Pony Club April

[En1gma (Robert)]

Hey allan,

Im glad you got views!!

Up in the mountains at 1000m elevation - mother nature was teasing us!!

All clouds but spot views. When 10pm came around, it was myself, Alex and Peter left and decided to call it a night. As we were driving back - 3km later and the sky cleared up so good and seeing was magnificent.

Sooo, we decided to hitch it back and guess what... Clouds.. >

finally we decided once again to call it, and you guessed it. Happened again . but this time we really said we had been beat

Was fun and I hope to get down to the PC next time around again.

Cheers
Rob

[astropolak (Joe)]

Thanks for a good night guys.
I got some razor sharp views of Saturn, also very nice views of Eta Carina and Omega Centauri.

Weather wise..., could be better but the good company compensated for that.

Getting cold,starting a new thread about winter gear...

[GTB_an_Owl (Geoff)]

yes Al - i felt a bit lonely being the only Dob on the block

apart from when it has rained, it had to be the wettest nite i have spent at the pony club
dew was horrendous at times

fair views when the cloud cleared - and of course , conditions appeared to get better when we had packed up

closed the gate around 1:30 am

good to see Bones back and keen to get the scope out

and yes, the cake was very nice thankyou , Shane and Susan - hope you can join us again

JOE! i will take that 21 whatcha-ma-callit eyepiece off your hands so it don't make the rest of your eyepiece case look ordinary

geoff

[Inmykombi (Geoff)]

Great night apart from the DEW.
I am still drying out my gear now at 2.00 pm.

Funny things were happening with the fog too.
When the fog went....it went up and obscured the stars...then it came down to the ground again and obscured us....and this repeated for quite a while. Weirdest thing I have seen for a while.
We kept observing until we ran out of Sausage rolls and had to go home....

Thx for the cake Shano.mmmmmmmmmmmm.

I spent most of the night chasing doubles from my new Double star book.

[Shano592 (Shane)]

No problem about the cake! Have to pay your dues... I thought there might be more people there, so I ended up taking the carrot cake home. The danish goes better with coffee anyway.

Joe, Suzanne is in love with your setup, but I still think I want to go to at least a 12-inch scope. If your Televue goes missing one night, and Geoff (Owl) doesn't have it, it may pay to check Sue's handbag.

Geoffro, those doubles were pretty sweet, I agree. Have you done the Carbon Star list yet? That's lying around here somewhere...

[Inmykombi (Geoff)]

Originally Posted by Shano592

Geoffro, those doubles were pretty sweet, I agree. Have you done the Carbon Star list yet? That's lying around here somewhere...

Hi Shane,

let me know if you find that list, I would be most interested.

geoffro