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The Eyeball in the sky

:icon_eek: Last night/this morning was one of the best observing sessions I've had for a long time. It was my first serious stargazing session since I traded my 10" Dob for a more manageable Celestron 127 Mak and goto mount....and I miss my Dob so much !!! I was set up and waiting by 10pm and it still looked like mid afternoon!!! anyway, as soon as I could see three bright stars I launched into the sky align...(after meticulously leveling the tripod)...failure after failure.....four times I
Patrick1948

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The Eyeball in the Sky...

Hi Stargazers...It's been months since I had the Dob out in the back garden, what with coughs and colds and the ever present clouds...but tonight I got a good hour and a half in before the visibility went haywire again. I was really disappointed to miss most of the Winter skies so tonight I braved the bad light pollution of Sheffield and looked skyward.. The new Dual focuser worked a treat, though I still can't get on with the Telrad...I think I need to build a box to stand the Dob on to give me
Patrick1948

Patrick1948

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The Eyeball in the Sky

:mad:Actually, it should be titled 'The Blind Eyeball in the Sky'....Yesterday I upgraded the standard focuser on my SW 10" Dob with a Revelation Two speed Crayford focuser. It was quite a scary thing for me because I'm not a mechanically minded guy, and because of that, I quite often can't see logical solutions to mechanical problems. That's what comes with spending half a life time as a 'people' worker..a detached youth worker actually. Anyway, after much dithering and thoughts of not doing it
Patrick1948

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M45...my first Messier object !!!

I accidently spotted my first Messier object last night...M45...The Seven Sisters or Pleiades, and was truly amazed. If I hadn't been hooked before, I was the instant I saw M45. I had never seen the Seven Sisters before last night, I didn't even know it was a Messier object!!! and I was overwhelmed at the beauty of it......I have been a little frustrated of late (wanting to run before I can walK!!) and I have been having a 'spot of bother' translating what I see in books into what I see through
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Clouds!!!

Is it true??? I have heard there will (might) be a small gap in the clouds over Yorkshire sometime in the next three weeks!!!...whichever back garden the small gap is over when it appears, can the owner organise a star party and let me know please???...........talk about having withdrawal symptoms....
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Snatching a couple of hours...(12/09/2010)

:hello2: Hi fellow Dobbers!!...seems ages since I had a session with my Dob, so, being as the forecast tonight was for clear skies from 10pm till 1am, I thought why not ****** a couple of hours in the back garden and try for a few DSO's. I set up at 9pm, got delayed and made it outside for 10.30pm...twenty minutes with the bins whilst my eyes got accustomed to the light pollution/darkness and lined up the Telrad. Didn't get to see ANY DSO's, 'cos I couldn't find any. I'm getting a little dispir
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the Eyeball in the sky...28/08/2210

Oh! Joy of joys!!! finally got a clear night and got the virgin 10" Dob out of its box..it is now NOT a virgin. It was a night of mixed emotions, from the high of seeing few stars in the sky then looking through the scope and seeing millions, to the frustration of knocking the finder scope and not being able to line the scope up all night...and the realisation that I have a very limited field of view from my back yard....and then !!!:headbang::hello2::hello2::icon_eek:...a burst of real exciteme
Patrick1948

Patrick1948

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the Eyeball in the sky...28/08/2210

Oh! Joy of joys!!! finally got a clear night and got the virgin 10" Dob out of its box..it is now NOT a virgin. It was a night of mixed emotions, from the high of seeing few stars in the sky then looking through the scope and seeing millions, to the frustration of knocking the finder scope and not being able to line the scope up all night...and the realisation that I have a very limited field of view from my back yard....and then !!!:headbang::hello2::hello2::icon_eek:...a burst of real exciteme
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The Eyeball in the sky...21/08/10

:headbang: I got the Dob!! I got the Dob!!... Sorry about that but I'm so Exited:D Picked up the 10" Dob late yesterday afternoon and ONLY JUST got the monster in the car!! Assembled the base last night and I'll have a look at fitting the OTA sometime today. Unfortunatly...it's forcast lots and lots of cloud, Rain and frustration for the next few days:( .... I can't wait till Sunday when it forecasts a partially cloudy night...I'll keep you informed...Clear skies to you all.
Patrick1948

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The EYEBALL in the sky..20/08/10

What a bummer...The 10" Dob I was due to pick up yesterday didn't arrive from the warehouse...I can't get it out of my mind...every waking moment I'm star hopping in my head or seeing Nebulas' in my corn flakes...If it doesn't arrive today I'll have appoplexy...I can't write any more just yet, I'm beside myself with expectation .... Great expectations in fact. .... be back later.
Patrick1948

Patrick1948

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the EYEBALL in the sky...

Actually, it should be titled 'The Blind Eyeball in the Sky'....Yesterday I upgraded the standard focuser on my SW 10" Dob with a Revelation Two speed Crayford focuser. It was quite a scary thing for me because I'm not a mechanically minded guy, and because of that, I quite often can't see logical solutions to mechanical problems. That's what comes with spending half a life time as a 'people' worker..a detached youth worker actually. Anyway, after much dithering and thoughts of not doing it 'cos
Patrick1948

Patrick1948

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The Eyeball in the sky

Stargazers Lounge - View Profile: Patrick1948.... I don't know if the eyeball is pictured in the blog so I guess I'll post this and see. I thought it would be a decent title for a blog, tying in with the profile picture.
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