KevS 15 Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 Thought I would get this one going:It's lashing down here again. Ho Hum Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveS 22 Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 Been raining in varying degrees of intensity all day. Expect it to continue th erest of th eday and most of tomorrow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gina 128 Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 Raining here too and very dull but the Amber Rain warning from the Met Office for this afternoon hasn't materialised yet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GazAstro 28 Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 I can see this being a very active thread ? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MarkAR 110 Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 Schmutz and Dreck ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gina 128 Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 Still just light rain - not that I'm grumbling. I prefer no to have a mud bath en route to my observatory!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Carastro 153 Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 Winge winge Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gina 128 Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 This is mine!! That green on Thursday night has turned red!! Weather is total rubbish for astronomy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Carastro 153 Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 Wow, yours is worse than mine Gina.Carole Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arioch 0 Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 Non stop heavy rain here in cloudsville Birmingham. Been raining for two days now! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gina 128 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Just very light rain ATM but we still have torrential rain forecast for this morning. Forecasts for the following week are dire for astronomy!! Goodness knows when we shall get any more imaging in!! ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
geoflewis 33 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Grey skies and raining here again this morning and not looking likely that this weather pattern will change anytime soon. I’m becoming very frustrated with the lack of clear skies recently; Mars closest approach to Earth this apparition is on 6 October and I haven’t been able to image it since 22 September. It’s looking likely that I will miss capturing it at its largest diameter ☹️. Hopefully I will get another chance around Mars opposition on 13 October. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveS 22 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Dismal drizzle at the moment, but as for Gina, heavy rain forecast for later, with an amber alert.Looking ahead on MO Friday looks hopeful. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jkulin 99 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Posted by: @Gina Still just light rain - not that I'm grumbling. I prefer no to have a mud bath en route to my observatory!!But Gina, I heard that Mud is good for the skin! ? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KevS 15 Posted October 4, 2020 Author Share Posted October 4, 2020 Slight hint of green on Wednesday, just past closest approach for Mars. But I think I would settle for that to be quite honest. It has stopped raining here on a temporary basis. However forecast heavy for later on this afternoon. Grey-Grey it's all grey. Just went into Marvin mode. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RPK_Astro 7 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 As some of you know, here in north Shropshire it's been misery for the last 3 or 4 months with very few decent clear nights, and some of those were at full Moon. Yesterday was very wet, but not that windy, I think that was reserved for further south. Today is brighter and drier, but there is no sign of any green observing slots - possibly on Thursday Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KevS 15 Posted October 6, 2020 Author Share Posted October 6, 2020 Might have a few hours this evening for Mars (close approach this evening). Lets hope so. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Incisive_Solutions 4 Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Would love to be viewing Mars tonight but such constant rain! :( Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AdAstraPaul 0 Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 North Cornwall....absolutely awful and has been for a while now and doesn't look like its going to get better, damn those westerly winds. Clear Outside sometimes makes promises it never keeps! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RPK_Astro 7 Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 It's been monumentally awful in Shropshire since early June. Never ending conveyor belt of cloud coming in off the Atlantic from SW - W, over Welsh mountains and then over me. I think maybe a dozen clear nights in over 4 months and some of those at full Moon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FuzzySB 0 Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Yup lancashire has been the same. Since May pretty much 100% cloud cover I have been out every clear night. But I can count them on 2 hands with fingers to spare. Very very dismal. Can't remember it being so bad before. But this is the first year attempting AstroPhotography so maybe just never been noticed before. The wife had said to me what is the point? As you can never do it anyway. Just hoping the winter months will be give some longer drier and colder nights. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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