cam1936
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Reged: 08/01/08
Posts: 242
Loc: Alberta, Canada
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I get my very first scope on Saturday afternoon. I'm picking my new C8-SGT up at about 2 or 3 o'clock. Notice how it's relatively cloudy free until almost exactly when I get my scope and then it goes from blue to completely clouded over and it’s supposed to stay like that until at least Wednesday. DARN NEW SCOPE CURSE!!!!
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C8-SGT
Nikon 10x50 Action Ex
Canon 350D
Manfrotto tripod
Various EPs and accesories
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Brooklyn
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 07/24/08
Posts: 870
Loc: Central New Jersey
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Curse? more like every time you get a new item or think of a great new idea....the proverbial controllers in the other realm tweak their systems to make sure we don't get what we want.
Then they all sit there laughing at us drinking coffee.
I have learned to accept the randomness of the sky conditions, that why even if its a clouded up sky, I wouldn't mind working on some ATM project indoors. I just built myself an observing chair in a few nights when the sky was too cloudy outside.
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Meade 8.25"(209.55mm) LX-90 EMC (SCT)
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thebassmonkey
super member
Reged: 02/12/08
Posts: 162
Loc: High Wycombe, United Kingdom
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I have been out once this summer
bad clouds!
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Dylan Gladstone
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 08/05/07
Posts: 955
Loc: Connecticut, USA
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Sorry. I think I'm responsible for The Curse that southern New England is experiencing right now.
The clouds started rolling in last night in giddy anticipation of the motor drive and finder that FedEx is delivering today.
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Orion SkyView Pro 127mm Maksutov
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cam1936
sage
Reged: 08/01/08
Posts: 242
Loc: Alberta, Canada
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Well I am glad that I live in a place with a pretty high percentage of cloud-free days per year. To bad that most of the time when there are no clouds in the winter it's -30 out.
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C8-SGT
Nikon 10x50 Action Ex
Canon 350D
Manfrotto tripod
Various EPs and accesories
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InkDark
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 10/29/07
Posts: 1506
Loc: Montreal, Canada
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Wonder if the same thing happened to Galileo when he built his first scope?
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Jimmy
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scopethis
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Reged: 05/30/08
Posts: 239
Loc: Kingman, Ks
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I have made my 2 cents comments about this curse before; the genie is in the box--when you open the carton it pops out and devours your clear sky. Now there has got to be a solution to this. All of you CNers are very intelligent so lete get crackin. Should we tell the vender to disquise the box with some non-astronomical logo--like "Barfo's Dog Food"; will something along this line of reasoning help?
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cam1936
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Reged: 08/01/08
Posts: 242
Loc: Alberta, Canada
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I have made my 2 cents comments about this curse before; the genie is in the box--when you open the carton it pops out and devours your clear sky. Now there has got to be a solution to this. All of you CNers are very intelligent so lete get crackin. Should we tell the vender to disquise the box with some non-astronomical logo--like "Barfo's Dog Food"; will something along this line of reasoning help?
Nope, sorry. Whatever higher power it is that clouds over our clear skies the moment we get something new is too powerful and all knowing to be fooled by us mere telescope loving mortals.
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C8-SGT
Nikon 10x50 Action Ex
Canon 350D
Manfrotto tripod
Various EPs and accesories
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gilligan
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 01/02/08
Posts: 1043
Loc: Looking for the Bridge
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Need more proof? Other then just clouds, Watch out for the wind...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT0RKbCFHSE
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Gilligan
Celestron CPC 1100 GPS "Hal 9000"
Meade DSI II
Meade LPI
And a bunch of other stuff..
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FarrOut
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 02/24/05
Posts: 786
Loc: Tampa
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Darn Gustav is doing it to us in Florida. I really hoped for a clear night but is isn't to be.
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NEXSTAR 11-GPS
NEXSTAR SLT102
Starshoot CCD
Sky Scout
A wonderful wife that let's me do this stuff
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SUBSTORM
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Reged: 11/18/07
Posts: 251
Loc: Boise, ID
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Watch out for Hanna too... 
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chuck
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Orion XT8
Hyperion 24mm, 17mm, 8mm + ring
TV 2x Barlow
GSO 32mm
Eyepatch
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Crusader
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Reged: 08/14/05
Posts: 402
Loc: Karoo, South Africa
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Well, I can definitely confirm that the curse exists and not just for a new scope, but for accessories as well. I got my red dot finder on Wednesday. Had the luxury of quickly testing it the same night.
Woke up Thursday and it's cloudy as hell with two cold fronts moving in and cloudy and cold weather predicted till the middle of next week.
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Orion Skyquest XT10 10" dob.
Skywatcher Evostar 90mm F/10 Refractor on AZ3 mount.
25mm and 10mm Sirius Plossl eyepieces, Skywatcher 8-24mm Zoom EP. Orion O-III filter & Shorty Plus Barlow.
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cam1936
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Reged: 08/01/08
Posts: 242
Loc: Alberta, Canada
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Well I played an excellent round of golf this morning with perfectly clear skies, went and picked up the scope and still perfectly clear skies. Then as I was putting everything together I could see the storm clouds in the distance and by the time it was all put together I only had it outside for 5 minutes to check it out before it started raining. I hate the curse.
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C8-SGT
Nikon 10x50 Action Ex
Canon 350D
Manfrotto tripod
Various EPs and accesories
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WadeVC
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 12/02/05
Posts: 2799
Loc: Lodi, California,
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Well, at least those in Alberta, Canada know who to blame! 
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Orion XTi8 f/5.9
Meade NGC 70mm f/10
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Snickersnee
member
Reged: 08/29/08
Posts: 19
Loc: California
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Here in LA it is a hazy evening. Cursing those wishing for perfect skies at new moon.
But the reward was crepuscular rays in the dusk!
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Look’d up in perfect silence at the stars
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cam1936
sage
Reged: 08/01/08
Posts: 242
Loc: Alberta, Canada
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EDIT: drunk posting.
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C8-SGT
Nikon 10x50 Action Ex
Canon 350D
Manfrotto tripod
Various EPs and accesories
Edited by cam1936 (09/01/08 03:50 PM)
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Snickersnee
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Reged: 08/29/08
Posts: 19
Loc: California
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That's the way it goes some cloudy nights.
If you're a solar observer, some rainy days, too
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Look’d up in perfect silence at the stars
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jmcdonald
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 06/01/05
Posts: 1503
Loc: Tucson, AZ
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I think I've single-handedly pulled Arizona out of a 15 year drought by buying a new scope each summer for the last 3 years. We've had the 3 wettest summers I've ever seen in my almost 40 years.
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Jerel
Discovery 12.5" modified truss DOB
Orion 100mm f/6 achromat
Garret 15x70 LW Binoculars
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Crusader
sage
Reged: 08/14/05
Posts: 402
Loc: Karoo, South Africa
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Well, it seems as if the curse really hates me. It caused snow on the first day of Spring. Around here snow on the mountains is the exception to the rule, so it's a pretty amazing event.
I shudder to think what will happy once I've saved up enough, and bought my second scope! 
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Orion Skyquest XT10 10" dob.
Skywatcher Evostar 90mm F/10 Refractor on AZ3 mount.
25mm and 10mm Sirius Plossl eyepieces, Skywatcher 8-24mm Zoom EP. Orion O-III filter & Shorty Plus Barlow.
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link
journeyman
Reged: 08/30/08
Posts: 7
Loc: Scotland, UK
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I bought a new rucksack for my telescope and it has rained everynight bar about 5 nights since - that was over 3 months ago. Got a good day/night on friday and when I got my telescope out I found it wasn't working properly - is that a counter curse!? 
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