TheSkySearchers

I've only had one clear night since I got my scope, which doesn't surprise me, what does surprise me is that pretty much everyday has been a beautiful sunny day until the evening when the clouds appear.

Take yesterday for example, 27ºC, clear skies all day, I even sunburnt my back on the beach, I take my scope to the balcony door in preparation to finally try and see Saturn or Jupiter (I've only seen the moon so far) and CLOUDY, and today, cloudy in the morning, sunny in the afternoon, and cloudy again.

:flame:

Maybe the weather has always been like this, I've just never noticed

It's the dreaded new equipment curse.
X amount of days equal to the aperture or price of said equipment, have fun!

Yes.

Hello and welcome to my world (the same weather conditions). Glad you joined us.

Cheers,
JT

I have sun and fog virtually every night. They don't call it June Gloom in these parts for nothing.

We usually blame the person(s) who bought new equipment.
So thanks Paul.

I agree............blame the guy who bought the new equipment. Geeze, Paul. Thanks a lot! :-) Come join me for the next 3 months of hurricane season.

The dreaded curse. Hang tight. It will eventually clear. Eventually...

Yes, this is the norm, except full Moon nights. Those are typically clear.

I know what your feeling. Bought a new camera, only had four chances to use it in 6 weeks. Just brought home a small observatory, had to build a new floor the day after I got it home. You guessed it, raining cats and dogs since! The ole farmer in me appreciates the rain but.....

Bigzmey wrote: ↑Sun Jun 28, 2020 4:42 pm Yes, this is the norm, except full Moon nights. Those are typically clear.

Yep, I’ve noticed that, I suppose cloud does bubble up when the temperature drops, in humid environs even worse.

To quote Bruce Willis "welcome to the party pal"

Not to worry. I is generally clear on evenings when the moon is out. So there is that.

Yeah, I finally gave up and now am building my library of moon images - I plan on trying to get each % from 0 to full and back to 0%.

I have spent way more hours standing on my doorstep looking up at a cloudy sky, wondering where the beautiful clear skies went, than I have looking through my new telescope....by far.

How long does the curse usually last anyway?

Uncle Joe wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 4:05 pm How long does the curse usually last anyway?

Years
It all depends on how vindictive the local cloud deities are towards optics.

Uncle Joe wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 4:05 pm I have spent way more hours standing on my doorstep looking up at a cloudy sky, wondering where the beautiful clear skies went, than I have looking through my new telescope....by far.

How long does the curse usually last anyway?

It does seem cloudy skies are way more common than clear skies, over the country in general. It is absolutely that way in chicago. Last really clear day was many weeks ago.

There’s a corollary - clouds and / or rain are predicted all night so you don’t bother to set up. You happen to wake up in the middle of the night, look outside, and it’s crystal clear with no moon.

It’s a good reason to have binos or a grab-n-go scope sitting by the door,

pakarinen wrote: ↑Fri Jul 03, 2020 10:44 am There’s a corollary - clouds and / or rain are predicted all night so you don’t bother to set up. You happen to wake up in the middle of the night, look outside, and it’s crystal clear with no moon.

It’s a good reason to have binos or a grab-n-go scope sitting by the door,

Yes, but if you want to image something it’s doubly depressing as by the time you are setup... You know the rest.

LOL. With daylight savings time in full swing here, by the time I'm semi-conscious in the early morning, astro twilight is well underway. By Odin's beard I hate DST.

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