yes fingers crossed roger, my brother and i had prepared to go east a little ways last weekend but....................... i guess we needed the rain more
if i manage to get out this week it will be the first time in about three months, however i just picked up an ha narrowband filter on here so at least i can get some data during moon time!
pat
Does my li'l 60mm triplet with a few accessories count ? but I did have a good session Friday night using my C9.25 on Saturn and Mars which is shrinking fast ! , but as usual its been rubbish since .
Brian.
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Originally Posted by alocky
So who's been buying stuff. Barry? You're the usual culprit!
New deep cycle batteries don't count, so it's not me...
Cheers,
Andrew
Well, last night I managed some observations. I left the observatory running (with weather monitoring confirmed to be working in case of rain!) and with repeated attempts on the one target between 12 midnight and 6am I managed to get some series of usable images.
Now ... I need new reduction images! because of the warmer night (in part due to cloud, largely due to this awful High system which is sitting on top of us) it the camera was only at -20 and seems I'm missing -20 dark frames . So, can't process the images until I do a reduction run tonight.
Yes.
I was driving home about 6:30 thinking this could be good.
Got home, did a few chores, had dinner, chilled for a few, then went outside with scope under arm and... Crap!
I'm not in Perth but ofcourse I can definitely relate. Got back from work last night, nice and clear. Set the scope up. Have dinner. 1 hour later - pea soup fog. Herp de derp
ha ha i stupidly set my scope up saturday arvo............. as soon as dusk came in rolled the clouds!
'ol mother nature is taking the piss now!!
pat
Yes, I had the same Pat I was hopeful but not to be! My observatory started up and then first shot taken, and roof closes, I think what the! then realise it's detected heavy cloud and shut up
Yeah me too.
I hadn't set up but I was getting everything ready.
I should have known better as Skippysky was showing cloud arriving about 5pm but wishful thinking got the better of me
ATM projects for me then this weekend...
.................. all we need now is some thunder and lightning............ oh wait.... there it is!
unbelievable ha ha, oh well we do need the rain, ho hum!!
pat
If it was a summer storm I wouldn't mind, photographing storms is another hobby of mine, but winter storms move too fast, are too wet and they're not very lightning active, no fun.
They do put some water in the dams tho, one positive.
Does my li'l 60mm triplet with a few accessories count ? but I did have a good session Friday night using my C9.25 on Saturn and Mars which is shrinking fast ! , but as usual its been rubbish since .
and seems I'm missing -20 dark frames 
I was hopeful but not to be! My observatory started up and then first shot taken, and roof closes, I think what the! then realise it's detected heavy cloud and shut up 
