Worth setting up tonight? - Melbs

[barx1963 (Malcolm)]

Well it's 1:10 am and the cold has won! Only managed a couple of hours in the end but very nice. Even at the end I had a quick look at Alpha Crucis and the double was steady and clear despite getting quite low.
Nabbed a bunch of galaxies in Grus, done nearly all the galaxies there brighter than mag 12.5 now I think and a few fainter. Also some bits and pieces in Pavo as well as some old favourites. M17 was awesome along with M20 and NGC 7006 and NGC 7009.

Anyway of to bed to try to get some feeling back in my extremities!!

Malcolm

[AussieTrooper (Ben)]

The last two nights have been pretty good. From my house (inner eastern melbourne) if you can seek Mag 3.8-4.0, it's a good night.

[rustigsmed (Russell)]

good to hear some people managing to get the gear out. wowee, Saturday night I pushed through the cold till 4.30am packing my bag away I noticed it was frozen. yep it was cold. crisp, and still transparency was good however the stars were still jumping around.

the forecast was good so I kept the scope out all setup, last night cold again and managed to nab a couple of targets after the cloud left then rolled back in again. transparency not as good and stars still jumping around will hopefully get a a few hours tonight after work fingers crossed its not too windy. if I only had an obsy!

the big bonus is that the DSLR is loving the cold no Peltier's required!