Its happened AGAIN!!!

[azagil (Aaron)]

My new cam arrived last yesterday arvo.....(Imaging source DBK21AU618 (for planetary/Lunar imaging))
So I snuck out of work a bit early to set it up, install drivers and make sure it all worked as I couldnt wait to set it up and use it later on for a moon or jupiter shoot. I thought it was going to be great.....it was clear out, no breeze, the day was cooling off nicely. To pass the time I decided to go for a run at 8pm while the last of the sun was setting...........and thats where my excitment went to heart break....... As I left my front door and looked up to the skys all I could see was a massive cloud system covering the sky as far as I could see.....even now some 12hrs later it is still blanketing the sky as if trying to taunght me!!!! hoping it wont be long and I will be out playing like a kid with a new bike!!!

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

Yes indeedy ... happens quite a bit ...doesn't it.
You buy some new gear ...your ready to go....clouds ' roll ' in to spoil it .

Flash ..!!

[azagil (Aaron)]

yes its always the way....I bet if I was to promises the misses I would spend a night in with her watching movies it would clear right up!! :-) lol

[Pinwheel (Doug)]

I've had a similar problem the last 3 nights, crystal clear night & not a cloud HOWEVER the bloody wind, at lest 20 knots. ahgghhhhh! Wind just shake the setup so much viewing is hopeless.

[azagil (Aaron)]

Doug, Where abouts in the wimmera are you? I grew up in the wimmera and my family still lives there....been wanting to head to the grampians for a nights viewing, would be good up on top there I think!!

[Pinwheel (Doug)]

Originally Posted by azagil

Doug, Where abouts in the wimmera are you? I grew up in the wimmera and my family still lives there....been wanting to head to the grampians for a nights viewing, would be good up on top there I think!!

I,m on 20 acres outside a small wheat & sheep town called "MARNOO". I'm away from light pollution & my nearest neighbors are 3 km away.

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

Originally Posted by Pinwheel

I'm away from light pollution & my nearest neighbors are 3 km away.

Now that's what I call ' heaven ' ...!!

[azagil (Aaron)]

lol, I know the area well, I grew up in stawell, Played football for navarre and spent most of my spare time either working on a farm at Bulgana and joel joel or shooting on a family friends property at paradise (near st Arnaud) Great skys all around you!!!

[Varangian (John)]

Originally Posted by Pinwheel

I,m on 20 acres outside a small wheat & sheep town called "MARNOO". I'm away from light pollution & my nearest neighbors are 3 km away.

Why do you cut the heads of your beer?

[Pinwheel (Doug)]

Just wish this wind would go away, trying to view 2012-c lemmon, just impossible with wind shake.

[Pinwheel (Doug)]

Originally Posted by Varangian

Why do you cut the heads of your beer?

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[azagil (Aaron)]

I think he was refering to you signature................. "severed"

[Pinwheel (Doug)]

Originally Posted by azagil

I think he was refering to you signature................. "severed"

I never noticed that............

[Varangian (John)]

Originally Posted by Pinwheel

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I sent you a pm

I once knew a guy with a bushy mo who used to scoop the head from his beer with a teaspoon so he didn't get the froth on it...

[Pinwheel (Doug)]

All fixed now, that's spell check for you....lol

[Poita (Peter)]

Originally Posted by Pinwheel

Just wish this wind would go away, trying to view 2012-c lemmon, just impossible with wind shake.

I used to setup inside an empty water tank during the drought. Kept the wind away

[Pinwheel (Doug)]

Originally Posted by Poita

I used to setup inside an empty water tank during the drought. Kept the wind away

I had thought of buying a large plastic 20,000 lt tank & converting it into a observatory. One day..

[Poita (Peter)]

Find an old rusted tank and just use the walls as a wind-break. It makes a huge difference on those windy nights.

[LewisM]

Exactly. It get's windy at my joint - I set up a heavy wool blanket on a simple wooden frame, and voila - no wind.

My Takahashi should arrive by the end of the week, so the forcast is showers, storms and cloud.

[cybereye (Mario)]

Originally Posted by LewisM

My Takahashi should arrive by the end of the week, so the forcast is showers, storms and cloud.

Hopefully that weather won't extend south of the Brisbane River!!!