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Egypt Stargazing

Im off to Egypt, Sharm El Sheikh on tuesday. My girlfriend and i have booked a few excursions, the one im most looking forward to though is a stargazing trip in the desert. They drive you out before sunset, put a little show on for you then set up some telescopes when it gets dark. I cant wait to see how the sky looks. Should be crystal clear with no light pollution at all. Just wish i had a decent camera! Anyone else been on this trip in Egypt before or similar trips elsewhere?
WhySoSirius

WhySoSirius

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Blog 26453

skywatcher 8"

I've heard its a good scope. what do you guys think of it. because I'm going to buy it. and do you think it is good(or moderate) for astrophotography? john
john123

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Blog 21987

4 planets to see before sunrise east anyone?

http://earthsky.org/tonight Any one viewed this nice gathering of planets? little too low on my location not a good east view, reckon about 6 degree above horizon? i have got about 10 degree tops of houses in east. you will need to be up before sunrise 5.20am before there lost in the sun. Also noticed there some lovely nebula`s in Sagittarius if you get a nice dark morning.
mr saddo

mr saddo

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Blog 18242

Viewing - Thu 05th May 11

Decided to check out my Grab n Go gear and done some sun spotting. This is the first time for using it and it proved simple to setup, no leccy or any cables, just plonked it on the ground and a manual search for the sun. Turned out well for it's simplicity, a Meade Telestar RB60 on an EQ3, end shield off and a solar filter on, only problem is keeping track of the sun, no nipping indoors for a cuppa :) so SWMBO done the catering :). Just looking at the cloud cover on the net, doubt if there wil
The Sailor

The Sailor

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Ursa Major Widefield exposure with DSLR

I had a go at just using the DSLR tonight with a 30 sec exposure, ISO of 200, and set to F3.5. Had a lot of trouble trying to get rid of the light pollution, but I'm pretty happy with the result. I managed to get through the clouds. The best result was from laying the camera flat on its back on a 10sec timer.
tibbs1972

tibbs1972

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Blog 18242

Viewing - Tue 03th May 11

Not so much gazing at the sky last night, spent most of the time gazing at the handset!! With the wind playing about the last week I spent the time fixing all the cables in the obsy, bundling them neatly and moving them so not in the way during observing. Well whatever I done had a disasterous effect on last nights viewing. Each time I got align done for some reason I lost power to the handset, there was a loose connection and this caused restets. The serial connection seems to be the culprit at
The Sailor

The Sailor

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Located M44: The Beehive Cluster

Extemly clear night tonight. I haven't seen so may stars shining since January. If I didn't have to work tomorrow, I'd be out later. I've Located M44, the Beehive cluster in cancer with my Monocular. One of the few clusters almost visible with the naked eye, as a sort of smudge. Another Messier notched up. :)
tibbs1972

tibbs1972

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Todd8137s adventure into space

2nd April pics

hi all i gave up try in to get m57 with the dob,i got one pic thats so so,in the end i got the tripod and decided to just stick the camera on it and a way i went heres the efforts from last night pat http://s473.photobucket.com/albums/rr93/todd8137/2nd%20april%2001%2030hours/ the shot of lyra was stacked 7subs forgot the subs time but overdid it on the curves
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todd8137

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Located M31 : Andromeda Galaxy

Just a smudge through the Monocular, but really pleased to finally locate it. I located Andromeda by following the line of stars out from Mirach. I can't get a better view, as the line of sight is above a 24hr Cement factory, which obliviously means lots of light polution. Pleased I finally located it, as it's the one galaxy I wanted to spot. Ok, a sense of achievement tonight, off for some sleep.
tibbs1972

tibbs1972

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Located M39: Open Cluster in Cygnus

I located the M39 open cluster tonight with my 10x50 Monocular. I have to admit, I'm having more luck locating objects with the Monocular than with my telescope. I looked first between Deneb (Cygnus) and Alderamin (Cepheus) for p1 Cyg and p2 Cyg and then looked to the right of p2 Cyg. Hey presto, there was the M39 open cluster, just visible with my Monocular. I also used Stellarium for the first time tonight instead of the Celestron Sky X software that came with the scope. Stellarium is much eas
tibbs1972

tibbs1972

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Blog 25176

Back from Holls, Great session!!

27th April 2011 This blog entry sees me travelling 300 miles north to the Scottish highlands and my father’s croft in Perthshire. This place was a big factor in me investing in my equipment as it lies in the centre of the highlands and the nearest proper town is about 40 miles away as the crow flies so light pollution is zero and the elevation is about 245m with big swathes of sky viewable at night and picture postcard views of the loch and mountains in the daytime. Weather reports prom
mylatestwhim

mylatestwhim

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Blog 26349

new to all this

hi peeps just brought a skywatcher 250 goto dob, just want some advice about what eyepieces to buy apart from the 2 that come with it as standard, any help would be appreciated , thanks , crune
crune

crune

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ISS Flyby 2159 30th April 2011

Caught another flyby tonight by the ISS. The space station was in view for about 2 minutes tonight. Still an amazing sight. I took some 0.5 sec exposures. I think I could just make out some sort of outline when I used my Minocular. Amazing ! Regards Neil
tibbs1972

tibbs1972

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Blog 25513

saturn iphone image

i was out last weekend (friday 22 april) gazing at saturn again and thought id attempt to take a picture of saturn using my iphone, and after a LOT of camera phone hovering managed this. i was using a barlowed 9mm ep at the time on my nexstar 130. i know its a crude image compared to many others on here, but its a start, i didnt even think it would work this well!
WhySoSirius

WhySoSirius

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Blog 22857

It arrived!

First, let me just say that I am never ordering from this company again. They said that the item was "in stock" yet I waited for 7 weeks. Sigh,...but today, IT ARRIVED! :hello2: The Orion Starblast 4.5" Altazimuth Reflector Tabletop Telescope is definitely not as grandiose and my 10" Sky-Watcher but for my camping excursions,.. it shall do quite well! It came with 17mm and 6 mm Explorer II eyepieces and a Starry Night Software. Nice little program but when one uses Stellarium,
stolenfeather

stolenfeather

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Blog 26274

newbie

hi everyone firstly been having a look round the site and seems brilliant i very new to astrononomy and my experience is no bigger than over the last few years watching documentaries and the odd episode of the sky at night and old clips on youtube i have recently been interested in buying a telescope but after reading your comments it seems best to have a good understanding before rushing out and buying one, i was looking at ones with gotos and that sort of stuff but have decided to do things t
rigione68

rigione68

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Blog 22718

Observing report 2 Part 1 - Saturn 22-4-11

So my Skyliner 200p had finally arrived, and after assembling and modding bits to it during shoddy weather, it got is first light last night. What a night it was! I checked the collimation before packing all my kit up into my car. I wasn’t going to waste a night of good seeing with my new scope, stuck in a garden filled with light pollution. I drove 15 mins to my local site, with my dad clutching onto a wooden stool and a rug. We have been trying to find a seat higher as with objects at the ze
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