Bad weather blues!!!

[Davekyn (David)]

Any other shift workers with a rotating and ever changing roster having probs catching some clear nights in south east Queensland.....AAAAAArrrrrgghhhhhhh ...............................
No wonder I am looking at spending Kev’s upcoming money on a sports watch instead of my beloved astronomy gear...time to change hobbies if this keeps up

[h0ughy (David)]

hang in there it will get better soon

[Astro78]

Originally Posted by Davekyn

time to change hobbies if this keeps up

Shhh that's blasphemy in these woods

It certainly adds to the value of good night observing hey. All the gods converging at once; weather, mood, moon, late morning start..... an entertained partner.

[Davekyn (David)]

Thanks Dave,
LOL Astro...your right...I'm really thinking extra hard on my next targets!!! I was hoping to catch Lulin at Mag 10 with my 12inch Dob. I was even thinking about asking for the cooridnants & all

Seriously ithoping we have a dry winter!!!! however hope everyos either a bad tie of year, of just plain bad luck, as every time I get time off from my job the couds are alwaysl there. I am ne can buget thier water needs.

[Astro78]

I'm not a pc right now with skycharts of any kind but you can download a recommended program, Stellarium, here http://www.stellarium.org/

follow these instructions to update lulin to it's database and you'll be geared ready to go:

Originally Posted by Barrykgerdes

For those of you using Stellarium and have not already got it here is the necessary addition to the ssystem.ini file to locate it.

[lulin]
name = Lulin
parent = Sun
radius = 100
oblateness = 0.0
halo = false
color = 1.0,1.0,1.0
tex_halo = star16x16.png
tex_map = nomap.png
coord_func = comet_orbit
orbit_TimeAtPericenter = 2454842.1414
orbit_PericenterDistance = 1.212289
orbit_Eccentricity = 0.999987
orbit_ArgOfPericenter = 136.8614
orbit_AscendingNode = 338.5353
orbit_Inclination = 178.3730
lighting = false
albedo = 1
sidereal_period = 10401394706.0

Just look in the program files\stellarium\data for the ssystem.ini file open it with wordpad and paste the above data at the bottom of the file and then save.

Next time you start stellarium search for "lulin" and you will find it following on behind Saturn.

Barry

[pgc hunter]

Originally Posted by Davekyn

Any other shift workers with a rotating and ever changing roster having probs catching some clear nights in south east Queensland.....AAAAAArrrrrgghhhhhhh ...............................
No wonder I am looking at spending Kev’s upcoming money on a sports watch instead of my beloved astronomy gear...time to change hobbies if this keeps up

Here in Melbourne, the latest craze is sunshine during the day, with high cloud moving in right on sunset....

[Astro78]

Originally Posted by Davekyn

Seriously ithoping we have a dry winter!!!! however hope everyos either a bad tie of year, of just plain bad luck, as every time I get time off from my job the couds are alwaysl there. I am ne can buget thier water needs.

It's alright I was an avid tree lover 'til discovering this game

ah the smell of chain saws in the morn'

[Xina]

Astro78 so was I!! My husband works overseas so I have plenty of opportunities to prune. At first my husband commented on how neat and tidy the place was looking, then one night as I was standing outside admiring the sky it suddenly dawned on him, "I know why you chopped all those trees down you get such a good view now!" Can't attack the trees blocking my N/NE view they belong to the neighbours!
Oh and Dave yes the weather here in the SE has been just as frustrating!
ps only introduced species were removed!