Ohhh Canberra!

[matt]

Alright. No fair.

I've been trying to image for the last three months and have yet to crack a night of seeing above 5/10.

This morning, when I stepped outside around 3-45am just as i was heading off for work I took a few minutes (as I always do) to look up and voila! Inky black sky... and stars without a trace of twinkle

Not only did the seeing look superb, but transparency (the big thing for me lately) also looked spot on. Could this not have happened Friday/Saturday nights???

Anyone else (on the SE of the continent) out this morning and see the same?

I could be wrong. T'will be interesting to see images captured from this morning to confirm the seeing.

On the up side, I'm hoping this reveals a) I'm getting better at judging the conditions and b) better conditions are heading my way with the change of season.

[acropolite (Phil)]

During the last couple of hours before dawn the air us usually the stillest it will be for the night, so early morning viewing is the best you are likely to encounter. Lately I've been putting the LX out to cool and either setting the alarm or just going out for a look if I happen to wake around 4am (which I usually do).

[matt]

Appreciate that Phil... but my point was this morning looked exceptionally good, compared to most nights/mornings I've seen for quite a while

Also airing a little frustration at the timing of these mornings of good seeing.

[ving (David)]

getting up at that time? no thanks, i'll stay in bed

well, did anyone get pics?