Saturday night was pretty good just north of Melbourne. No cloud, transparency good, seeing fair. Just a bit of wind pickup as the Moon rose. Had a great time hitting plenty of targets including Uranus for the first time! I don't know what you guys are complaining about!
Set the LX90 up last night when it was dark enough to see some stars. Got a quick look at Andromeda, Orion, 47 Tuc and the Tarantula. Within ten minutes about a third of the sky was clouds.
Lately I suppose I should be thankful for small mercies.
Melbourne looked much the same this morning on our radar - some heavy downpours, including here at Bundoora in the Northern suburbs. Sky lightening towards the west at present. A lovely drop!
It's been very cloudy here for a month or so before I went to Canada, and it was certainly cloudy there!
It's been so long since I've had my scope out, I'm starting to feel guilty about it. Murphy has had a fair grip on me lately a well though... the only time it's been anywhere near clear I've been committed to something else....
As much as I'd love some nice steady, clear summer nights I really do appreciate the rain! We just need to get it organised.... rain = day, clear = night. Wouldn't that be great!
Wet and cloudy over this way, haven't had a decent night for weeks. Given me time to build the voltage regulator for the scope drives and sort out a few things in the shed and garden. The vegie garden is loving it so there are compensations
Yep. Was doing an interview with weather folk the other day and the general consensus was La Nina is here, although there was some difference of opinion in its strength.
Looks like it will be wetter this summer/autumn than it has been for quite a while.
. Murphy has had a fair grip on me lately a well though... the only time it's been anywhere near clear I've been committed to something else...
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