BBQ Weather

I'm brewing beer, still a bit cloudy here in NI but the temp is rising.

26 here

BBQ well on the go - just had me first raw chicken skewer

21 degrees and mostly  blue sky, no chemtrails over Norfolk today

Spurs losing - its gunner be a great day

i reckon possible 14c next week with rain  - and maybe a wet summer with plenty of moss  ?

Totally clear now, what a difference a few hours makes. My dogs are loving the Sun.

Ovalman, Mercury transit tomorrow. Don't know if you'll be able to see it ? Forecast not good where I am.

That sounds perfect, Clarkson. I'm drooling thinking about it.

My missus has made us a fooking lasagne for dinner.

Snowdonia

Still sunny here 25

Yes Degs, was gonna start a thread on here about it. I'm asking a question on Facebook atm about drilling a hole in the lens cap of my scope to stop down the Sun's Ray's. Been told it's a bad idea. I know the damage the Sun can do when magnified, I melted an eyepiece projecting the Sun when I first got my scope.

Full Sun for here tomorrow! Looking good but wish I'd have bought a solar filter so I could have used my scope. I've a few pair of binoculars that I can use but I don't have a tripod. I've been tod just to put a pinhole in a piece of paper an project the Sun's image onto another piece, I shoul see the planet that way. Despite many years of observing, I've never seen Mercury (seen all the other planets).

I did the Venus 2004 transit with binocular projection, but you're right, you need a tripod.

I have a "solarscope" projector that I bought for the 2012 Venus transit, but didn't need it. I tried it out today and there is a group of sunspots that I could easily make out. I also have a filter for a 1000mm camera lens I can use.

None of that is the slightest bit of use if it's cloudy/rainy as forecast for here though.

That's astronomy.

Was it you who took the photo's from the beach for the last Venus transit? I remember seeing one great photo that had everything that could have won an award. Birds flying, and the sun peeking through the clouds with the small black dot of Venus. Wish I'd have saved that image. If not you then I wish whoever took it would post it again as it was a great photo.

I'm not an early morning guy so this transit is perfect for me. I'll definitely have a go at viewing (by projection!) and hopefully take a photo or 2 to share with Chit Chat.

still 24

What a lovely evening

oh - and the original thread is still around from 6th June 2012 - title was was "calling astronomer MOMM" (where did he go ?)

WTF ? my post never made it !! What I said was that I have moved the photos to my public gallery, plus other stuff That I'm not re-typing

That was it mate, great photo!

Have you a higher resolution image of it by chance?

I have the original - I'll upload it

Still 24

Oval, the hi-res version is uploaded. It was 3.6 Mb originally, the version I uploaded in 2012 was only 136 Kb

Uploaded to where Degs? If it's Betfair will they not rescale it?

Never mind mate, got it from your photo's and downloaded it.

Great photo!

There's 1 sausage left and a bit of French bread and half a bottle of red, that's supper sorted.!!

Still warm in Snowdonia

yeah Ron ,they're not interested mate