Wow

Wow- I just drove 160 miles to my dark site, left at 5pm under clear blue skies, and got there just to see dark thunder clouds move in the moment I got out of the car. The sky literally went gray within 10 mintues. Nothing to do but to get back in and drive the 160 bloody miles home.


Hope someone is enjoying their night out under the stars. don't invite me to your star party. I am a cloud magnet!
Ivan

Tough break, Ivan. The observing weather seems to be pretty awful all over. I'm lucky to get three nights a month, and two of them are usually when the moon is almost full.

Last month I was observing at our club's dark site, about a 45 min. drive from my home. Conditions were superb for a while, and then the fog rolled in. We tried to wait it out, but after an hour of continually worsening conditions, we packed up and headed home. I was not on the highway for ten minutes when the fog completely cleared and the skies were as dark as I'd ever seen them.

Clear nights to us all,
Darren