]

I see stars ! And I'm in Melb.
Out with the scope !

[AdrianF (Adrian)]

Originally Posted by DavidU

I see stars ! And I'm in Melb.
Out with the scope !

I can't believe it either my newish camera arrived and I can still see stars.
And I got non astronomy visiters turn up
Adrian

[leon]

Well, aren't we lucky the sky is clear but the Moon is high.

Leon

[pgc hunter]

Originally Posted by DavidU

I see stars ! And I'm in Melb.
Out with the scope !

I just ducked down to the shops before and looked up.......CLEAR

The shock almost killed me.

Too bad it's full moon, also too bad the dew is so heavy.

[DavidU (Dave)]

Moon is ok, as I am testing a Sirius minus V filter.
Today it was blowing a gale freezing cold with hail storms
Now it's clear

[pgc hunter]

Conventional wisdom has it that seeing is good after rain and storms. Does that apply to locales dep within the roaring 40's, such as Melbourne?

[stephenb (Stephen)]

Originally Posted by DavidU

I see stars ! And I'm in Melb.
Out with the scope !

Thanks for that, David , your out with the scope and I'm without a scope for the first time in years, and it's clear in Melbourne tonight !!! Typical, just typical

Seriously, have a good night. I'll be sitting here with a glass of wine, by the fire watching the tellie.

[spacezebra (Petra)]

Clear here! Its soooo nice to see stars!

Cheers Petra d.

[Sarge (Rod)]

Just came in from 2 hours of viewing. clear skies and no dew (slight breeze). Had to give up with the moon taking over. Still had a great time in and around Sagittarius and Scorpius. Look forward to next week when the moon "goes away"

Rod

[pgc hunter]

Well surprise surprise it's getting cloudy already I guess last nite was this month's fill then.

Stupid sub-antarctic maritime (latin for Toilet) climate.

[DavidU (Dave)]

6" achro + Sirius -V filter
1/250s OSC
last night

[Jen]

Yeah beautiful and clear but between the dam moonlight and the freezing cold breeze bugger that im staying inside

[Kevnool (Kev)]

Go my sons get out amongst it all.
Cheers Kev.

[pgc hunter]

got all this nazi high cloud here in Melbourne. What else would one expect here under a forecast of "sunny"

Maybe I'll have better luck in freaking Antarctica

Alice Springs looks like the place to be atm, the nearest cloud is 2000km away Ahhh if only...

[DavidU (Dave)]

Well it was clear
Can we shift Melbourne north 800KM ?

[pgc hunter]

That would be nice. But better relocate the city to the Pilbara. Clear skies all year and no winter

The climate here is insufferable. All this retarded Melbourne cloud is thickening right up And the forecast for the next 7 days is the usual wall-to wall cold, rain and cloud

We are undoubtably the England of the southern hemisphere, while Sydney seems to be the Meditteranian of the southern hemisphere this winter

[DavidU (Dave)]

Londbourne