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Not a bad night


todd8137

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28th Sept

Hi all was out last night as clear skies where on the cards,and a wanted to see what i've missed over the last few days

Cassiopeia

caph as 2 great cluster ngc7789,and 7790 to the left,just under them is ngc129,189,225,nery small and not very bright

move in down to ruchbar ,is m103 not hard to miss meduim brightness,also a few small clusters 32mm/18mm ep ngc 436,457

the last star as a few more nut did not look.just sweeping around Cas theirs loads of great star fields of all colors

also look for the great double cluster about haf way between rachbar and mirphak for the massive great double cluster nc869 ,always a great on it massive the lowest power you have here i use a 32mm its just riht i can sweep left and riht and take all the colors in blues reds oranges whites stars of all colors.

M33

i did have a good look tonight but all i got was the stars i could see the spirals of stars that make this but no grey smudge at all i then had a half hour round cygnus and sagita and then got the web cam out for Jupiter at this point i was tired but the sky was so black and clear i thought i would have a go ,i got a few videos and will youtube them later i did hunt for lots mor faint clusters the 18mm antares speer walers,worked great finding these hope with have some more nights like these

Triangulum galaxy was next

i could not spot any smudge but the stars spiral shape s were to be seen ,its still a great site to see theres a small cluster just to its left that also looks likea spiral but small lots of people mistake that for m33

it was a great night

Heres the Jupiter vidoe

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I'm reading this and can hear the raimplummeting down hard outside. I should do a romp around Cassiopeia soon. I have never had any luck with the Triangulum myself but once again,.. I will give it yet another try.

Isabelle

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Hi Isabelle and thanks for you comms do in planet videos should ne easy for you wit the 200p,the web cam was only about10 pound maybe 14 $ and it works great sometimes but for what it is ,it does good seeings not that great on a night .

clear but crazy haze spoils the fun did a bit more last night a wanted to get a pic with the red spot nearly did wil do another vido later and run them through registax

thanks

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Cassiopeia this is a great one ,theres some great clusters to find,around it some small some big,i had another look again last night i for got to mention i found m81/82 last night by mistake and its they both great ,not very bright but i intend on drawing them tonight if its clear and not to much heat turb

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Hi Pat,

Just watched your video, amazing footage. I watch Jupiter pass most nights and when I spot it through my scope, I'm always jealous of you pro's with your larger scopes. I can just make out the rings and moons with my 130mm scope. One day I'll get myself a 12" scope. Until then, keep up the good work and thanks for sharing the video.

Neil

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hi neil ,i wish a was a pro ,my budget web cam hahah but it does work get one from morgans you would be supprised i put on my face book about a year ago if any body had a old phillips toucam i got the offer of 3 but sadly only took the one if you want i can try and get you one ,if you want to borrow a web cam of me i can post one to you for free you would only have to buy the adapter do you have one am not sure if you mentioned it before if you do want to borrow one i can post ya one pm me if you want

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Pat,

Thanks for the offer, I got hold of a philips camera a few weeks back from Telescopehouse. I had a go, but found the settings difficult to adjust and didn't really achieve anything

I'll have another crack at it when I have some time and patience to work out the camera settings etc.

Thanks again.

Neil

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