Excellent seeing in Perth tonight - Page 6

raymo · #**101** 24-08-2014, 11:04 PM

OOOOOOOOOOOH, you are naughty, rubbing salt into my wound.
I would if I could, but I can't, so I won't.
raymo

MrB (Simon) · #**102** 25-08-2014, 02:38 AM

I am really really looking forward to the day I have a permanent obs!

I had drama after drama on Saturday night. By the time I got everything sorted I got a single 30min sub and had lost all interest and was too tired to continue.

The 30min sub was excellent tho. Admittedly it's only at 480mm fl, but that's on a dodgy old EQ6 guided with a lowly QHY5, but the stars were perfectly round on 4.3 micron pixels, pretty happy with that.
800% zoom crop of NGC2100 from a Tarantula Neb widefield:

rogerg (Roger) · #**103** 02-09-2014, 09:44 AM

OK so we've missed all the moonless skies and great astro events of the last week, but really now .. at least ... could the sky clear for maybe a night or two?!?!

MrB (Simon) · #**104** 18-09-2014, 01:16 AM

You got your wish Roger, but.... damned burn-offs!

rogerg (Roger) · #**105** 18-09-2014, 02:06 AM

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Originally Posted by MrB

You got your wish Roger, but.... damned burn-offs!

Ahh, is that what's wrong. I'm in Rome taking some pics with my observatory back home and was wondering why my weather station says it's clear yet the clarity isn't quite there.

Must be the smoke haze.

MrB (Simon) · #**106** 18-09-2014, 12:37 PM

Yeah DOLA (or what ever new name they go by now) are taking advantage of the mild dry conditions, has screwed every clear night we've had this week tho

Edit: don't get me wrong, the burnoffs are a necessary evil (my uncle lost his house to the Parkerville/Stoneville fire), it's just frustrating during the beautiful clear run we've had.