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Patrick Gilliland

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  1. Ok first night out with new kit, managed to get to see m42 with nebula filter and could clearly see cloud structure, could not het web cam working even when on Jupiter so more reading required. Having a few alignment problems but suspect this is due to missing tripod leg spreader. Main thing si my nine year old was amazed with nebula.
  2. Ok hopefully time to banish the White dots, picked up a lx 200 10" emc loads of extras including illuminated reticle, auto focuser goto controls, tele vue lenses, Orion baffled Barlow, filters etc all for an extremely low price. And not of course it's cloudy lol hopefully me and the boy may see some clear sky soon as waiting impatiently
  3. Committed to buy a lx200 10" with loads of kit, 3 years o.d and well looked after. Pick up next Friday so me and my boy excited. Hopefully more than just White dots from there on in.
  4. No problem, good read too btw as I am looking to upgrade, thanks
  5. Hi I posted earlier about the wobble issue, link can be seen in recent post some useful advise, easiest was attaching a heavy weight to the tripod, I stuck a 10 kg weight on my tray and lost most but not all the vibration. Auto focusers might be useful if you can find for your scope too seen for around £50 but might cost more for you as you have better scope. Pat
  6. I am making a lightweight Matt black light shield aka a plastic tube to fit to the end of my scope. As light weight I am hoping it will reduce ground level light pollution by making it 3 ft long. It can't help the ambient pollution but will see how it goes.
  7. Couds, clouds, clouds slow week, oh and thunder for a bit of variety
  8. Polar bears probably better company than some people here in uk Isabelle but not sure about those temperatures, hopefully Oz will allow for dark and warmer nights
  9. Making me jealous Isabelle, hopefully we will resolve issue with light when we hopefully move to Oz later this year. Otherwise many nights in the car ahead.
  10. Had a trial run last night with boys scope, first try, thought best it looked like I new what I was doing when he is back tonight for his first go. Got scope aligned fine but living in London is going to be a problem, saw Jupiter, a big White dot I could occasionally see some banding on and some of the moons but not much else, could not see any NGC objects which I thought I might be able to NGC1976 for example. Any suggestions on spotting through star gazer explorer 130p in heavily light polluted area would be appreciated. Will try moon and Jupiter again tonight with him but tips on spotting from london and what are best objects all appreciated. Of to beginners lounge now lol
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