Certainly does look like a great night, i live in gippsland 2hrs east of Melb and it is also very clear, the sky is very transparent with the great big bulge clearly overhead, Jupiter looks almost like someone popped a flare up in the sky it is so bright, only problem is i cant get out tonight i have really bad vertigo from an ear infection, but to all the other Victorian astronuts, rug up and enjoy while you can
I'm not out there. A whole stack of bloody high cloud moved in just before sunset and is visibly ruining transparency. So tonight is a writeoff, absolutely sucks. Might aswell be a freaking hurricane
And the forecast has nothing but cloud and 10,000 knot winds for the outlook period
So it's pretty much the usual melborune situation.
Useless
Last edited by pgc hunter; 14-08-2009 at 11:53 PM.
Got the scope out for 3 hours here in Colac, no clouds, nice and still about 7 deg (nearly tropical for this place!). Had a ball, knocked over 3 new objects for my Messier list (M15, M2 and M29). Also enjoyed 47tuc, the Ring and Dumbell and a bit of a look at ol' Jove. M29 was a killer, very low and trying to pick it up between branch of trees, but I got it.
Probably the most enjoyable night out in the last 6 weeks. The previous night was one of those "teaser" night. All these little clouds moving in and out and forming just where yoiu want to look!
Forecast for the next 2 nights down here is not good but should improve after that.
There was high cloud. At sunset the sky was just covered. Just typical, there might aswell have been a freaking hurricane for filthy bloody hell's sake.
Oh yes and I can't see today reaching 21C, bloody thick overcast already, so the heat will conveniently bypass Melbourne on it's way from Adelaide to Sydney as per bloody usual.
what a disaster, what dispicable rubbish
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Originally Posted by barx1963
Forecast for the next 2 nights down here is not good but should improve after that.
Malcolm
There is one chance, on Tuesday night. That's it, that will be this month's quota, if it ends up being clear.
Last edited by pgc hunter; 15-08-2009 at 11:02 AM.
If you add up the cost of your equipment divided by the amount of clear sky that you use for astronomy here in Melbourne, it costs about $500 per hour ! LOL
, but to all the other Victorian astronuts, rug up and enjoy while you can
, let's hope it stays like this for the weekend.
So tonight is a writeoff, absolutely sucks. Might aswell be a freaking hurricane
