Wouldn't ya know it..

iceman (Mike) · #1 17-10-2005, 11:08 PM

Eclipse finishes, Mars is just edging 30 degrees in altitude and through the eyepiece the seeing seems to have settled nicely. A nice view of the volcanoes face, so I jump into gear for an imaging session.

Drag out the laptop, power cord, accessories, and then a big bank of cloud comes over across Mars.

Fingers crossed it goes away soon.

[1ponders] (Paul) · #2 17-10-2005, 11:12 PM

Good luck Mike. Glad you southerners are getting some sky time.

iceman (Mike) · #3 17-10-2005, 11:13 PM

Looks like the clouds have settled in for now

Back inside to process the eclipse shots

asimov (John) · #4 17-10-2005, 11:39 PM

I have a feeling the clouds will buzz off soon for you.....It's your LUCKY night mate!!

(never allow a negative thought, the weather gods will hear!)

iceman (Mike) · #5 17-10-2005, 11:56 PM

You're right, the clouds have gone!

Avi's are being recorded!

The seeing is pretty ordinary, but I might salvage something.

davidpretorius · #6 17-10-2005, 11:59 PM

don't worry mike, i am still up pretending the clouds are not there.

RB (Andrew) · #7 18-10-2005, 12:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidpretorius

don't worry mike, i am still up pretending the clouds are not there.

Keep up the good work Davo.

iceman (Mike) · #8 18-10-2005, 12:44 AM

Well I don't know how I'm going to get any work done tomorrow..

Got eclipse shots to process..
Got Mars avi's to process..
On-call tonight and likely to be called at least 3 times as they're putting a change in..

Who needs sleep?

asimov (John) · #9 18-10-2005, 12:45 AM

Clouds?............What clouds!??.......

I must admit I HAVE heard of that foreign word somewhere??.......Hmmmmm....

cometcatcher (Kevin) · #10 18-10-2005, 03:52 AM

If you want to photograph clouds it will be clear. Therefore plan to photograph clouds when you want to do astronomy, I think.

acropolite (Phil) · #11 18-10-2005, 07:29 AM

I know the feeling. HRH is away for a couple of days, got the LX out to cool at 7PM, I am free to observe all night if necessary and what happens, clouds roll in by 9PM and stay there all night.

davidpretorius · #12 18-10-2005, 07:38 AM

aaarrrhg, but Phil, the clouds were gone by sunrise though!!!!!

it was only from 10:45pm local time to when saturn was viewable that the clouds were out. once the sun made it too hard to see saturn, then all the clouds went away!!!!