Believe it or not

[DavidU (Dave)]

It's cold rainy and blowing a gail here in Siberia oops, Melbourne
I might adjust the focuser for the 20th time this month
pgc hunter will be institutionalised any minute

[renormalised (Carl)]

"Melberia" is having a hard time of it
I'll be getting even worse weather soon enough!!!!

[multiweb (Marc)]

Should be beautiful Tuesday and Wednesday. Taking the days off to make up for this week-end. No more

[TrevorW]

It's winter !!!

[pgc hunter]

Originally Posted by DavidU

It's cold rainy and blowing a gail here in Siberia oops, Melbourne
I might adjust the focuser for the 20th time this month
pgc hunter will be institutionalised any minute

haha lol actually I'm doing fine! That night out earlier this week soothed my withdrawel symptoms - for now

looks quite clear outside atm actually (shock horror) witha few passing clouds. INfrared Satpic shows cloud dissipating in our neck of the woods but that doesn't necessarily show ALL cloud layers conspiciously and obvioulsy the visual satpic is useless at night

Next week is gonna be nuts if the current forecast holds true. Meanwhile, Bogan Island has been getting smashed all day http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDV60...01.94949.shtml

Originally Posted by renormalised

"Melberia"

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[mithrandir (Andrew)]

Did you have some cloud to spare? Sydney's also socked in tonight.

[Moon (James)]

Just walked some visitors out to their car and ... holly cow - no clouds. What a weird day.

[pgc hunter]

Last night only cleared at around 10.30pm, plus transparency was garbage and in all likelyhood seeing aswell

Well it's a beautiful clear morning now but the forecast says "becoming cloudy with sohwers" WHAT A SURPRISE

Originally Posted by mithrandir

Did you have some cloud to spare? Sydney's also socked in tonight.

Oh yes but you guys had wall to wall clear skies and warmth for the last few weeks so no sympathy from me....



A bottle of Vodka is in order

[AdrianF (Adrian)]

It was beautiful here last night seeing was 8/10 . Absolutelybloodywonderful. But had non astronomy people here so didnt set up the scope

Adrian

[erick (Eric)]

Note to self - pack umbrella with scope when I take it out tonight.

[pgc hunter]

TOnight is screwed. Satpic shows a whole mass of rubbish taking direct aim at Victoria from both the north and west

[mithrandir (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by pgc hunter

Oh yes but you guys had wall to wall clear skies and warmth for the last few weeks so no sympathy from me....

Neither part is quite true. I got about half way through setting up tonight and the cloud moved in. That's 5 or 6 cloudy nights out of the last 7.
We've had 3 nights this week with temps below 3C. Or is that summer for you?

Originally Posted by pgc hunter

A bottle of Vodka is in order

Pizza and a nice bottle (or two) of red.

[pgc hunter]

Clear today surprisingly, but lots of haze by the looks of it. Satpic looks okay for now aswell.

It's gonna be an all nighter...