banner001

I was going by what stellarium said yesterday...visibility wasn't great but I could see some mag 10 stars and could not see the comet. 

So either stellarium was wrong, or the magnitude is under 11...no way you're gonna see it with the naked eye unless your 50 miles out to sea... 

Last night i was able to find the position in the sky where it should have been, but the clouds and then the moon scuppered me.

Tonight looks a much better opportunity, moon starts to throw light everywhere from about 23:35, so from 23:10 to 23:30 ill be out looking for it again.

10" Dob with 20mm Eyepiece, might take the binos out as well...

i got the solid tube 10" as im gonna try to make it modular. at some point i will upgrade the optics, i will also stick it on an EQ mount at some point to do some AP.

when i want to get a bigger scope ill get a 16" truss and use it for backyard observing only, it will be too cumbersome to move outside for a few hours at a time every so often.

also a 12" would not fit in the car nicely, so i would need the truss, and at double the price of the 250PX...not worth it

just bought a 250px myself, hoping the warehouse delivery is early tomorrow so that i can get it here for the weekend

tbh if it arives monday it doesnt matter, im 'between' jobs so its not like i need to get up in the mornings...but i do, 8.30am

ive already looked through a 250px and the difference it makes over my Galax(can't really)see 4.5" is impressive!

EDIT: i would suggest you get a telrad or failing that a red dot so you can slew the scope to a physical patch of sky then use the finder to locate the object.

so what you moving onto?

tea references always work for me...i have a different question, where did you get the neoprene from? im using cardboard at the moment, but its more square than circular and if it gets damp/wet...