Ever Do Dumb Stuff While Observing?

[astrobl]

My grandson,and I, were leaving a star-party one night,and as we were driving,away down a slight incline,closing on a stop sign, we heard "tinkle-tinkle-CRUNCH! We forgot to put-away the eps,that we had on the hood! It made a good table though! lol!

[Celestron]

what sort of eyepieces were they? hope they weren't ethos . . . THAT would be bad.

My problem sometimes is that when it's winter, my fingers get cold and when i change a eyepiece they usually find their way to the ground . . . thankfully their cheap, although it would be nice if they'd give you a heads up before they were traveling to the Grand Canyon . . .

Celestron

[roverich]

Hoowee, Rich! Close call, eh?

Couldn't find my eyepiece case the other night after setting the scope out. After searching for twenty minutes, inside and outside, I finally saw it in the computer chair--black box, black chair, white Orion lettering. In the meantime, all my bino endcaps got scattered after I moved my chair outside where I had left them--flashlight was in the lost eyepiece case at that time. I finally got to viewing and had a great night afterwards.

thats funny stuff there , jack ...LOL.

[astrobl]

Nothing major,just some .985s from his little scope! Bought him a .985 to 1 1/4 adapter,so it won"t happen again! LOL

[briangk_77]

I accidentally had the drive on my eq mount Powerstar set to Southern Hemisphere - I must have hit the switch the last time I put it away. "What's wrong with this stupid scope?" "Why is it not tracking?" "Why are things racing out of my field of view so fast?"

I seriously wrestled with this for 10 minutes before I figured it out.

[TCA]

Screwed up on night one. When I was assembling my dob I wrenched the handle screws way too tight and heard a pop, pop, pop, a small crack streaked across, and then one end just exploded everywhere. Orion was awesome and sent me out a replacement free of charge. I'm sure I'll have observing stories with some time.

[RussL]

While staying at an old friend's house for the weekend, along with another old friend who had come to visit as well so we could jam on some rock n roll, my first friend's wife, the other friend, and I went out with the ST80 while my first friend went to play a gig one night. Now, I don't often have the opportunity to show anyone anything, so I was all wired up. I told them we would look at the Beehive, and explained what it is. So, here I go setting up and getting my chair positioned when I had to say, "Ahem, excuse me, I need to move the chair around to the opposite side." Good grief, I was aiming east when the Beehive is in the west right now. Then, my friend's wife asked me how far away it is. "Uhhhh, hm, I don't remember." I need to practice.

[Tiyda]

I set out one night to find Saturn so I moved my scope to the balcony and took advantage of the fact that 2 street lights were not working and it was pretty dark.
My cat was snooping around cause she`s very curious and wants to know everything that happens.

So I aimed my scope towards Saturn, it was dark and quiet, my parents were sleeping, there was no noise whatsoever, the moon wasn`t visible anymore....the perfect scenario.
I was enjoying Saturn while sitting down on a big pillow when I heard some strange noises behing me.That startled me.Then I felt something in my hair moving.That scared me.Then I felt a cold breath near my ear.Now that was terrifieng
It the moment I was so frightened that I didn`t realize I was pushing my scope out the window!!!
I realized it in the last second and pulled my scope back in.Two frights for a night.
And the culprit?.....my cat who was sitting on a table near me and, as usual, was curious to see what I was doing

[Jazza11]

Lol my cats always like that now she sits on my dobsonian mount while i move it around lol she loves it

[RussL]

My cat jumps in my lap someimes when I'm observing. How does she know when I'm tediously trying to find something?