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Astronomy => Astrophotography => Topic started by: Fay on Aug 30, 2008, 07:56:18

Title: Weather
Post by: Fay on Aug 30, 2008, 07:56:18
Looks like we could all be outside tonight!

Thing is, what subject do you choose when only out there once every 5 months.........................
Title: Re: Weather
Post by: Mac on Aug 30, 2008, 10:20:32
QuoteLooks like we could all be outside tonight!

Thing is, what subject do you choose when only out there once every 5 months.........................


Why not split the sky up into many pieces and we can all do our very own complete sky scan.
with every one concentrating on their own piece of the sky:cheesy:

That way we can spend the next 5 cloudy months, looking through the whole sky.
:lol:

I wouldn't realy worry though, its probably going to be cloudy anyway,
Since when have the met office ever managed to  corectly predict the weather.

Just look at the 1987 gales, couldn't get that one further from the truth.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqs1YXfdtGE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqs1YXfdtGE)

;)
Title: Re: Weather
Post by: Daniel on Aug 30, 2008, 10:53:29
Im off to Ashdown forest tonight to do some imaging with the Mid kent AS, so fingers crossed I might actually get one of those objects I can't see at all tonight, might try for cocoon again, which has to be the most dissapointing image I've taken to date, over 2 hours of data and nothing but a red smudge!
Title: Re: Weather
Post by: JohnP on Aug 30, 2008, 11:07:12
Fay - looks like there is an awful lot of cloud up there to me... :-(
Title: Re: Weather
Post by: Daniel on Aug 30, 2008, 11:29:04
According to the Met Office, that'll sweep aside by tonight :O) http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/se/se_forecast_irsat.html (http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/se/se_forecast_irsat.html)

Joking aside with the met office, they tend to be pretty accurate up to about 2 days In advance
Title: Re: Weather
Post by: MarkS on Aug 30, 2008, 13:50:45

Daniel,

Good luck with the Cocoon.  It'll be interesting to compare ...
Title: Re: Weather
Post by: Daniel on Aug 30, 2008, 14:56:53
I've got a feeling there won't be much of a comparison, my last attempt was a smudge, and Im not sure that was ALL because of the light polution