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Wish Saturday never Happened

Posted 22nd February 2009 at 10:50 AM by CELESCOPE

Oh dear,
Why do things always go wrong.
Had a feeling it would be a bad day, decided to do a bit more on the new set up , having done the software on the Laptop , this just left me now to make sure the CCD was working ok and that i could focus, so set it up , only to find , the Sun was to bright ,could not see my Lap top screen , amazing when you dont want the Sun , its there to cause aproblem lol .
Anyway i thought i would move it to a shaded spot, bad move that as i tried to...
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When will it ever clear

Posted 19th February 2009 at 08:33 PM by CELESCOPE

Oh dear , its really getting a pain in the neck now . when Winter comes i say, oh long clear cold nights , but nooo its long cloudy nights for the past few years,
Then i think to myself , ah ,!! but wait!, Roll on Summer , at least its warm ,and i can wait till later on , bound to be better nights , sun all day and nights remaining clear .
But no just rain and clouds again , will we ever go back to those long clear nights i had , when i started this crazy Hobby about 15 years ago, when...
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Rogers New Set up

Posted 17th February 2009 at 03:31 PM by CELESCOPE
Updated 17th February 2009 at 03:46 PM by CELESCOPE

At last i,m Mobile.
Its been along time coming , but now i can join all you guys at the Star Parties ( Hic Hic ) , well you know what i mean ,lol.
But Joy , i can now move around my Garden, and take it to my Holiday Home in Suffolk ,also at Dave ,s AKA Centroid Place of Residence .
So hopefully to image those way down Nebula in the South , which i cant get from Langdon Towers.
My Set up will be the HEQ5 PRO, Scopes Mounted ,C8 and the Equinox 66. using the Atik 16Hr and Guide...
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