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HI to one and all i`m pat from near chesterfield i have a 12"dob with telrad and crawford low profile focuser a 90mm frac d10 binos and other bits and pieces,here starts my adventures in space i am inte

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Ready for tonight

Well hope tonight is the night ,as last night was spent messing,with the sct 9.25 try in jupiter but shes over the house now and the thermals wee on the wobble ,even with the ir 740 pass filt not much luck. so back to tonight set the 127mm EDT cf up with the 80mm guide scope will include a few images , it sits on a cgem head on a astrotec pier just have to stick the qhy5 and modded dslr 600d on tonight fore the laptop up phd/ back yard eos and away we go will post my results as and when goin
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Suppliers

Hi there just want to say that,all telescope retailers ,all offer the same service as each other ,royal mail does not make parcels go any faster,so why say "xxx company" delivered in one day most company's do they all offer the same service,they all chat to you on the phone It's the company's that do not have a direct number,now if they was good they would have a direct number,it does not matter if they are shop based or Internet based ,company's that do not offer a direct line do not get my mo
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dso`s from last night

http://stargazerslounge.com/imaging-deep-sky/182078-dso-run-1-a.html#post2223362 they in the right forum this time
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M3 Part 2

hi all was out last night c gem 9.25 cannon 10d iso 800 fr 0.63 30x30secs 28 darks stacked dss and run with levels and tone mapping
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M94 FAIL

Hi all well set every thing up test shot done checked on pc fine put dew shield on.for some reason i put the dust cover on as well went in the house come back ,and started to snap away i did it in 3 sets of 20 ,did i mention i left the lp filter in as well. any way i have 60 x 30 secs good darks to save i ended up getting about.10x30 it was late at this point so i gave up put them in DSS, They small as well i feft the 2" tube in which took the d10s chip a little to far.all the same will try thi
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Well i never

Hi all well last night was a great night for me .i gave the system a bit of a go and it worked .well sort of i will not go on about the settings ect as there in the dso`s forum on here i will include a few pics. well i started with double in Pers and i did have a few mistakes ,on i forgot to switch the pec on after training it for 8 mins forgot to hit play. that drama over i took 20x15 secs and moved on,they looked ok zoomed no trails M13 was next this was a lot easier the celestron 0.63
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another night out

a few more images did these last night.webcam and c gem sc9.25 xlt was a clouds damp night .but mars was out and the moon i did try for a M45 took one 55 sec and the cloud came
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2 great days with the scopes

Last night and this afternoon.i got some shots of the sun,and some video of the moon and mars they are below my image voyage as begun i have posted the pics in all relevant threads webcam phillips 10d for sun mars webcam
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drawings

heres the latest stuff hand drawn the links for here on sgl http://stargazerslounge.com/imaging-sketches-unconventional/171785-3-weeks-drawing.html#post2113317
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M1 CRAB

M1 CRAB NEBULA HI all and as you no tonight the 16 jan,i started a new messier list on 12- 28-11,i had started the list so many times , now i could burn a load of in one night,but then i would not able to bath in its light on my eye ball,that said i put the scopes out at 18:30 and came in for tea fed and watered i printed of all 110 sheets for free i will post one up later ,and i decided i will start with M1 and work my way from there,now is it pos to see all from the UK,i see lots of sigs
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Tonights view in x2

hi all well Clive (Telesto) is coming up with 200p at reflector tonight and the 12" and 90mm will be out as well ,hope to image the moon and hopefully Clive will able to get the tracking go in and get some good moon avi`s.Pleiades is what i want to draw and a few other clusters whilst Clive gets the video and may be some ,images with the moon and the d10 and 12" reflector,update to follow update well what a night last night was,crispy cold ,and it was nearly minus four at one point .C
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Galaxy hunt tonight 1.1 12.

Hi all ,its clearing nice here gonna post this up and stick the SW 300p out side, for a couple of hours its gave clear skies for the east tonight,the laptop batt as died and will only run of the power supply and can not have power on in the shed at the min. i have a few in mind for tonight i have never seen the sun flower galaxy i hear its a urban myth we shall see . Orion will get a work out as well and not just the neb all stars and all the other goodies that's on offer , Cassiopeia is still g
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Saturn

hi all well Saturn will soon be back,and i can not wait i was scanning the net for some info and found in a couple a pics ,what i was looking for. the angle of the rings, the pics are below,i am tempted to set the alarm one night but may wait, this time round i feel i have enough to get a good few pics for next year ,enjoy the pics
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Moon 9th dec

Moon hi all just got every thing out side so the moon is nearly full tonight, so filters and web cam at the ready and waiting for telesto to get here with is 200p flex-tube auto track, i have the 12"reflector at the ready my filters tonight will be red ,blue, ir,and may be if its real rough the nd94 ,purple also is great for the web cam gives real deep black and whites mono all the way i had a great view to the north east and east so should get some great shots from tea time tomoz, any way will
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Snow snow ,snow

hi all we have had a sprinkle of snow this morning, at my place 4 miles west of Alfreton any one one else have any could you leave your rough location and if you had snow also could you if poss give me your temps in centigrade thanks
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Neodymium filter crushed

Neodymium filter well last night i was collecting all my stuff up and was walking towards the back door i saw my neighbor come round the corner ,in is car so hurried to get to the door ,i heard a metal clang on the floor opened the door and heard a crunch, i started to check and sort my eps out no neo filter,i put the porch light on to see the filter had been run over gutted this is my best filter and they not cheap here`s the pic of the dead filter
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27th nov 2011

Hi all well been do in all sorts since me last adventure,i finished the barn door tracker works great pics will follow when the skies decide to clear,i set about make in a fan after spend in months with tube currents and reading endless amount on this subject ,i got a group average on the pros and cons of a fan,i cut a circle out of clear plastic cut the notchs out for the col screws and glued the Velcro to both parts and trimmed up that all done the cloud came down for weeks till the 27th,i gav
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barndoor tracker finished

Barn door tracker HI all thanks for take in a look, well i started with idea to make one for ages but had not a pice that a needed to make it ,to the shed i went . i looked in a few boxes to find what may or may not work,finding a piece of old hoover pipe was the first thing i thought theirs the mount for the camera and so on,till i found everything apart from the bolt which i got from a diy place,i set to work job done i set it up tested it ,reset it up tested tracked a few shots lens g
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Cassiopeia best watch out tonight

i intend to have a good look again tonight that depends on the moon of course, and the clouds i will take a few wide field shots shots as well and get the pens and black card out . but i fear dew may be a problem not on the scope but the camera even with the home made plant pot dew shield but will give it ago the temp at the min is 5 c ,so the camera may stay in the house we will see will finish this blog later epic fail i did a bit of moon and Jupiter with the webcam,came in the house
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stop motion with widefield pics(sorry neil,mr tibbs)

hi all thought i would give this a try a new the clouds are out but a great way to show the motion of the stars and the clouds,25x30sec subs, the video is here mr tibbs gave me the idea after watch in is orion video wow i wanted to try my self i am going to try and take 500 x30secs at some point even more if a get time todd8137's Channel - YouTube there was a 20 second gap between each 30 sec sub can not wait to get to the dark site and catch a tree in the back ground cheers pat
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M101 Yes+dened pics

at last its has been seen by me last night i could not be leave it ,but there it was the first time from my own back garden have seen it so many times ,but never from the back garden . i also did a bit a video of Jupiter i think i have pushed the none tracking 12" dob to its limits and may now have to be happy with what i have ,ive tried to barlow the 90mm on the goto mount but the planets are still small even at x2,3, 5i`ll post the link for the pics on photo bucket ,and later will put the vid
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jupiter and webcam and video

hi all was out last night after play in about with the mirrors for days i did another star test all was fine great concentric circles got some jupiter about 10x 10secs as the base is a dob ,and flys through the fov any way heres the pics http://s473.photobucket.com/albums/rr93/todd8137/Jupiter%2014%20oct%202011/ they on photo bucket thanks heres the video on youtube
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Antares 0.5x focal reducer 90mm frac test 1

hi all this video will explain all tested on a distant chimney on my spc900 wc and 90mm frac will test on the 12" reflector later video on you tube take a look at my other vids whilst you are there thanks
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