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faulksy

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  1. here you go. its in the observing reports
  2. was looking at that last week from your neck of the woods. was amazing in the e 4.7
  3. were do i start. at the beginning 🤣 here we go. 930 ish mile trip one way takes you to a wonderful camp site in the south of france. right in the heart of the cevennes national park. in one of there dark sky reserves. the night we got there the milkyway was blazing away, sagitarius was right in your face. 2 nights later scope time 15/8/23 22.15. temp 17 sqm 20.9 lots of old favourirtes but its been over 12months since i looked up with the dob blue flash neb, dumbell neb,m10, m22,m12, m15 ,m71 foot print nebula nice wife spotted saturn so quick look there. then the veil omg this was the best i have ever seen it. ethos 4.7 510x right in your face. more on this later next blue snowball , m13 with the 4.7 easy to see the prop. cateye with lovely ctr star. spindle galaxy great shape,m81/82 , little dumbell neptune lol saturn neb, little gem neb, owl cluster, ngc 185. carolines rose first for me. m52, bubble nebula, fireworks galaxy very poor. m31 and its other 2 companion galaxys very nice lanes everywere. ngc 6781 and m71 to finish this was a late finish. but amazing night. one thing struck me. nebula which will be in part 2 were absolutely incredible, so were clusters you could use mega power around 500x and the quality of views didnt drop off. but all galaxys were very poor. was it because of the milkyway so bright reducing the contrast ? let me know what you think. part 2 soon mike
  4. just got home. 25hrs and 920 miles couldnt wait to have a brew
  5. Sounds like you know that one marv. Good idea that
  6. Yes all good. Few scrapes on the roof box. Totally forgot it was there. Laughed afterwards 🤣
  7. You wouldn't of been jealous today when we got tha car wedged in a multistorey car park because of the roof box. Think chevy chase in European vacation 🤣 Seen lots last night. Will report soon
  8. All ready for tonight. Last night was quite poor until silly aclock this morning. Omega, veil ring etc were good. Galaxy no very so. Just see arms in m101
  9. Will put some reports up in the next few days. Havnt looked through the scope for ages
  10. Mega sky last night. Milkway was horizon to horizon. Will check how dark it is tonight must be high 21 though. No lights any were
  11. Don't know why it sent that again. Any way what a Incredible place 900 miles straight through 26 hrs travel time
  12. 6 hrs to go before we set off. mega clear there for the next 2 weeks 👍
  13. i will report back with pics. after this trip i will be at it at home more often, most of my jobs at home are done 👍
  14. anyone else going 16 days left for us. cant wait 🤣
  15. booked for this year. 12 aug untill 22 aug 🤣
  16. dob would be the best. but like peter drew said 80mm apo would be good. you could use that as a finder or counter weight 🤣
  17. Good as a guide though and add more modern techniques
  18. Get the dob builders Bible. And ask as many questions as you like 👍
  19. hi ted. i have moved to very dark skys so dont need to take it around the country anymore. next year france is on the cards though 🤣 thanks for the comments
  20. You can see some of the insulation here paul. Also mirrored the windows so heat doesn't come in
  21. hi paul. yes all fully insulated with 30mm kingspan. floor was done underneath amd damp course stappled to each battern. then 4mm ply on all walls and floor. and 19mm ply on the floor as well
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