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Things to do when its cloudy.

Another few frustrating weeks. It does start to get annoying after a while, take last week for instance. Tuesday afternoon the weather report says clear skies until at least 4am so I decide I'll give it a go. Get all setup and then some nasty looking thunder clouds roll in so because I dont have my imaging setup in an obsy I decide to take it all down just in case. Couple of hours go by and like magic its clear again so I spend another half hour getting it all setup. Polar alignment is spot on,
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Dear blog.....

.....I cant help but feel so totally frustrated at the moment. I'm just not getting any time outside and its doing my blumming head in. I took my time putting my kit together making sure what I have will keep me happy until I have learned how to use it all properly. I've had two very good clear nights with more than reasonable seeing and on both occasions I've either felt ill or my prolapsed disc is playing me up something rotten. Hopefully it wont last too long as I'm arranging my surgery Monda
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From absolute beginner to having half a clue.

Where to begin, at the start I suppose. I've had an interest in all things astro for years, right back from when, as a boy, my Dad would tell me tales of eclipses and meteorites and shooting stars. I loved sitting at the dinner table after the meal was finished and Mum was clearing away, thats when Dad would start telling my brothers and I all the fantastic stories of life on other planets and UFO's. One day he came home with a brown box with some bits and bobs poking out the top and announced t
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