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Wow, just amazing 👍

Just managed to observe M3 with my heritage 130p. Very faint I may add but definitely M3. Found with 32mm then 25mm but couldn't quite get it with 10mm. Still ticked off though 👌

Cheers. Nice to get feedback.

Taken with Xiaomi mi 11 using a phone mount and my heritage 130p through the 25mm eyepiece. How did I do?

1 hour ago, stephec said:

One of the car parks at Rivington is highlighted on the Go Stargazing website, handy if you want to do a bit of [removed word] at the same time. 😂

Ha ha ha. I know what the removed word is. That's the other carpark mate. The one they had to put a steel gate across 😂

A copy of Turn Left At Orion for £6 posted from eBay 👌

I think the Forrest of bowland is classed as dark skies. Thinking of heading there or rivington one time.

Waiting for the stars to come out with my heritage 130p

Two pics taken with Xiaomi mi 11 lite.  Rested in a pint pot as a makeshift tripod and using the starry sky long exposure setting.

Fantastic image. Great effort. 👌👍

Great advice. I know the general area as I've pointed stellarium a few times to find out but unfortunately I've not had clear skies yet. Supposed to be crystal clear tonight though according to the weather apps so fingers crossed.

Brilliant response mate. Thanks so much for the help. Yes it has a red dot finder and I use stellarium so know the basics area. I didn't know I would be able to use the 6mm as I thought  so that's great to know. Thanks again.

Hi all, some advice needed. Only had my scope a few weeks. Heritage 130p. Have managed a few nights getting to grips with it in-between the clouds and rain. I'm really interested in locating the pons brooks comet and viewing. My eyepieces are the 10mm and 25mm that came with the scope also I've bought a skywatcher 32mm and 6.3mm. which would you say to find and observe. Or would I find then change to look closer? 

Thanks in advance.

Managed a v quick snap of Jupiter through the eyepiece before the cloud came. Clear as a bell but by the time I got setup clouds started to creep across the sky. I thought I was actually going to get a few hours as well.

Pretty new to astronomy and owning a scope. Going through older posts and your name popped out at me so thought I'd say hi. Up the whites. I'm nearby in Hindley.

Might as well add mine then.

Erm, no. No I haven't 😭

So I've had the scope for 2 weeks tomorrow and it's been cloudy or wet every single night 😭

15 hours ago, Dave scutt said:

It might sound stupid, but I put the phone in a shoe so it was easier to tilt and rested on the bin

That's brilliant. I put mine in a pint pot and put it on a 1min exp exposure for this shot of me and Orion.

Awesome effort. I'm hoping to try something similar when this week's nightshifts end. Hopefully clear skies for my time off 👌 did you have a phone mount on a telephone or just handheld?

Well, don't think I'll bother now .

I hadn't but now have, very interesting stuff. Thanks.

No link. Just meant seen these in general. Green light pointers.

Hi all, saw these and thought what a great idea for showing friends and family exactly what to look at instead of finger pointing and trying to describe whereabouts to look for them to say I can't see what your looking at.  Any good cheap ones knocking around. Loads on Amazon and eBay but just unsure if they're any good.

Cheers for any help.

2 pics from a clear night last week. Used a 1min exposure on my Xiaomi Mi 11.