Last night's Frozen scope and camera!

[Ric]

It's all about the quest for that crisp clear sky Suzy.


After a few years the blood thickens up and you don't notice it as much.

Currently 6ºc and dropping fast but cloudy.

[erick (Eric)]

Suzy, let me describe Eric at -6 deg C:-

Full thermal underwear
Flannelette shirt
Trackydac trousers
Perhaps pair of jeans over trousers
Explorer socks
Heavy waterproof boots with inner fleecy liner
inner fleecy vest
Outer heavy cotton vest with lots of pockets
Heavy parka
woollen scarf
fur flying helmet
inner thermal gloves
outer heavy fur gloves

And having a great time with scope with heaters on full and a crystal-clear sky!

As long as my toes don't get cold, and I can blow my nose, I'm fine.

All part of the fun!

[renormalised (Carl)]

It's Bacchus Marsh, Eric, not Mawson Base

Although you guys down in Margaritaville aren't all that far away from Mawson

[DavidU (Dave)]

We need a pic Eric

Originally Posted by erick

Suzy, let me describe Eric at -6 deg C:-

Full thermal underwear
Flannelette shirt
Trackydac trousers
Perhaps pair of jeans over trousers
Explorer socks
Heavy waterproof boots with inner fleecy liner
inner fleecy vest
Outer heavy cotton vest with lots of pockets
Heavy parka
woollen scarf
fur flying helmet
inner thermal gloves
outer heavy fur gloves

And having a great time with scope with heaters on full and a crystal-clear sky!

As long as my toes don't get cold, and I can blow my nose, I'm fine.

All part of the fun!

[renormalised (Carl)]

Yes, piccie...or it never happened

[Suzy]

Yep.... supply that pic, we simply don't believe you Eric.

Waiting....

I sure hope you never have to get out of those clothes in a hurry, like if a creepy crawly climbed in.

Thank you by the way for going to all the trouble in giving me the list of observing clobber. It was an eye opener.

[renormalised (Carl)]

Originally Posted by Suzy

I sure hope you never have to get out of those clothes in a hurry, like if a creepy crawly climbed in.

That's just extra added company. Besides, buggy might be interested in what you're looking at

Beetle: "Hey, Eric, what you looking at now??"
Eric: "Nothing much....just another Cen A session"
Beetle: "Mind if I take a peek??"
Eric: "No, go right ahead"

[erick (Eric)]

At that temperature, the camera stays safely in its case.

But this thread has a few shots on a cold icy night in Snake Valley - but that was before my thermal underwear, my super boots and a few other refinements:-

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ad.php?t=21195

[renormalised (Carl)]

Needs more convincing....getting there

[higginsdj]

Set up for automated observing in Canberra. Frozen everything is par for the course in Winter . A series of 5amp dew heaters keeps the all the optics clear.

Cheers

[pgc hunter]

daaaaaaaaaamn! The coldest I've seen last winter here in Berwick was 0.6C and I haven't seen frost in a good couple of years atleast!

now, the dew on the other hand...atleast I now know that my scope will live and so will my mental state if it ever gets accidentally rained on

[renormalised (Carl)]

In Caaaaaanbbbrrraaaaaa (Peter Harvey impersonation), you'd need dew heaters attached to your person to stop from freezing solid!!!!

[Ric]

I'm a little way outside of Canberra. We are holding steady at 0.5ºc for the moment.

[renormalised (Carl)]

Canberra can get cold, but nothing like Guyra. That place is the very epitome of frozen on ice in the winter!!!!. Ken would've needed an ice axe to free his gear in the morning if he were there

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Originally Posted by Suzy

Good grief!
You've seriously got to be kidding me...

Crazy question perhaps, but I'm curious.. tell me,, as warmly dressed as you obviously were, did you feel cold?

I must be the only one on here that thinks you guys are crazy for loving the cold this much.

Suzy, you may find it hard to believe but for the whole night I only had a T-shirt on, and Jeans, and my slippers on my feet. That's all

It gets a bit hot in beanies, jackets, gloves, jumpers, boots, etc etc when sitting in my dining room at the computer to do Video Astronomy

I am only outside for about 2 minutes before I start (to plug cables in and turn everything on), and about 40 seconds when I have finished about 3am or 4am (Remove the camera and quickly cover the scope).
I bring the scope back inside the next day when it is warmer

But on club nights when I am up the Clubsite, yeah, I dress like an Eskimo too
The colder the weather the better the sky

[Jen]

Originally Posted by renormalised

Yes, piccie...or it never happened

im sure i have a piccie somewhere of Eric all dressed up with his harry highpants tracky daks on and all the winter woolies

[Suzy]

Originally Posted by ballaratdragons

Suzy, you may find it hard to believe but for the whole night I only had a T-shirt on, and Jeans, and my slippers on my feet. That's all http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/....s/thumbsup.gif

You had me there....
I was gobsmacked for a good couple of mins. The expression on my face would have been a priceless camera moment.

Originally Posted by ballaratdragons

It gets a bit hot in beanies, jackets, gloves, jumpers, boots, etc etc when sitting in my dining room at the computer to do Video Astronomy

Then I read that

Funny, very very funny.

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Originally Posted by Suzy

You had me there....
I was gobsmacked for a good couple of mins. The expression on my face would have been a priceless camera moment.

Then I read that

Funny, very very funny.

Gotcha

[ving (David)]

crickey. i have only had it down to 0...