Mammy. Am I a Polar Bear?

You cant putta price on comfort epecially when it comes to freezing your nuts off to look at dots in the sky!!!!!!!

You cant putta price on comfort epecially when it comes to freezing your nuts off to look at dots in the sky!!!!!!!

This is true. My neighbour thinks i am MENTAL for being outside at 3,4,5,6am

My neighbours probably think im a pervert i could have 3scopes out the front along with airband scanners, portable weather station, couple of diff binos and my scout looks like a camcorder :lol: :lol:

ps: im "main sequence" 100 post

Since i bought my new bins i have noticed that the woman in the house directly behind me has left half of her bedroom curtain half open. I have seen her in a towel after having a bath/shower.

I swear.............i think she is on to me and leaves the curtain open on purpose.

Ah Yiz are all lightweights!! :twisted:

Just in a few minutes ago at 3am. Not the best session however. It wasn't the cold. I was fine on that count. Had a nice warm shower before I went out. Put on 2 pairs of socks, Thick Soled Hiking boots, Thick trackie bottoms, pair of jeans over them. T-Shirt, Alpine hooded fleece, Thick padded jacket with hood, Wooly hat. Twas only at the end of the 3 hour session that my feet were getting a bit cold. The rest of me was still toasty.

I ended up coming in when my eyepieces started fogging up.

The problem tonight was the transparency in Bray wasn't great. Skyglow all around and quite high up. I did get to confirm for definate that I have licked my scopes 'Push to' Object Locators problems. Objects appearing in the centre of the field of view. Its just that what was in the centre didn't blow my away. Crab Nebula, Christmas Tree Nebula, Eskimo Nebula, Owl Nebula. So faint that I wondered was it dew on the EP. It didn't help that I couldn't get dark adapted either as the neighbours left their toilet light on all night tonight.

I really can't wait to get to go to a dark site observing meet to see these things like they are meant to be seen.

Mars was the usual white disc. Saturn was affected by thermal currents over the neighbours house and when I went back to it when it was closer to the meridian and higher and wasn't over any roofs anymore, I got about 30 seconds before my EP dewed up. Same story as ususal with Saturn. White disc, with ring shadow, rings but no cassini and no cloud detail whatsoever.

I know people say the best views and seeing are on frosty winter nights but I have to say that in Bray at least I have had better seeing and transparency on the milder nights this Winter.

One other thing. Are Binoculars a Spring Summer Autumn only thing. Got a pair of TS 15x70's from Telescope service and I haven't really gotten to use them for more than about 5 minutes anytime I have brought them out, before they start dewing up.

Hi,

I only managed to use binos lastnight i had zhummell 25x100s didnt have any condensation problems...saying that the moisture in the air was probably different down here to where you are.....im shure there something you can get for condensation ask carl o beirnes hed know