Show us your garden view

[nightfisher]

Well we have had various "show us your kit" threads (quiet at the back  )

so how about the important view from the garden...........i feel a little smug with this one and i wonder if i might be in the top ten, so to start the ball rolling, here is mine..........not bad for an ex council house

[Stu]

Very nice Jules, really glad you finally got sorted. Is that south facing or would that just be too much to ask?

What's the NELM on a good night? You'll be getting into DSOs soon!

[nightfisher]

Very nice Jules, really glad you finally got sorted. Is that south facing or would that just be too much to ask?

What's the NELM on a good night? You'll be getting into DSOs soon!

due south is to the left of the pano shot, so the direct view from the garden is bordering on south west, i am more than happy with it

dont know how to work out the NELM

funny you say about DSO, i found myself looking at TS 8" f4 carbon newt this morning

[Fozzie]

Like that Jules... pleased for you with the view, all the way to the horizon now all those weeds have gone too..

No chance off posting mine, far too many street lights..

[Stu]

due south is to the left of the pano shot, so the direct view from the garden is bordering on south west, i am more than happy with it

dont know how to work out the NELM

funny you say about DSO, i found myself looking at TS 8" f4 carbon newt this morning

Sounds brilliant!!

Easiest to use Ursa Minor and see which is the dimmest star you can see.

This may help:

https://darkskydiary.wordpress.com/tag/nelm/

EDIT What are you like Jules , what happened to the 120ED plans?

[Mark at Beaufort]

Jules that is a fabulous view so glad you got the house sorted out in the end. As Stu stated you will be DSO hunting soon

[martin_h]

Slightly west of due south.....not bad for an ex council house!

[martin_h]

Updated version showing obs and spectacular views, yellow line is due south..........................

[JamesF]

This is my Stellarium background panorama that I did a couple of years back.  Unfortunately it's not where my obsy will be initially because it's a pain to run permanent power to at the moment.  I need a couple of very long extension leads as it is.

South is the edges of the image.

James

[RichM63]

Nice views Jules. I'm pretty much spoilt for choice living in an old South facing farm house out in the sticks with only cows for neighbours. Thus from the front door East through South to West, from behind the house in the orchard South through West to North and over to East.

However I do like to take sky shots, so here are a couple. (sorry if these have been posted in separate Photography threads)

First, Dawn from the front door looking left/East.

Second Sunsets from the rear of the house in the orchard looking West.

Clouds from the side lawn.

and my Neighbour,

I'm very lucky in that my views change with the seasons and time of day.

Rich

[Stub Mandrel]

Oh you lucky people. I have a very small sky. South is in the direction of the anemometer, the camera is tilted up about 10 degrees.... (note painting the conservatory and garage are already in progress...)

[nightfisher]

Sounds brilliant!!

Easiest to use Ursa Minor and see which is the dimmest star you can see.

This may help:

https://darkskydiary.wordpress.com/tag/nelm/

EDIT What are you like Jules , what happened to the 120ED plans?

Cheers Stu, will give the NELM a go some time soon..................still fancy the ED120 but not ruling out other possibility's as i have a good while before i can look for 120 

[cotterless45]

That's east, north , south and west. The oak tree to the south clips the bottom of the ecliptic. Otherwise it's good clear views. Very pleased that there's room in a big garden for my shed and a fenced enclosure and a wigwam for the tribe to sleep when visiting,

Nick.

[Paul73]

Nick

I'm loving your new obsy (first pic)

Paul

[andrew63]

Great looking wigwam -  could  make a good planetarium !

andrew

[avtaram]

North

East

South

South West

West

Avtar

[Dave_D]

lucky so-and-so's...

1 security light, 2 neighbours that leave their lights on all night and 4 streetlights overlook my 'back garden'

[Laurie61]

This is my site  although I do move around the garden my observation deck is in the s.e corner. I have unobstructed view from n.e around to the w.n.w. 

View from deck looking sw

From above, arrow shows s.e corner deck location. 

[peem]

Hi this is a view from my front garden looking NE  Thanks for looking  Ian

[davefrance]

Here is my view looking south. 

and a 360 deg

and a horizon to horizon on a clear dark night

[HIP3802]

I moved house earlier this year - and this is the South facing view from the front door.

[RichieP]

My view to the South. Not bad for a suburb.

[spaceboy]

No wonder you lot took up astronomy. I'd post a pic of mine but all you really need to do is just replace all the trees in your pics with St lamps and the fields with council houses and you got my back garden

Result on the house Jules !! I bet the original council tenants couldn't believe their luck when they were given that house.

[JED-E3]

This is my site  although I do move around the garden my observation deck is in the s.e corner. I have unobstructed view from n.e around to the w.n.w. 

View from deck looking sw

sw1.png

From above, arrow shows s.e corner deck location. 

st12.jpg

st1.jpg

Now, this may not paint me in a good light but; I took this post as a fun challenge to find out where you live just from the info you provided.

I may have fluked it, but it only took about 10 minutes.

Older image from google earth

This was done in fun and I probably got lucky, but it does make you think about security.

James.

[Relpet]

Wish I could take a picture today but can hardly see across the yard.

To be completely honest the one of the Pic du Midi was taken from down the road.  The others south or just west of south from our yard.