Chris

I'm very pleased for your John, and I'm definitely not jealous at all 😬😄

That is re assuring

It's a fair point, everything is relative. Although it's more of a dark grey than black

Why does predictive text always have to make us look bad? 😃

hehe I like the idea of a passive aggressive light pollution video! 💡 💡💡🔭🙈

I appreciate the support, I guess I'm more baffled/amused than angry. I mainly wanted to share this because it's such a curiosity to see someone light up their house to such an extent. Especially in this day and age of increasing pollution of every kind and massively increasing energy bills. I'm not sure what type of lights their running but I'll test out my light pollution filter and see if that helps before pondering further action.

Well looking on the 'bright side' I never thought I'd be able to get a tan at night!

hmmm? now you mention it, it could be because I sometimes press my face up against their patio window whilst they're having dinner? 🤔😄

Now that's a neighbourly thing to do

Seems a bit superfluous doesn't it. It's going to be like living opposite a sports stadium from now on. I can just imaging their power metre evoking special relatively as it whizzes round!

They have just upgraded from their two security lights to 3 security lights. I thought it was the Full Moon glaring through the curtains!

Well I happen to be a very lucky boy as I have my hands on a StellaMira 90 + 0.8 reducer/flattener! The reducer is for the imaging side if things and I'll be testing that with a crop sensor and maybe a full frame camera (if I can borrow my father in laws). BUT I'm very much looking forward to looking at this scope from a visual point of view also. I won't be able to use the 0.8 RF for this but I can check how it performs otherwise.

Thanks, and yes I was getting a head of myself there : )

If you're new to Deep Sky Object (DSO) imaging the three main steps are 1) Capture plenty of long exposure images 2) Stack the images together to increase the signal and reduce the noise 3) Process the stacked image in order to pull out detail and make it look pretty. In this tutorial I run through the stacking part with the very popular and free stacking software called DeepSkyStacker: I skip one or two steps that I don't think are important for beginners

The C11 Edge looks sharper to me. Did you nail the focus for the TOA Rodd?

That just looks right doesn't it! That view too!

I remember that well because the Revelation was pristine until I dropped the metal objective cap during the sale! 🙈😅

Good thank you Martin Keeping busy with plenty going on. I hope you're well also?

Here's my first light report for the LightWing ED's, in case you would like a second opinion

Put it this way Ade...if you ever want to sell them back? 🤩 Seriously though they are an excellent small binocular. Roof prism bins don't usually have that pseudo 3D effect, but the Helios LightWing ED's could focus tiny pin prick stars on the edge of visibility which gave the view nice depth. If I recall correctly the field was nice and flat over a good portion of the AFOV and reflections weren't a problem also. I find myself recommending them quite often

This is 40 (ish) 2 minute exposures, ISO1600, with a vintage Asahi Pentax 135mm Super Takumar lens, Fujifilm XT1 and Stars Adventurer mount. Just light frames because I tend to crop in anyway, and the Fuji is relatively low in the noise department considering its a camera from 2013/14.

Couldn't agree more Rob! Like many I have chronic anxiety and panic attacks but always feel great when I get out under the stars! My other hobbies of running, cycling and fish keeping all seem to be designed to help with anxiety too, either relaxing or producing endorphins.

Cheers Steve

That was a really cool video, I do appreciate Ed's story telling. However, ironically it made we want loads of telescopes! 😆