To Hell with being responsible. I'm out there!!!!

[DeanoNZL (Adrian)]

Murphy has a lot to answer for!

[ving (David)]

dang that murphy!

you should have been doing those assignments anyhow... it was khama pushing kyuo back on track

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Well it's beautiful again this afternoon, but I'm not going to get suckered in this time. (reverse psycholoh0ughy )

[Gargoyle_Steve (Steve)]

Paul it started clearing down my way the minute I started getting ready to go to work, around 10pm. Sucks, don' it?

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

You're not wrong Steve. I started packing up at 10:30

[Dennis]

I had a pleasant, low tech, non-imaging, simple viewing session last night. It was so much easier and quicker to set up - no CCD cameras, tangle of cables, power supply, calibration, etc.

I might just become an astro-minimalist, although I won't downsize as far as a push-to dob!

Cheers

Dennis

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Commiserations Paul.
I was wondering how the clouds were up your way, not a sucker hole in sight here.
Last night was better, clear, but the seeing was shight.

[Robby]

I know the feeling Paul! Last few nights have been like that for me.
But now I have the new FLT APO, I know it's gonna be crap for the next few months...
I must admit to secretly supporting the Maroon's on Wed night. What a game though. Very enjoyable to watch.
Cheers

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

I ended up getting out last night. A bit jumpy but better than being stuck inside.

The pressure is on now though

[DeanoNZL (Adrian)]

Originally Posted by Robby

I know the feeling Paul! Last few nights have been like that for me.
But now I have the new FLT APO, I know it's gonna be crap for the next few months...
I must admit to secretly supporting the Maroon's on Wed night. What a game though. Very enjoyable to watch.
Cheers

Robby,
So all the smeggy cloudy & thundery showers are your fault?
I knew someone had invested in something...

[Chrissyo (Chris)]

I had some fun outside last night. A few clouds around at about 11pm when I went out but they cleared off for me so I could see the end of the Io transit (didn't get to see the shadow though ).

I got some pics too! Only managed two Jupiter AVIs until the batteries ran flat though (and I had the camera set too dark so I got the ugly onion rings!). Not my best work, but better than not going out at all

Tonight looks no good though. Too bad, I even recharged my camera batteries!

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Nice one Chris. I see you're still getting that egg shape. Have you worked out what it causing that?

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Chris,
You're still capturing Afocal aren't you? Maybe your camera is not quite straight and the curvature of the EP is giving you this egg shape.
Just a thought.

[Chrissyo (Chris)]

Yeah, I think its due to the camera/eyepiece etc all not lining up properly (though I haven't really gone to any lengths to fix the problem). Though I guess you'd expect them not to line up when you've got the focuser extended a bit with a barlow, eyepiece then a video camera sitting on the end. I guess it all just sags a bit. It's not in any danger of breaking off though.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

LOL So long as you're not having to hold it all up by hand eh. Isn't that a drag.