Our goal at Cloudy Nights is to assist amateur astronomers in better understanding the equipment that goes with the hobby. We strive to accomplish this goal in three ways. by providing a forum for reviews of telescopes and accessories by providing a forum for commentary articles on the many facets of amateur astronomy by encouraging and sponsoring events and contests to …

The Cloudy Nights community lost our Den Mama - Carol Anderson aka csa/montana on Monday, 20 Jan. Carol joined Cloudy Nights in 2005 and volunteered for the the moderator ranks in 2007. She moderated my very first post on Cloudy Nights.

The Skies of February, 2025. Feb 01 2025 07:00 AM | cookman in This Month. ... Cloudy Nights Sponsor ...

Nov 28, 2024 · I concur that “Skies” (be they Dark, Clear, Cloudy, etc.) can be more accurate for both long duration viewing or multiple viewing instances because weather changes over the time frame of doing astronomy. So the plural indicates a lasting situation.

Aug 1, 2021 · Just remember weather prediction is very complicated and one or both of these weather services will not all ways be accurate.to your location. But I will trust these services enough to travel to dark skies. HAPPY SKIES AND KEEP LOOKING UP Jethro. Edited by Jethro7, 01 August 2021 - 04:11 PM.

Apr 5, 2023 · Page 1 of 2 - Cloud forecasts on April 8, 2024 - posted in North American Total Solar Eclipse 2024: A recent issue of Sky and Telescope had cloud cover data for a number of years for the total solar eclipse on April 8,2024. Knowing that past climate data is not always accurate, a five day forecast starting on April 4, 2024 can be made for each of the dozen cities mentioned in Sky and Telescope ...

Feb 1, 2025 · The headless comet is in southern hemisphere skies in the constellations Piscis Austrinus and Grus in February and displays a disintegrating tail at magnitude -1.0. It reached magnitude -3.8 near perihelion.

Jan 19, 2025 · Page 1 of 2 - Adjusted Exposure Time for Dark Skies? - posted in Beginning Deep Sky Imaging: Ive recently added a scope to a remote observatory with bortle 1-2 skies. Although I havent been able to image yet, the night is in sight. Currently, my skies are around bortle 4 and I image at 300sec with good results. Been watching lots of youtube opinions about whether longer exposures result in ...

December Moon. The 1st New Moon of December is in Scorpius on the 1st at 1:21AM EDT. This New Moon marks the start of Lunation 1261 which ends 29.67 days later with the 2nd New Moon of December in Sagittarius on the 30th at 5:27PM EST.

Jan 11, 2025 · Finally, clear skies are coming my way! - posted in Beginning Deep Sky Imaging: After nearly 3 1/2 months of nothing but clouds and rain here in coastal BC, we finally have some clear skies coming. I just recently bought a Redcat 51 (second-hand) and I want to pair it with my ZWO ASI533MC-Pro on an EQ6r-Pro mount. I also have an ASI 071MC, but I want to hold off on using that one for now, as ...