Complain about clouds

[wraith dock]

weird

[marble root]

Cloud

[wraith dock]

truly a cloud of all time

[wraith dock]

GUESS I WONT BE SPOTTING NOCTILLUCENT CLOUDS THEN,

[urban quest]

:( they're always close to the horizon

[wraith dock]

noctillucent clouds over NW england

at least I think they are???

they only appeared a few minutes ago so they should be

[inner condor]

Yeah. This is my Skycam right now

[wraith dock]

yooooo

2nd time seeing them, 1st time getting them on my phone

looks like a good display too, they're going quite high up

mor pictur

[bronze escarp]

Y'all it's complain about clouds not love clouds and take pics of them

[ionic trout]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[ionic trout]

Would this make a good looped gif?

[marble root]

without the lightning flash yes

[wraith dock]

from one wall of cloud to another

[latent stone]

Idk which ones worst clouds and rains in summer or clear sky but with thick wildfire smoke

[urban quest]

Smoke cause man it really takes its time out there

[wraith dock]

if is a rain cloud where rain

[rapid furnace]

I'm tired of it being cloudy for 90% of this summer so far

I was excited to do astrophotography or at least look at stars

[wraith dock]

whyvare they in the northwest

[wraith dock]

Great display of noctilucents in the nw fsr

[keen crest]

[wraith dock]

correction: in the northeast

[wraith dock]

I got west n east mixed up

[safe junco]

clouds are bullies

[uncut venture]

zero clear hours for the next week

[spark plaza]

ALL CLOUDY FOR A MONTH AND NOW ITS GETTING CLEAR THE SECOND I AINT HOME

[wraith dock]

old noctilucent pics

capella 10 degrees above horizon

[ionic trout]

Same

[wraith dock]

should I make a cloud post thing

loke

to put stuff like noctilucent clouds, lenticular, etc

[mystic dagger]

very bright noctilucent clouds now!!!!

[mystic dagger]

Vladimir city. Russia

[mossy crane]

Ughhhh I want clear skies rn

[wraith dock]

lucky, my horizon got clouded up

altocumulus castellanus show that rain is coming
it did rain overnight

[wraith dock]

where were they for me

all these clear nights, and no noctilucent clouds.

(black stuff are stratus/cirrus clouds btw)

[rapid furnace]

[wraith dock]

lucky BASTARD–

[rapid furnace]

Lmao

[wraith dock]

yes I live in the UK how could you tell

[latent stone]

Same

[topaz kindle]

I'm jealous of theses temperatures

[latent stone]

Dont be cause it means more dark current lol

[topaz kindle]

If you want you can come to Greece

[latent stone]

Jesus

And i though 33 was unbearably warm

[topaz kindle]

It actually might go to 42⁰C if you're under the sun.

[latent stone]

Damn

[dusky olive]

Southern Europe be like

[minor linden]

can relate

feel-like of 43C rn

[topaz kindle]

And of course the humidity is at ~60%

[topaz kindle]

Oh yeah baby Spanish dessert

[minor linden]

I just checked and its 61% lmfao

spot on

[topaz kindle]

https://tenor.com/view/game-of-thrones-got-dance-tyrion-gif-13655976

[wraith dock]

HEATWAVE MY ASS, MET OFFICE GET YER FOCKEN FACTS STRAIGHT

[wraith dock]

WHY IS EVERYONE EXCEPT THE UK GETTING A HEATWAVE WTF 😭

[minor linden]

We had a heatwave

now its aight

28C currently

[minor linden]

Do you live in fcking Death Valley ☠️

[reef pike]

Day 215 without clear sky

[wraith dock]

at least u got the horizon

[lean blaze]

damn

ill have 2 clear nights till the moon is gonna be too bright

its going to be like that until the 31th and 2 days after that ill have school again

[wraith dock]

.
.
.
😭

[urban quest]

Food for staryaziny

[minor linden]

I may hate clouds, but only during night-time

[wraith dock]

yes clouds in the day can be really cool sometimes
unless its a solar ecplise

ecplide? epleic? aaaaaa

[mystic dagger]

VERY VERY BRIGHT NC

[ionic beacon]

I DONT HAVE CLOUDS

[wraith dock]

meanwhile my sky: ☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️

(no nc, no clear sky

[mystic dagger]

[wraith dock]

I do have 3 maybe clear nights coming up
ON A FULL MOON

[mystic dagger]

[wraith dock]

and the weather's idea of partial cloudy is VERY different from my idea of partial cloudy

now that I think abt
I HAVENT EVEN SEEN THE MOON ONCE FOR THE LAST MONTH
THATS HOW CLOUDY IT IS

[dusky olive]

Damn

[wraith dock]

and don't even get me started on the stars
I ain't seen them since like late june

[quaint fossil]

I can't complain during summer since I get a clear night basically every week or two, but during winter I mabe get like 4 or 5 chances to do anything, whilst all of the showpiece objects (the pleiades, the entire orion constellation, etc.) are passing by.

[scarlet scroll]

someone invent a cloud filter

[spark tusk]

Its called radio astronomy

[scarlet scroll]

right

[covert olive]

Oh wow those are some gorgeous Noctilucent Clouds

[urban quest]

my weather will be so bad for the next few months now

[wraith dock]

FINALLY SOMEONE ELSE WITH SHIT WEATHER

[timid yacht]

uk please give me no clouds

please

its been like 3 weeks

[wraith dock]

uk: partially cloudy, take it or leave it

[sand osprey]

Clouds

[timid yacht]

mate its still cloudy for another week atleast on my forecast

[green citrus]

I love summer…

[mystic dagger]

Degrees Fahrenheit?

[timid yacht]

obviously lol

[safe junco]

why do clouds exist

Make them leave

[royal roost]

Its supposed to be clear rn. and theres clouds covering the WHOLE SKY for fifteen minutes now

[minor linden]

do nebulae and space dust count as clouds?? 🤨🤨

[uncut venture]

big clouds

[wraith dock]

brain power: 102%

[spark plaza]

i hate clous

[safe junco]

Clouds are our punishment

[spark plaza]

ill eat a june bug if it means no clouds

[safe junco]

back 20K years ago someone made a mistake

[spark plaza]

oh no

[safe junco]

no one knows who
no one knows why

[spark plaza]

we must bare the sins of our forefather

[safe junco]

yeah

doesn't mean we can't hate them clouds

[urban quest]

What if I'm a fluffy cloud ☁️

[uncut venture]

leave

[ionic trout]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

When there is no moon or low % clouds cover the sky. When its close to full moon, its fully clear i am starting to get mad

[minor linden]

Lunar occultation of Saturn :(

[mystic dagger]

[royal roost]

One more day until its supposed to be clear...

I've been waiting for like 5 days

[mossy yew]

Same here, every estimate for clear skies shifted from 3AM to about 7AM for the last couple weeks

Looks like I might get out tonight though 🤞🤞

[timid yacht]

try a month

[wraith dock]

you wont, trust me

[mossy yew]

Looking okay so far, got some decent gaps

[wraith dock]

my forcast just says rain lmao
it did just stop raining too so yeer

(i see u also live in uk)

[mossy yew]

Fingers crossed it stays stopped, and yeah I'm up near Durham, had not a single gap in the clouds every night since I bought my scope til tonight haha.

[wraith dock]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1258357173331824745/1261443699619926088/roach-dancingroach.gif

[wraith dock]

oh im near manchester (oh the pain of having a B7 with lots of light pollution to the one part of the horizon that you have aclear view of), some gaps in the clouds but doesnt look like its gona clear

[mossy yew]

Light polution does suck but doesnt affect me too much, my little 4 inch newtonians arent much good for anything other than the moon.

And yeah I just checked the windy app and doesn't look good for Manchester tonight, should be good seeing tomorrow from like 12 onwards though! Particularly good around 2-3 AM

[wraith dock]

it doesnt look good for me until like next week at least 😭

[mossy yew]

Only 10% tomorrow at 3, not too bad!

[mystic dagger]

8% nice

[oak haven]

Clouds for me is not the issue, it’s the smoke.

[rapid furnace]

Same, I can barely see any stars

[wraith dock]

stratus clouds are the bane of my existence

istg

they just appear, make everything impossible to see for 3 days, and just leave

by the time theyre gone whatever im trying to see is gone too

at least with most other clouds they move at least slowly

but no

stratus clouds move so. fcuinkg. slow. and they form in such huge patches as well like its the vorst combo, big size moves slow

[urban quest]

IKR

My keast favorite cloud

[shadow locust]

i still hate clouds

[coarse granite]

But they kind of look cool sometimes

[oak haven]

No, I hate them, they cover the sky. There is almost nothing good about them. I hate how they look, I hate them at night especially, during the day I really don’t care, but if they’re covering it at night it’s so annoying I hate it.

[viral thistle]

If you read this then you will have cloudy skies, sorry.

[timid yacht]

you are a meanie

[sinful moon]

why do you have to cut it at the stars tho 😭

[coarse granite]

25mb discord limit. Had to cut it short

[royal roost]

If you read this then you will have clear skies tomorrow :]

[uncut venture]

If you read this then the message above works every time you read it

[spark pendant]

I need clearskiesi need clearskies omg

[waxen summit]

what u complaining abt

[keen crest]

yellow

its cloudy

and i cant image

[waxen summit]

i will image through red fr 😭

yellow is very good

[warped pendant]

ong

i only image at red

i am no noob

dont need no green

[oak haven]

Just got a new telescope, it’s coming Monday. Sorry in advance for the clouds.

[desert valve]

Fuckclouds

[keen crest]

Wowoaoaaahahhhh

There are kids in this server

[desert valve]

I bet they hate clouds too

[short anchor]

(Real)

[gentle bane]

The pain of living in South east Asia near the equator is unmatched anywhere if you're an astrophotographer

clouds 24/7/12/365

even on clear nights i'll only get like 3-4 hours of partially clear skies

[prime grotto]

Ihateclouds

[timid yacht]

uk giggles in embarrassment

[lost patrol]

⛅️

[viral thistle]

I see this every day but I look outside and it's just grey shit

[ionic trout]

Same

[mossy yew]

Went to Kielder observatory the other night and I managed to worm my way into the first viewing group knowing that clouds were on the way within the next half hour, thanks to the windy app. Saw vega, saturn and 2 moons, even Pluto but we were the only group that night that had clear skies, no one else used the telescopes. Cost 45 quid per ticket. I'd be fuming.

[inner condor]

Kielder’s great though. I went last year and it rained, but they put on talks and stuff and the kids were still entertained. Don’t think we paid £45/ticket though. Probably more like £45 for the family.

[mossy yew]

It was good like, got to see a load of meteorite samples and quizzed some of the science communicators on their imaging techniques. Price must've gone up unfortunately. Its the second time I've been, first time was about 6 years ago and was also rained off, just had a 2 hour PowerPoint which wasn't too good but theyve definitely improved since then.

[mystic dagger]

Noctilucent clouds😍

[prime grotto]

Bruh

[urban quest]

I will go insane

The clouds make me crazy

[terse ravine]

Crazy? I was crazy once, they locked me in a rubber room, a room full of rubber, rubber makes me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once, they locked me in a rubber room, a room full of rubber, rubber Crazy? I was crazy once, they locked me in a rubber room, a room full of rubber, rubber makes me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once, they locked me in a rubber room, a room full of rubber, rubber makes me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once, they locked me in a rubber room, a room full of rubber, rubber makes me crazy….

[urban quest]

I am crazy

the clouds are crazy

I will become insane

[minor linden]

Crazy? I was crazy once, they locked me in a rubber room, a room full of rubber, rubber makes me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once, they locked me in a rubber room, a room full of rubber, rubber Crazy? I was crazy once, they locked me in a rubber room, a room full of rubber, rubber makes me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once, they locked me in a rubber room, a room full of rubber, rubber makes me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once, they locked me in a rubber room, a room full of rubber, rubber makes me crazy….

[terse ravine]

Crazy? I was crazy once, they locked me in a rubber room, a room full of rubber, rubber makes me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once, they locked me in a rubber room, a room full of rubber, rubber Crazy? I was crazy once, they locked me in a rubber room, a room full of rubber, rubber makes me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once, they locked me in a rubber room, a room full of rubber, rubber makes me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once, they locked me in a rubber room, a room full of rubber, rubber makes me crazy….

[viral thistle]

Hey stargazers! We're pumped to announce our latest "totally legit" gadget: the Cloud Filter Pro. This magical little filter will turn your stormy, cloud-covered nights into crystal-clear astrophotography sessions. Yes, you heard that right—storm-proof night skies!

This isn't just any filter; it's packed with super-advanced Dynamic Light Refraction (DLR) Technology and Atmospheric Phase Correction (because we know you love big words). Basically, it works by making clouds and storms go poof from your photos. Thunderstorms? No problem. Tornadoes? Pfft, easy. Just slap this bad boy on your lens, and suddenly, it's like the weather gods are on vacation.

How does it work? Who cares! It's got multi-layered, nano-coated whatchamacallits that make clouds disappear, and some fancy algorithm thingy that makes lightning flashes and stormy chaos irrelevant. It's practically wizardry in a filter!

Just screw on the Cloud Filter Pro, and bam—instant perfect night skies. Because why should weather stop your cosmic selfies?

[urban quest]

fake

[viral thistle]

Nuh uh

[high glade]

okay I still hate clouds but I love thunderstorms so much. the whole sky just lit up like day bc of the lightning, so pretty lol

also the thunder sounds amazing

[slate cobalt]

clouds ruined one of my most potential rich images 😭

[pine sand]

I hate clouds

[balmy goblet]

-_-

[timid yacht]

packing my stuff now

[timid yacht]

aint no way clouds generated so much noise lmaoo

[desert valve]

That sucks

[balmy goblet]

veil nebula lookin kinda weird today

[slate cobalt]

fr

[slate cobalt]

300 pics, 200+ wasted

start and beginning was cloudless 😭

[timid yacht]

ohh thats stacked

[inner condor]

Oh hey, I’m only a little way up the road

[viral thistle]

Do you also hate living in this area?

[inner condor]

No I’m north of the Tyne

[viral thistle]

Fair enough much better than my area then

[inner condor]

The weather sucks at the moment though

[viral thistle]

Uk life

[timid yacht]

i hate the uk weather wise, its rained all day, nice summer day 😦

[teal stratus]

Best Sky here :D

... I neither have a camera nor my telescope with me

[uncut venture]

phone

always use the sky when its good

[royal roost]

I'm pretty sure storm like this also clear out the clouds so it gives you better seeing, right?

[high glade]

doesn't do much for clearing out clouds from what ive seen, but there's always less smoke afterward

[teal stratus]

Yeah

DeepSkyCamera

Todays sky goes crazy again

A few high clouds but all in all it looks inzane

[uncut venture]

phone ap when its just phone and tripod isn't bad

[teal stratus]

Yeah

[uncut venture]

by isn't bad I mean it's easy and almost no frustration

[teal stratus]

Yes

[uncut venture]

High clouds suck

[teal stratus]

Yap

[uncut venture]

I hate them

so muxh

[uncut venture]

what's the target rahh

[teal stratus]

You are looking forward to the evening, no clouds in sight, it's getting dark, still no clouds visible, you make your photo:

High clouds

[uncut venture]

FR

ESPECIALLY WHEN THERES NO CLOUDS WHEN YOU START IMAGING AND YOU LEAVE IT ALONE

and then when you come back:

[teal stratus]

Yessssss

You come back and Brruhhhh

[uncut venture]

tbh clouds don't ruin it that much tho with only phone

like in my Cygnus a lot of clouds passed through

and it was still fine

[teal stratus]

Nicee

But only at long exposure times

It just dims the light a bit and after processing they really do not matter

I guess...

[uncut venture]

i did 8s last time I did mw on phone but my Cygnus was 4s exposures

And the clouds were very obvious in each sub

And bright

(don't have images of subs to show)

i only have the processed stack

[teal stratus]

Sky at the moment

Hehe

[uncut venture]

clear?

[teal stratus]

Yap

If there werent any high clouds...

[uncut venture]

😭

[teal stratus]

But not here

Luckily

At the moment no cloud in sight

[uncut venture]

wait until you actually go out to image

[teal stratus]

Just joking xD

[teal stratus]

Yap

Theyll appear then

Out of nowhere

Orrr

[uncut venture]

and only in the area you're imaging

[teal stratus]

Probably

[uncut venture]

happened with my Cygnus but I have no idea how the stack was fine

So many of the subs had super bright clouds

[teal stratus]

At least

The only reason for their existence is to make astrophotography difficult

And depressing :|

[uncut venture]

partial clouds in day and clear at night is best

[teal stratus]

Yap

Still no cloud outside

It's getting dark

9 pm

[uncut venture]

do mw core

if u can

[teal stratus]

?

[uncut venture]

it came out a lot better than my Cygnus when I did it

[uncut venture]

if you're doing phone+tripod again

[teal stratus]

Have no tripod, no teleskope, just a chair to lean my phone on

[uncut venture]

eh

still fine

when I do tripod I don't even move its position while imaging bc I never get enough exposure time to have to do it

[teal stratus]

Lol

My camera is crap

Xiaomi Redmi Note 8T

[uncut venture]

what was the target in this

[teal stratus]

There was none :>

Just trying to image the milky way

I'm in bortle 4 region

Normally in 5 but I'm at my cousins

[uncut venture]

LUCKY

Bortle 4

[uncut venture]

I meant what area of mw

[uncut venture]

was this stacked

[teal stratus]

Nop

One exposure of 10 sec

Too bad my phone was out of focus

Swan

And pegasus

[uncut venture]

When you can def staxk

[uncut venture]

Phone does give alright results

Stacked

[teal stratus]

Nop

[uncut venture]

This is the Cygnus I did

[teal stratus]

Huhhhhh

[uncut venture]

That had clouds passing through

[teal stratus]

Wtd

Equipment?

???

[uncut venture]

phone

tripod

point at sky

[teal stratus]

Ohhh

[uncut venture]

deepskycamera

[teal stratus]

Whaaaaaat?

The sky???

[uncut venture]

lol

[teal stratus]

Setting in Deepsky?

[uncut venture]

4s exposures

Idk the iso

Bortle 6 I think

[teal stratus]

Bruh

How many images?

[uncut venture]

I think 50

[teal stratus]

Ok

Wow

[uncut venture]

But a lot had clouds so

[teal stratus]

Ok

What phone?

[uncut venture]

s20

[teal stratus]

...?

[uncut venture]

whar

[teal stratus]

What is s20?

[uncut venture]

you asked what phone

[teal stratus]

What's s20?

[uncut venture]

samsung galaxy s20

[teal stratus]

Ah

Bruh

Shortcut notification in my head recently shut down

Going out in a few minutes

[uncut venture]

huh

why

[teal stratus]

Because it's dark enough

[uncut venture]

I don't go out until like 11

[teal stratus]

Bruh

[uncut venture]

how is it dark enough that early

[teal stratus]

🤷🏻‍♂️

Short twilight

Ah

Nah

Im dumb

Just looked for the sky

Still blue and to bright

6s

But the stars are not as sharp as I want them to be

Idk what to do

[uncut venture]

wait

your sky is way too bright rn

[uncut venture]

RAHH CLOUDS

[slate cobalt]

Sun isnt set properly

you gotta wait

[teal stratus]

I knoowww

But I want to set the focus right

But I can't find the right spot on the scale on DeepSky

[uncut venture]

use infinite

works fine for me

[teal stratus]

Way better already

[teal stratus]

Okay

Thx

Little bad process at my phone to highlight the stars

[uncut venture]

highcloudshighcloudshighcloudshighcloudshighclouds

[teal stratus]

Way better

[uncut venture]

compression go CRAZY

[teal stratus]

Jup

[teal stratus]

Why does it take 15s for DeepSkyCamera to make 5 images without a pause and just with one sec of exposure??

[timid yacht]

probably takes time to save the images, eg slow processing unit or storage

[teal stratus]

Can I fasten that process somehow?

Ah

One more question

When you go to settings in DeepSkyCamera, what does "5x5 Mean" at Noise reduce mean?

Is 5x5 Mean or High Quality better?

[teal stratus]

Never seen such an amzing sky before

[uncut venture]

i see clouds

[uncut venture]

you cant fix it

just take longer exposures so more time is spent taking exposures and not waiting between thenm

[teal stratus]

Okay

[teal stratus]

One cloud

One tiny, little stupid cloud

[balmy goblet]

[minor linden]

this gave me a thought

I wonder how many newcomers to astronomy get mad at the Milky Way thinking its a giant cloud

[teal stratus]

Huhhhhhhhh

Whaaaaaaat

[teal stratus]

This is a cloud, you see

I still don't know why stellarium displays a cloud but...

For the layman, there maybe seems to be no difference between a cloud and the milky way

[teal stratus]

I can tell

This is a cloud

https://tenor.com/view/egentlig-ark-rock-drake-ark-survival-cat-gif-26653544

[pine sand]

Clouds should be removed in the next world update

[balmy goblet]

this isn't looking very observable is it

[balmy goblet]

1 more and we have the whole nebula no way

[dusky olive]

On the perseid night too

[teal stratus]

Yap

There should be a button to spawn them for rain

[pine sand]

I also need a cloud curse for my enemies 😈

[teal stratus]

Great night again

Hehe

I really must process this to get out this inuniformity

[latent stone]

Its clear but its smoky 😭

[viral thistle]

Smoker filter

And cloud filter

[latent stone]

Well its wilde fire smoke so everything gets blocked except for red and infrared

Like look at this

[viral thistle]

Holy smokes

Literally

[teal stratus]

:D

[balmy goblet]

imaging veil nebula going great

"hi" cloud covers target

[desert valve]

The hell are those yellow lines

[balmy goblet]

country outlines lol

hell yeah

[waxen summit]

PHD is picking up the veil tf???

[balmy goblet]

those are 4s subs lol just sped up the clip

[viral thistle]

Clear all day cloudy all night

Love it

[pine sand]

Shoot during the day then

It's just like shooting in a B99999

[viral thistle]

Honestly, UK weather makes me want to get a solar rig just so I can maximize the time I spend imaging

[pine sand]

Put a raincoat on your rig too 😂

[viral thistle]

loool

[balmy goblet]

daily sun pictures can be fun, and some nd5 foil doesn't break the bank, can 100% recommend

[frank sonnet]

What kind of dark sky is this

[balmy goblet]

roughly bortle 4.5 iirc

4s exposures though

[frank sonnet]

Oh right

[balmy goblet]

pretty sure you can just barely make out there is something there at 0.2-0.5s though, but would have to take a screenie and stretch to check if it's not just my brain lol

[teal stratus]

9 pm

11 pm 😭

Somehow managed to get rid of the cloud with a stupid phone app

Not overprocessed at all

[timid yacht]

new forum, complain about WIND

[keen crest]

solution: buy a new mount

[waxen summit]

bro my eq6 is suffering 💀

[keen crest]

AP1200 is calling you

[balmy goblet]

won't complain about clouds today, they came to say hi but I asked them to leave and they did soon after 👍

[desert valve]

Never had to worry about that

For some reason

It just isn't windy at night where I live

Execpt for one time

Still didn't really affect my images

[desert valve]

Skiiiiny scope

[balmy goblet]

more long than skinny, 1200/150 :p

[desert valve]

What's the difference

[keen crest]

his apperture is 1200 and a focal lenght of 150

[round nacelle]

I went to Bortle 2 desert which is almost always clear, but somehow,
It was thundering & sandstorming only in that region in my whole state :(

It cleared up later in the night tho

[silent parcel]

i am the worlds unluckiest person

*exaggeration

[pine sand]

Cloud 🌨️☁️🌨️☁️🌨️☁️🌨️☁️🌨️☁️

[wraith dock]

i had two clear nights before the peak and taht was it
after the peak the moon starts to get in the way

[viral thistle]

Clear all day cloudy all night again not even funny

I don't get it at all

[karmic gulch]

Here in Portugal I've tried to see the star shower but it was always cloudy. I hate clouds, they're not welcome wherever there are amateur astronomers.

[karmic gulch]

I realise it's the same here: during the day the sky is clear or almost clear, but at night there are clouds everywhere and to make matters worse here in Portugal there's even fog!

[urban quest]

past 2 months i am suffering with clouds and weather prediction tells i have to wait until end of August

i have observed that during La nina in my country, its very cloudy and rainy and during El nino its more "normal" i guess thats a factor causing so much rain this year

[wraith dock]

half n half lmao (on big moon nights tho )

[mossy yew]

Well, this sucks

[desert valve]

Clearest uk day

[rapid furnace]

I didn't get to see the blue moon

Can you guess why

[feral shadow]

If I could strangle a cloud I would. I drive 6 hours to be in the dead center of the total lunar eclipse to get the most time there? Clouds. No eclipse. Took a 4 hour drive to be in B2 and the forecast said I'll have good skies. No, actually I get clouds. Nasa please gimmie a super soaker that sprays chemicals that make those damn clouds go away

[rapid furnace]

I wish I could put the wrath of god on those clouds too sometimes lol

Just push them out of the way

[frank sonnet]

Just detonate an atomic bomb

[timid yacht]

clouded for 2 weeks, really bro

[minor linden]

😔

[desert valve]

Hello

[minor linden]

olleH

[dusky olive]

Amazing photo tho

[balmy goblet]

no way, FINALLY?????

[frank sonnet]

Norway 🇳🇴

[balmy goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/punisher-no-no-no-tanklorde-gif-25785566

[frank sonnet]

https://tenor.com/view/scream-love-poland-gif-10918710646251769391

[balmy goblet]

it actually ended up being fine against all odds

I mean the seeing was the worst I've seen in a long time, maybe ever, but at least I could image lol

[frank sonnet]

Shut up, greece is in immeasurable debt

[round nacelle]

I want to go to Greece but eithout the Grc

[topaz kindle]

Σπανισ Πολλαντ
5 digital bucks to whom ever translate this.(Real money is a disease of which I've developed immunity)

[round nacelle]

Spanis Pollant?

I'm guessing that means Spanish Poland

[topaz kindle]

$$$$

[wraith dock]

actually looks really cool tho

[quaint fossil]

I can't complain about them because if it wasn't for them we wouldn't be alive right now

so I praise them

but only in day

[round nacelle]

still don't get it

[topaz kindle]

Due to @frank sonnet which has said that Greece has an immeasurable debt I can't pay you in real money only in digital emojis

[round nacelle]

ahr

[wraith dock]

grrraaahhbhbsbbfsdd theres been clear skies but at night this kind of fast-moving fog just appears

[wraith dock]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[rapid furnace]

Fun

[teal stratus]

Joy

[quaint fossil]

is

[round nacelle]

onto

[void lantern]

Been a rough week. Holding out hope for tomorrow to test my new F/3 Corrector

Also, UK suuuuucks

[inner condor]

https://www.reddit.com/r/amateursatellites/s/BroANajP34

[timid yacht]

where in the uk r u ? mine is so similar

[void lantern]

south east

its a misery

[timid yacht]

oh im at 54 deg

uk

[void lantern]

51 😄

miserable

[timid yacht]

yup worse up here

[buoyant ridge]

sorry to whoever is clouded out because of me

[covert olive]

The entire south east US, at the moment

look what you've wrought

[buoyant ridge]

Meanwhile I'm getting lucky with at least the next 2 weeks looking good

[buoyant ridge]

I take this statement back

I love imaging clouds

False alarm

[latent stone]

How do you still have so much noise considering your sensor is at -10°C

Help its going to like this for the next 3 months

😭

[buoyant ridge]

Probably because I had the l-extreme in

Pretty good weather here

[wraith dock]

.

[lilac radish]

I might have cloudy the next 2 weeks, so I'll miss c2023 a3

[timid yacht]

havent had a clear night in like a month

[waxen summit]

fr

[arctic pine]

same

[wraith dock]

cirrus/stratus clouds are the bane of my existence

clear sky? boom, sheet of cirrostratus, bye to sky for the next weel

[minor linden]

so far the bane of my existence hasn't been clouds, its haze

[wraith dock]

aaaaaaa

October and it's 1C

help me

[tight junco]

I legit hate clouds now

[latent stone]

Help

[lilac radish]

damn

[wraith dock]

no way same

[wraith dock]

if it doesn't move in 15 minutes I'm calling god

[wraith dock]

WHAT ARE THE CHANCES

TWO IN A ROW

[ionic trout]

99.999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999

[wraith dock]

in all fairness I live in the UK

[ionic trout]

[covert olive]

This image hurts to look at, I'm so sorry for you

[arctic pine]

Now tell me how is it possible that the "brightest comet in the century" is visible and I haven't had a completely clear night since September the 5th

AND no clear nights are coming

AND it's clear almost everywhere elxe in my country

[minor linden]

just walk somewhere else duh smh my head

[arctic pine]

I'm surrounded by mountains

That stretch 70 something km

[minor linden]

just hike somewhere else duh smh my head

[arctic pine]

In the sea?

[minor linden]

https://tenor.com/view/skeleton-crush-crusher-skull-halloween-gif-26163235

[minor linden]

https://tenor.com/view/walter-white-walter-falling-breaking-bad-dm4uz3-gif-18078549

[timid yacht]

LMAOO

[arctic pine]

sadly based on a true story

[timid yacht]

yuuup

[arctic pine]

yo

[arctic pine]

I may have 2 hours clear-ish

19-21

[timid yacht]

lucky ah, i was lucky actually the only clear night for a month was when there was aurora

[arctic pine]

Did you get any footage/saw it?

[timid yacht]

yeah

[timid yacht]

@arctic pine

[visual oak]

i hate the Clouds. There are clouds disturbing the EXACT area the comets is in for hours now

[arctic pine]

damn

[arctic pine]

same. It might be clear in around 30 minutes though

[visual oak]

Not for me

It was cloudy the whole last week and will prob be cloudy the whole next week

Sun has set about half an hour ago...

[arctic pine]

Clouds just spawned

[visual oak]

I havent even seen the comet yet T-T

[visual oak]

Btw that orange glow on the clouds is from a city not from the sun

[arctic pine]

Me neither

[arctic pine]

.

[visual oak]

REAL

Where u from?

[wraith dock]

UK activities

comet? what's that? I ain't seeing any of it

and don't tell me I can see s1

[errant dagger]

Shoo!! Go away you clouds!!!

[arctic pine]

Italy

[visual oak]

Ah close to me, germany

[normal locust]

Apparently i need to find a non offensive way to say fuuuuuu0ckkkkk clouds

I can only watch on weekend😭😭

[wraith dock]

ahahaha why me

[rapid furnace]

You know something funny? I have never seen a comet in person because everytime there is one it's cloudy until it's gone, and then clears up again

[heavy gust]

First light with new rig, sky was clear and by the time I finished setting up

Wouldn’t ya know it …… all clouds

[wraith dock]

this literally happened to me just today
missed a3 bc it cleared up when it was 7 degrees above horizob

[rapid furnace]

I live somewhere not great for seeing space events, I looked up on average how many cloudy days there are in a year and it said like 245 or something

226 apparently, I just checked

[minor linden]

ouch

I get a lot of clouds as well but its pretty much all concentrated in June-August and little to none outside of it especially in the winter months

[rapid furnace]

Interesting, I get it mostly IN the winter and fall months, and not in the summer or spring months

[minor linden]

it gets really dry here in the winters. Last winter there was literally no rainfall for over 3 months (from Dec '23 to Feb '24)

meanwhile in the monsoon periods of summer it is raining basically like everyday

[rapid furnace]

Ah, so I assume you live somewhere with a more tropical climate then

I live somewhere colder, I live 15 minutes away from the Canadian border lol

I just realized I live closer to Alaska than Texas, that's weird to think about

[minor linden]

yes, sub-tropical climate

[normal locust]

Fr fr

[latent stone]

Tbh even if you a few km past the mountains the weather should clear up because mountains trap moisture

[arctic pine]

Yeah, but the mountains are still about 30km away

I'm just cooked atm, now it's raining all over the country

[wraith dock]

out of the whole year I have approx 35 days of clear weather

(uk)

[normal locust]

Istg because of those f#cking clouds i wont be able to see the brightest comet in decades. Fuuuuuuu€kkkk

[round thicket]

A3 isnt that impressive. Not a very interesting tail.
Neowise and leonard were better.

[void lantern]

Anyone in the UK got any clear skies forecasts over the next couple days? Tempted to travel with my new rig but south east is a mess right now

[wraith dock]

😭 it's clear at all the wrong times
in the early morning when I'm asleep it's clear
evening? clouds

[normal vapor]

Gonna need sunglasses when the sky's clear 😂.

[void lantern]

It’s still going!

[magic valley]

What app is this?

[wraith dock]

it's the met office website

[ionic trout]

got rid of em clouds for now.

[rapid furnace]

Fun

[brave dew]

clouds can be so pretty man but RAAAHHH i wish they would go away at night bro

[azure grotto]

I live in Seattle and I hate clouds passionately! Fffff emm

[rapid furnace]

I also live in Washington and it sucks

I actually looked up the statistics and 80% of the year is cloudy

[latent stone]

Yeah i feel you i live close by and its been cloudy for the past 3 months straight 😭

[ionic trout]

wohoo

[shadow locust]

i’m gonna ruin it for you

[ionic trout]

[sinful moon]

I haven't had a clear night in 35 days

[balmy citrus]

I bought a C8 nearly two months ago and got to use it properly 3 times

new gear makes clouds feel extra annoying

went on vacation to a true dark site for a couple days and the weather changed to cloudy the moment the sun set

[minor linden]

I'm unironically glad it rained this night

no more haze!!1!11

thx clouds

[drowsy forge]

Dear diary it’s been 59 days since I saw the stars, I don’t know if I remember how to set everything up, I probably should re collimate the telescope so when it is finally clear I won’t have to spend much time making sure it’s perfect, also should re focus and clean the guide scope.
-ThisOne out

[desert wigeon]

Do vacuums work on clouds?

[cobalt path]

I really hope they did.

[wraith dock]

paper towels work better

[hushed ledge]

I feel you man, sometimes i go so crazy bc of the damn weather im starting to feel like an addict
#starStarvingToDeath

[cobalt path]

Yesterday jupiter was in the best spot for me... and the clouds really ruined the day. It started raining too..

[hushed ledge]

has anyone tried to do cloud seeding? like in dubai? i'd take my lil brothers drone and makes some sort of attachment so i could carry like 200g of salt and try scattering it in the air to couse rain so i have clear skies for the night

[cobalt path]

thats

what.

no way that actually works?

[dry temple]

I love clouds pls pls I want storm rain

Pls I want storm clouds rain rain 2 weeks

Pls pls

[hushed ledge]

blasphemy!

[dry temple]

I’m serious

[wraith dock]

storm darragh is STILL having the UK turning its legs inside out

[normal vapor]

😂

The end of AP is neigh.
It's a sad sorry world we Now Live in / under!

Spend the finances on your kids and if you don't have any kinds.. Buy into another hobby.. Something you can do indoors would be preferable.

[dry temple]

?

I just wish for a few days of storm bud

[hushed ledge]

I started painting,
Something I didn't think I would ever do

[tight junco]

Ive seen cloud seeding done live, its a pretty interesting process. But for that, u need to reach atleast 2000ft of altitude. Plus, u need to have exact conditions, and even with those conditions, there is a CHANCE that it will rain. U should definwtwly try though, i would love to see the results.

[pearl frost]

😓

[rapid furnace]

I don't care if I have school tomorrow, I'm not gunna miss this opportunity

[minor linden]

do you live in australia?

or is that farenheit

[rapid furnace]

Fahrenheit

I live on the border of Canada, that's why I'm so surprised by the weather lol

[dry temple]

Oh storm clouds! Please come here! I want rain!

Please please rain rain pls pls

I don’t want clear weather anymore I want storm and rain

Rain rain don’t go away come again

Pls pls

[uncut venture]

take my clouds pls

[dry temple]

Is it storm/rain

[wraith dock]

[dry temple]

Pls trade

[wraith dock]

I would but I'm in the uk
the clouds are as much of us as the heatwave is of you

[dry temple]

We don’t got no heatwave rn

Lol

Weather is average 20c or so

It’s nice and cool

We actually are in an ongoing cold wave rn, last night it was so cold

[wraith dock]

20c is hot in the uk

[dry temple]

Wtf

Our summer is 40c

Once went 50c in the city even

Once I went desert it was 53c

We were chilling brooo

[wraith dock]

the upside is that cold for us is like
negatives

[hushed ledge]

there was suppose to be a few hour window tomorrow but every time i check it it gets shorter, damn winter it use to be freezing and clear and now its just rain and clouds

[desert wigeon]

New telescope comes next week

Not looking promising

[dry temple]

Bruhhhh lucky

For a sec I thought this celcius lol

I want rain ):

[hushed ledge]

that's why im not getting anything AP realted for chrismas, i want the clouds to end

where in EU would i have to move to get i don't know...30 clear nights a year? im not asking for much, just <10% of the year to not be spent under the clouds

[minor linden]

spain ig? they do seem to have a few arid spots

anywhere in the yellow-brown areas I suppose

[hushed ledge]

rain doesn't always corelate to clouds

[minor linden]

Might be wrong, but the chances of clouds in places where it doesn't rain often is probably lower than 90% of the year, which is what you asked for

[hushed ledge]

i guess

[magic valley]

Not here to mainly complain about clouds but I need my finals to be over so I can go back home and image but also the clouds have been bad recently

[pearl frost]

14 days since I last seen a star

[inner isle]

Summer in my location is when all the really cool deep space comes out of hiding.. Havent had a single clear night in months

https://tenor.com/view/over-it-straight-face-gif-12942755

WHY

why must the wet season be during the cool astrophotograpy season.. to make it even worse its not even raining most the time. its just 60%+ cloud coverage constantly

[desert wigeon]

Let’s just nuke clouds

[inner isle]

youre right. they arent important. the environment (and my mental) will be better off without them

[desert wigeon]

Exactly

[inner isle]

this is just an unacceptable amount of clouds

[desert wigeon]

😭

[hushed ledge]

i think we should make a AA meetings group
Astronomers Annnymus
like:

hi, I'm szymon.
hiiii szyymoon.
i haven't seen stars in two weeks.
....

[tight junco]

Lmao

[pearl frost]

Maybe some kind of hibernation pill between clear nights

[hushed ledge]

uuu i'd like thaat

[eager fjord]

Enough said

[minor linden]

I mean tbf its on a full/gibbous moon anyway

[eager fjord]

yea but id still rather have moon and no clouds than clouds and moon

[minor linden]

i guess

[wraith dock]

I have you beat

[inner isle]

look to be fair your country is smaller than the size of my state 😭

but also that sucks so bad

I couldn't imagine having astronomy/astrophotography as a hobby and also living in the area of the world that is famous for being overcast

[wraith dock]

ig lol

however,

that's a big chunk of Europe too

[inner isle]

clouds so thick even the radar just said "screw it"

[wraith dock]

wait lemme get a world map one

found it

[wraith dock]

.

UK, Ireland, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia AND Romania

all out for the count

and Denmark too

[inner isle]

What God did Europe do dirty to be banished from seeing stars.

[wraith dock]

its because we live at the magic latitude of 50 degrees North

[inner isle]

The forbidden latitude

[wraith dock]

we get every possible form of rain from every direction

[inner isle]

freaky latitude

[wraith dock]

snow and freezing rain from the north
wet from the east/west
hot rain from South

[inner isle]

that's wild

at least in Aus we only have 2 weather modes

on fire

or flooding

[wraith dock]

sometimes we get heatwaves from the South tho

[inner isle]

that is unfortunate

heatwaves just guarantee more clouds

[wraith dock]

I think last time that happened Spain got smothered in Saharan sand

[inner isle]

oh yeah I remember that

Ive never been to Europe but every time I learn about it, it sounds like an amazing holiday destination. Then a horrible living destination

[wraith dock]

yes
come for a while, but do not stay

and abt that heatwave

get this

it was so warm I caught an incredibly bad cold

in August.

[inner isle]

how does that even work 😭

[wraith dock]

idk

[inner isle]

being sick during heat is also the worst my condolences

I just got over COVID and it's been raining sideways + high heat non stop

95% humidity moment

[wraith dock]

oh god

that is quite literally hell

[inner isle]

you should totally consider moving to Aus you'll at least have a chance to have clear skies for more than 10% of the year

and somewhat predictable weather

[wraith dock]

I would but
if I had to choose between battling the clouds or battling the flames of hell, I might just pick the former (lololol)

[inner isle]

Although I say that and I have no idea which hemisphere has the cooler targets

[wraith dock]

definitely southern

[inner isle]

a little fire for cool targets

pretty good deal

[wraith dock]

sure Northern has cygnus region, plieades, etc
but southern has
milky way, carina, centaurus, magellanic, etc

way cooler targets

[inner isle]

as someone that's lived in northern Australia most of their life I can confirm you don't ever get used to the heat and just want to move further and further south.

[wraith dock]

wait I just realised

[inner isle]

I assume north gets Pleiades for longer? we get it here during summer

[wraith dock]

the things dubaiastro would do to swap with you

[wraith dock]

yea we get it from August to April (if u live a 2 min walk from the north pole like I do ig)

[inner isle]

I assume they love the heat + the location lol

[wraith dock]

no they want rain

(it's middle east)

and aus is rainier than dubai (albeit not by that much)

[inner isle]

oooh ahaha

[wraith dock]

now that I think abt it

[inner isle]

you gotta pick specific areas of Aus for rain. The region i live is notorious for rain (and flooding). Whereas the town I grew up in has been in a 15+ year drought

[wraith dock]

quite a lot of the earth is cloudy at any given time

[inner isle]

stupid water planet and it's constant need of precipitation

[wraith dock]

ikr like why 77% water

[inner isle]

just get less water idiot..

no reason at all for the Pacific to be that big

[wraith dock]

oh god it's-16 in Edmonton

[inner isle]

new country in the middle of the Pacific thoughts ?

good lord

[wraith dock]

New continent

[inner isle]

I don't think I've ever experienced below -2⁰ I cannot fathom -16

[wraith dock]

why is it colder in South Canada than in iceland

[wraith dock]

coldest for me ever is -14

[inner isle]

dayum

[wraith dock]

it's called ICEland
not WATERICEland

[inner isle]

IceMeltLand 😔

[wraith dock]

fr

-# gxkkcgxycfoyc sleep time 🛏️

[inner isle]

it's colder in areas it shouldn't be so the climate deniers of the area can say "climate change?? it's -16⁰!"

[dry temple]

Pls I want supercell

I want rain right now

Rain rain come again

-# please rain

[polar goblet]

Noooooo

[desert wigeon]

Bro my weather app is not showing a single clear night and it already shows till Christmas 😭

[zealous haven]

Why are there some clouds on the mountains!!!

[dry temple]

Pls I want supercell

Rain clouds

Plsss thunder rain nonstop

[silent parcel]

"lives in a desert"
complains about rain

[tight junco]

In his defense, when it rains, it RAINS. Like the clouds release their energy all in one go

[latent stone]

Do the rain dance

[dry temple]

Ok good news, we getting clouds and got a chance of rain

[latent stone]

Coldest ive ever been to was -38°C

[uncut venture]

You seem like you'd enjoy https://discord.com/channels/794642864218439681/1274382657714782208

[dry temple]

Ok thanks

[desert valve]

that's cold

[latent stone]

Yeah

[zealous haven]

imagine if it stared raining in the driest place ever on Earth.

[hushed ledge]

GYUS i see blue!

[desert wigeon]

😮

[hushed ledge]

it was like that for maybe 2h and back to 100% cloud cover

[dry temple]

I love clouds I love rain please supercell

[eager fjord]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-no-nonono-noooo-cat-no-gif-13597132752790194338

[dry temple]

https://tenor.com/view/excited-so-excited-yay-omg-gif-16071729743245267210

Woah no embed failure

I’m him

[latent stone]

I have to yet see a proper clear sky that i can actually use which doesn't have a full moon or high altitude clouds its been over 4 months 😭

[polar goblet]

R u alive?!!?

[wraith dock]

no

[polar goblet]

I asked @latent stone

[polar goblet]

Even I'm ded inside

[zealous haven]

How did you do that text?

ping

[wraith dock]

-#
a space
then the text

-# like this

[zealous haven]

-# small text.

[wraith dock]

yeaa

[minor linden]

https://tenor.com/view/bruh-skull-transformers-bruhhh-bruh-meme-gif-26086522

[latent stone]

Nope im dead inside

[rapid furnace]

100% chance of rain is crazy

Fahrenheit btw

[royal roost]

40 degrees??

I'm here in 4 degree weather

[eager fjord]

Fahrenheit I think

[royal roost]

Same. It was like -17 Celsius

[wraith dock]

ouh (celsius)

[latent stone]

Lucky

All i get is annoying 4 degree weather

Its cold enough where a simple jacket isn't enough but hot enough where a winter jacket would look weird

[arctic pine]

THIS THREAD IS NOT MY PLACE ANYMORE

[uncut venture]

that's 2 nights

both with small moon

i don't see a reason to complain

[keen crest]

i was promised 4 clear nights

[pearl frost]

Try being in ireland

Probably the cloudiest place on earth

[uncut venture]

atleast you weren't completely lied to

[slate pendant]

stupid stupid stupid stupid

was showing CLEAR NIGHT last night for a whole week, changed last minute to RED

[mystic wing]

damn clouds

haven't had a clear night since august

[latent stone]

Same

😭

[desert valve]

5 now

[latent stone]

Yup

5 now

At this point im just scraping the bottom of the pan for crums

[sturdy raptor]

i just got a new telescope, and CLOUDS

[sterile plover]

Maybe tomorrow will be clear and that even though i just got an asi air mini but i still hate clouds because it is for just a short time

[wraith dock]

END ME

[rapid furnace]

Fahrenheit btw

[pearl frost]

Saturday night at 3am I will have orange for the first time in 3 weeks 😍

😭😭😭😭

[latent stone]

To whoever is complaining about clouds for this year its el nino year meaning more clouds and "warmer" winters good news is next year is either neutral or la nina meaning its will be drier than this year

[wraith dock]

wait a DAMN-

[slate pendant]

why cant rain droplets in the clouds just instantly fall to the ground instead of defying gravity ffs

[wraith dock]

because that would shorten the pain

[mighty silo]

Why can’t a get a single clear night😔 why are you always blocking my view of the pretty night sky!

[serene topaz]

i cant even

[latent stone]

This is the most depressing weather ever

[pearl frost]

Are clouds the ultimate hobby killer?

[uncut venture]

yes

[latent stone]

Yes

[rapid furnace]

Yes

[sterile plover]

Common yesterday my weather report said it will be clear in the afternoon evening and night and now it's still cloudy common

[inner isle]

Went on a cruise over christmas week that went out over the pacific ocean

was finally so excited to see the sky with zero light pollution

clouds

all 7 days out in the ocean

i cant escape them

[hushed ledge]

I have clear skies according to my weather app but I can't do anything because of that Crazy fog
It's been like that 24/7 for the past 3 days

[floral carbon]

Astrobot says it's clear

[slate pendant]

Don't worry the lights from the ship will make turn the sky above you into bortle 5 or 6 :)

Had the same opportunity w a ferry over a bortle 1 sea, couldn't se anything

[latent stone]

Yeah the weather apps have been super unreliable

[inner isle]

ok that makes me happy I didn't really miss anything

[magic valley]

Why have I been cursed

[distant stone]

it has been cloudy for over month now

[keen crest]

your time will come

[distant stone]

I just want to see the first light with my 533

[latent stone]

Mines been cloudy for 5 months now

HELP

[latent stone]

Oooh nice

[latent stone]

I hate my life

The weather went from this

To this

5 whole months

And i dont get a single clear sky

Not a single one

[sterile plover]

well windy sais it will be clear for me but Astrobot and my Phone says no should i gamble it?

[wraith dock]

prob because fog is surface layer, which astrobot doesnt account for

surface layer being on the ground

[floral carbon]

Yeah

[floral carbon]

Im freeeeeee

[sterile plover]

The one night it would have been clear was yesterday im cursed my other nights where it should have been clear clouded over from nowhere hopefully 2025 will be better

[sterile plover]

nvm maybe not

now im insecure

Should i try?

[slate pendant]

WHAT IS THIS BRO
forecast from 1 week ago vs today