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Bart
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 05/28/06
Loc: Somewhere near Charlottesville...
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Re: OK! I have officially HAD it with this stinking...
[Re: Bowmoreman]
#3092234 - 05/08/09 09:46 AM
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Pretty much since I've had my "new" MI-250 (and the new QHY8) I've been subjected to non-stop clouds (and now rain) the last 10 days...
I tell ya, I'm fed up with it! Curse be Darned! I mean, yeah, I suffered about a week of the curse... deservedly 
then, got things polar aligned and drifted in, about a week+ ago...
But now I'm ready to finally run this puppy in!... but, the neverending forecast is...
Argh! It must be all those NEAF purchases! yeah, that's it!
I need some clear skies, and I need them NOW!
Ahhhhh, yessss... now I feel a bit better!
clear enough skies
I feel your pain. In the DC area, today is the ninth day that rain is going to fall. It's sunny right now, but thunderstorms are predicted for this evening. 
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amys
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 06/12/06
Loc: Groton, CT
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Re: OK! I have officially HAD it with this stinkin
[Re: Bart]
#3092478 - 05/08/09 11:49 AM
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And I thought all this rain was from my having gone ortho-nuts and buying a bunch of UOs and Baaders. Now I can blame all of you guys instead. 
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Bowmoreman
Clear enough skies
Reged: 09/11/06
Loc: Bolton, MA
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Re: OK! I have officially HAD it with this stinkin
[Re: amys]
#3092943 - 05/08/09 04:07 PM
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Oh happy day...
My CSC says that I may have 1-3 hours (from 8 to 11) where it may simultaneously be:
1) NO sun up
2) No clouds out
3) not total pea soup transparency/seeing-wise
Yeah, Luna will have her pretty - but far too bright - face out....
but it means I can actually PLAY with all my new stuff
... if it holds true, that is...
right now its about 85% clear with some white fluffies...
oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please....
I NEED to use this stuff SO badly!
clear enough skies
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Trebor777
Hazy
Reged: 01/04/08
Loc: Connecticut - U.S.
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Re: OK! I have officially HAD it with this stinkin
[Re: Bowmoreman]
#3093125 - 05/08/09 06:03 PM
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Oh happy day...
My CSC says that I may have 1-3 hours (from 8 to 11) where it may simultaneously be:
1) NO sun up
2) No clouds out
3) not total pea soup transparency/seeing-wise
Yeah, Luna will have her pretty - but far too bright - face out....
but it means I can actually PLAY with all my new stuff
... if it holds true, that is...
right now its about 85% clear with some white fluffies...
oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please....
I NEED to use this stuff SO badly!
clear enough skies
It's clear right now (in CT - 6pm) but the clouds are rolling in from NY, of course it'll get cloudy as soon as the sun goes down...
The clouds are coming for you Dave!!!! You might get a few hours though... Have fun.
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waassaabee
Post Laureate
Reged: 11/26/07
Loc: Central California Coast
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Re: OK! I have officially HAD it with this stinkin
[Re: Trebor777]
#3093234 - 05/08/09 07:12 PM
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Big moon... clear sky... what's wrong with this picture..? 
Hmmm.... shoot the moon?
Edited by waassaabee (05/08/09 07:13 PM)
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bdjeep
sage
Reged: 01/29/07
Loc: Bolton, MA
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Re: OK! I have officially HAD it with this stinkin
[Re: waassaabee]
#3096970 - 05/10/09 08:49 PM
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Well Dave, despite the crummy looking CSC, it looks to be a clear night tonight. I hope you got your mother's day duties out of the way and are able to get out and enjoy the brief clear sky.
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zjc26138
Loved By All
Reged: 02/24/05
Loc: Mingo Junction, Ohio
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Re: OK! I have officially HAD it with this stinkin
[Re: bdjeep]
#3097042 - 05/10/09 09:36 PM
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Its been crummy ever since I got home from college for summer.
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Bowmoreman
Clear enough skies
Reged: 09/11/06
Loc: Bolton, MA
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Re: OK! I have officially HAD it with this stinkin
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#3097611 - 05/11/09 07:06 AM
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Well Dave, despite the crummy looking CSC, it looks to be a clear night tonight. I hope you got your mother's day duties out of the way and are able to get out and enjoy the brief clear sky.
Yeah, I enjoyed it just fine... Church, built a garden retaining wall out of concrete blocks - about 2000 # of them, dug the garden out, got about 50 (out of 100) bags of soil and peat put in, lawn mowed, little league game coached...
And then mother's day dinner grilled outside
All under extremely clear, albeit quite windy, skies
Then, like freaking clockwork, right after sunset and dinner dishes were done... when I peeked outside...
Yep rolling in!!! ARGH
Kept checking every 30 minutes until 11PM and still
I'm just not sure how much more of this I can take!
At least I got my Electroluminescent Panel Light Box (for Flats) mostly built (only need the edging now. Fits the 200mm and the 80mm like a glove and will make taking flats a breeze).
Just ONE night with truly clear skies, please!
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Trebor777
Hazy
Reged: 01/04/08
Loc: Connecticut - U.S.
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Re: OK! I have officially HAD it with this stinkin
[Re: Bowmoreman]
#3098287 - 05/11/09 02:04 PM
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I was lucky... I was out observing from 8:30 - 1:30 last night. The wind died down by 10-10:30 but there was a cloud in the sky.  But I stayed in the light pollution of the CT coastline. The clouds were north of CT's coast. So instead of driving to my dark(er) sky site, I went to my clubs observatory and set up there. It was a choice of light pollution but no clouds or darker skies with a bunch of clouds.
Dave, I've all but mastered the alignment/polar alignment process of the CGE. I love it. I used my illuminated EP for the alignment, and I'm not kidding, my first go-to was Saturn, I kept the Illuminated ep in, just to see how well I Polar aligned - Saturn was smack in the middle of the cross hairs. I was simply amazed. And then I did a timing test. It stayed in the center, little to no movement of Saturn for over 10 minutes - then I went on observing...
I had alignment spot on.
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bdjeep
sage
Reged: 01/29/07
Loc: Bolton, MA
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Re: OK! I have officially HAD it with this stinkin
[Re: Bowmoreman]
#3098328 - 05/11/09 02:20 PM
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Just ONE night with truly clear skies, please!
Sorry about that. I saw some clouds roll in shortly after I sent that reply. Next time I'll keep my mouth shut.
It was clear and dark for just under and hour though. That's progress, right? 
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Parkit
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Reged: 08/08/08
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Re: OK! I have officially HAD it with this stinkin
[Re: bdjeep]
#3098966 - 05/11/09 06:59 PM
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It may be my fault, I bought a 25" f/4 dob last month and have had one night with "just some high, thin clouds" (and a quarter moon) since then. Sorry about that.
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antilles72
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 03/06/07
Loc: Rhode Island
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Re: OK! I have officially HAD it with this stinkin
[Re: Parkit]
#3099182 - 05/11/09 08:48 PM
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OK. Sunny all day and now clouds have taken over the night sky. Last night was clear but when the pots are getting knocked over and empty garbage pails are rolling around the yard, I know it won't be a good night.
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hammerhead
professor emeritus
Reged: 02/18/07
Loc: MA
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Re: OK! I have officially HAD it with this stinkin
[Re: Bowmoreman]
#3099238 - 05/11/09 09:15 PM
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Just caught this thread Dave. I feel your pain man. I'm sitting next to a new (to me) AT 102ED that's giving me puppy dog eyes. It just wants to go out and play. Last time I was out was last new moon when I went up to Northfield with the dob. I haven't had my SCT out since some time during the winter!
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Bowmoreman
Clear enough skies
Reged: 09/11/06
Loc: Bolton, MA
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Re: OK! I have officially HAD it with this stinkin
[Re: hammerhead]
#3099266 - 05/11/09 09:32 PM
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Thanks, guys! I'd watch the Sox for some consolation... but its another - the last!!! west coast road trip, which means I'd hafta stay up later than all common sense...
Heck, Shawn could watch em live for breakfast!
Ah well, it'll be clear SOMETIME...
I did totally finish my flats/electroluminescent lightbox thingy today (got the pipe insulation around the outside ala: that article in ATT back last fall...
I've pretty much run OUT of things to putter on in the WSO; now I just need clear skies!!!!!!
Else-wise, I'm gonna hafta do MORE gardening...  ohnomrbillgraemlin: 
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Bowmoreman
Clear enough skies
Reged: 09/11/06
Loc: Bolton, MA
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Re: OK! I have officially HAD it with this stinkin
[Re: Trebor777]
#3099330 - 05/11/09 10:00 PM
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I was lucky... I was out observing from 8:30 - 1:30 last night. The wind died down by 10-10:30 but there was a cloud in the sky....
Dave, I've all but mastered the alignment/polar alignment process of the CGE. I love it. I used my illuminated EP for the alignment, and I'm not kidding, my first go-to was Saturn, I kept the Illuminated ep in, just to see how well I Polar aligned - Saturn was smack in the middle of the cross hairs. I was simply amazed. And then I did a timing test. It stayed in the center, little to no movement of Saturn for over 10 minutes - then I went on observing...
I had alignment spot on.
Glad to hear that CGE is working out for you, Randy. You deserve some breaks these days 
I did like the performance of that mount quite a bit... I found that when I did the alignments with my 5mm Illuminated reticle, well, the goto's were just dead-nuts on... of course I had the luxury of permanent pier mounting!
That said, I know there's those who criticize some things about Celestron. But, I hafta tell ya, the CGE is one very good mount...VERY GOOD indeed.
Now, if only I could get some kinda clear skies, SOME time... to really dial in this MI-250, and get cracking with this new QHY8... It'd be nice to shoot some spring galaxies... IN THE SPRING!!!!
I'm thinking that the next time I'm out, I may just invest in making sure I have a solid 15 minute drift alignment (I'm at 10 minutes right now)... perhaps all this waiting for a clear night is simply to TEACH me about the glories of PATIENCE... If so, doing THAT first thing ought to pay dividence, right...???
Ah well... Tomorrow (Tuesday) we have yet another Little League game (the boys team - the Astro's) are now 2 and 1 (they were winning another game that got called by rain unfortunately - this is Quite a change from last year - when they NEVER won!)...
I'm thinking I need to plan an official Star Party sometime this early summer...
But, when I do... there will be no purchasing anything by anyone within a 200 mile radius within 3 weeks of the scheduled date And I'm serious about this!  
But, I will invite all from anywhere nearby! Fire up my Texas pit BBQ, etc... Good eats, good beer/wine (etc.), good skies... Ahhhh, yesssss!
Really serious   about that purchase ban though!
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bdjeep
sage
Reged: 01/29/07
Loc: Bolton, MA
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Re: OK! I have officially HAD it with this stinkin
[Re: Bowmoreman]
#3100113 - 05/12/09 10:03 AM
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I'm thinking I need to plan an official Star Party sometime this early summer...
Woohoo!! Party!     
Sounds fun. Have scope, will travel.
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waassaabee
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Reged: 11/26/07
Loc: Central California Coast
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Re: OK! I have officially HAD it with this stinkin
[Re: Bowmoreman]
#3100324 - 05/12/09 12:00 PM
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I'm thinking I need to plan an official Star Party sometime this early summer...
But, when I do... there will be no purchasing anything by anyone within a 200 mile radius within 3 weeks of the scheduled date And I'm serious about this!
But, I will invite all from anywhere nearby! Fire up my Texas pit BBQ, etc... Good eats, good beer/wine (etc.), good skies... Ahhhh, yesssss!
Really serious about that purchase ban though!
clear enough skies
I sure wish I had invoked your clause above when I invited a few folks out to my place over the Memorial Day weekend...
I may still have time.
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Trebor777
Hazy
Reged: 01/04/08
Loc: Connecticut - U.S.
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Re: OK! I have officially HAD it with this stinkin
[Re: bdjeep]
#3100556 - 05/12/09 02:34 PM
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I'm thinking I need to plan an official Star Party sometime this early summer...
Woohoo!! Party!
Sounds fun. Have scope, will travel.
Ditto.
Just make sure it's not a weekend where the Sawx & Yankees play each other.
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Bowmoreman
Clear enough skies
Reged: 09/11/06
Loc: Bolton, MA
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Re: OK! I have officially HAD it with this stinkin
[Re: bdjeep]
#3100820 - 05/12/09 05:06 PM
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Hey Brian.. this is really weird... your CSC and my CSC are NOT identical...
Even though we live, like 3-4 miles from each other
whazzup with THAT?
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bdjeep
sage
Reged: 01/29/07
Loc: Bolton, MA
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Re: OK! I have officially HAD it with this stinkin
[Re: Bowmoreman]
#3100949 - 05/12/09 06:27 PM
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Hey Brian.. this is really weird... your CSC and my CSC are NOT identical...
Even though we live, like 3-4 miles from each other
Stranger still, I think the two CSCs are more like 1 mile apart. I'm using the "Bolton" CSC, which is centered somewhere near the flashing yellow traffic light in busy downtown Bolton. That's clear across town from where I am.
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