Lack of observation: something terribly wrong with Sydney's weather
Observation has been few & far between since Oct 08!!
3 days Lostock IIS2008 : clouded out
Smiley face conjunction: clouded out
partial solar eclipse : not visible in Sydney
Transit of Titan: so far all of them clouded out
Upcoming Lulin closest approach and Titan's Shadow transit on 24Feb with forecast of showers.
Fellow NSW stargazers, do you share my frustration?
Very unhappy indeed
Vincent
hasn't been that cloudy here lately, but lots of smoke haze so no observations here either Actually some of the nights over the last 2 weeks seemed to clear up, but transparency probably wasn't good. Starting to get withdrawel symptoms...
Observation has been few & far between since Oct 08!!
3 days Lostock IIS2008 : clouded out
Smiley face conjunction: clouded out
partial solar eclipse : not visible in Sydney
Transit of Titan: so far all of them clouded out
Upcoming Lulin closest approach and Titan's Shadow transit on 24Feb with forecast of showers.
Fellow NSW stargazers, do you share my frustration?
Very unhappy indeed
Vincent
now what if i told you that Newcastle Dam storage capacity is well above 95% and has been for quite some time. you have had more clear weather than we have mate I now have my Lunt Doublestack scope and guess what - its raining, its cloudy and its so depressing
greetings from the north coast ...where since about october its been
pretty poor for observing .. we seem to get the end of any bad weather from the north drift down this far ... and when its crappy down south
it mannages to just make it up here as well .. very hard to maintain any motivation of late .
But having said that, this is more like "normal" Sydney Spring/Summer weather. What we've had (in the way of generally clear skies) over most of the last 6-7 years -- which coincided with drought for much of NSW, Qld and Vic has been abnormal. This is more like normal.
I can remember a year in the 90s (think it was '96??) when we had cloud for virtually every night for about 8 months (except for full moon-- of course!). Nearly went stir-crazy stuck in the house!
This Spring/Summer pattern will likely break down in about month/6 wks when the westerly stream will re-establish dominance during Autumn/Winter. That will normally prevail until late August bringing a greater likelihood of clearer skies (though not necessarily good, steady seeing).
Having good transparency and good seeing in Sydney at the same time is very rare. You've normally got one or the other.
Lack of observation: something terribly wrong with Sydney's weather
Actually some of the nights over the last 2 weeks seemed to clear up, but transparency probably wasn't good. Starting to get withdrawel symptoms...
