oldfruit Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 We will be holding our December meeting tomorrow Saturday 15th December at Gibraltar Point Nature Reserve visitors centre near Skegness, and will be setting up in the car park around 5pm. All are welcome to join us, with or without a scope as we have scopes that you would be more than welcome to look through. We may also catch the back end of the Geminids meteor shower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmic dave Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Have a good night mark, I will see you in January Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldfruit Posted December 15, 2012 Author Share Posted December 15, 2012 The night started well with myself and Paul setting up, conditions looked like they could be ok as there were odd bits of cloud. Jupiter looked good early on as the seeing was really steady and despite Jupiter being quite low, we could see quite a lot of detail. We did see Europa dissapear behind Jupiter tonight though this was through gaps in the increasing haze and cloud and the seeing conditions deterioated quickly. We also had a visit from the Gib Point site manager this evening and had a quick chat and he even had a quick glance at Jupiter, seemed a nice chap (despite blinding me with his head lights). Whilst the weather was rubbish, it was still nice to get out for a bit. Thanks Paul for the company, always a pleasure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Sounds like you had a nice evening chaps - we had to keep dodging in and out of cloud at Wymeswold but some folks ran off a few subs and I managed a wobbly peek at Jupiter in Philj's classic refractor. Roll on the good seeing eh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 It's all about getting out and observing, sounds like a good night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldfruit Posted December 16, 2012 Author Share Posted December 16, 2012 More like the night that could have been, the seeing early on was great and we were hoping that the clouds would have parted for long enough but sadly this was not the case. Though it is typical, now it is 12.30am and have just been for a fag and the sky is crystal clear and even Sirius is hardly twinkling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmic dave Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 WeLl at least you had a half good night Mark, I'm just back from the worst xmas party ever ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Never mind Dave, you would have missed the fireball I'm sure ! (seen at Wymeswold!) Glad you guys got a bit of stargazing in, cleared here about 11pm, managed M42 with the bins and saw 2 or 3 meteors as well! Hope we can have a quick meet over the holiday! Keep an eye on the weather sites after Boxing Day??? Cheers Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbird Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 I did get a snap of the crescent moon, but it was starting to be obscured by cloud by the time earthshine was showing. http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh239/tbird_1966/crescentmoon.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Lots of detail there Paul, good photo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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