On the plus side, the dew shield I made out of a camping mat worked a treat. The scope remained dew free and gave me some rather nice views of Jupiter.

On the minus side, my finderscope and eyepieces dewed up and ruined it all in the end!

Ho hum.

I bought a sony a350 and need help with the setting,i tired taking a picture of the milky way and it was just a black screen so of u can help me thanks!

Hey everyone, where is the best places to go to get decent views of things me and my mate Kirsty (KMCE) usually frequent Eaglesham but were wanting a change of scene anyone know anywhere

Observation Report for 3rd September 2010.
Location Birkrigg Common.

I decided to attend the local FAS meeting, Furness Astronomical Society at 19:30, as this was the first meeting for the start of the year (Sept – May), it was a short meeting and it finished at roughly 20:30.

I was going to pop into their observatory in Dalton but as the sky was clearing I decided to pack my scope and head off to Birkrigg for my own observing session.

I arrived...

Hi All,

Very excited to have received my new telescope although very confused with the setup.

Does anyone have a skywatcher 130 synscan goto?

As far as I am aware I have put in the correct Lat & Lon details. My mobile phone gave Lat and Lon which the synscan did not accept so I had to convert it. Is this where the problem lies? I have also left the time zone at +00.00 for the UK, is this correct?

At the moment when I test search objects...