David Smith

You should know better than to buy new kit Although at the moment it doesn't seem to make any difference, the weekend weather is just horrible regardless.

one word to sum it up "Quarkers" help !. I brought a new quark but it wasn't off Daystar, do I get time off. charl.

Apparently not looking at the skies this morning

its Darn depressing mate, its chucking it down here cold aswell and ive got Quark fever bad. heres hoping for better skys. charl.

Yeah, that must be frustrating Charl. Hope it clears for you soon. 4th Feb my last solar image

yer mate you have deff had morethan your fair share of cloud, heres hoping for a change in weather, Monday might have some clear bits.  charl.

Ditto here again too. Getting very boring just staring at clouds all the time! 

Too right.... Im getting damn sick of it now. Its going to be at least another two weeks before we see any changes.

Guess what, back to work today and the Sun comes out. Bad words spring to mind

Merry Christmas Dave! May the new year bring joy to the Bears' fans! xDDDD

merry Christmas Dave, I must be sliping, sol was out and I missed it. charl

great news mate, it can only get better from today , ive found it hard to grab detail in the last month with sol being in the woberly bit all the time. hope you get some clear, charl.

Darn badluck mate, same problem as last time ? or another gremilin. got good seeing earlyer but now the clouds have invaded. hope you get the lappy sorted soon.  charl.

Thanks Charl. Looks like the same issue but I suspect the HD is on the way out as the root cause. Not sure what to do now!

get another hd thay only take a few minutes to fit + a hour or so to put your programes on and other stuff, i keep all my astro stuff on a 2tb portable harddrive and thats backed up on another hd just to be on the safe side. hope you get it sorted soon .charl. 

that bad mate, much the same for me thismorning,i ended up deleting 80% of frames. yer mate i like our focusers,i brought after reading your review, it worked straight outa the box, fitted it in 5min, put the laser on it and it was spot on center, thay have a nice movement, and not too pricey. hope it clears for you. charl.

Bacon sandwich does sound really good, minus the brown sauce though. I will substitute the brown sauce for sausages

Hmm, the healthy option!

same here mate, mines a bit cloudy but im working on it.charl.

Where there's a will there's a way. Look forward to seeing your images later.

Look forward to seeing them, David! I generally can't do mornings any more, though that spot was tempting!!

ive got a big cloud invasion here  havnt seen sol for two days. i think theres a chance Thursday,. hope you get some clear sky.charl.

you will have to clone yourself mate,so the the clone can go to work but dont show the clone your scopes or you might have to share,charl..

nice one mate,which one you got?...

Went for the Skywatcher version as it was  a guaranteed fit. Quite impressed. Will post some pics later.

yer thay are good,ive one on my ed80 very smooth and a nice feel to the movement, and very easy to adjust if it starts to slip.look forward to the pics.charl.

look forward to seeing your images Dave,glad you have got some sun mate.charl 

Thanks Charl. Can't remember the last time I had Sun on a weekend. First time this year for sure!

yer its been a while mate,the seeing was good when i had a few snaps at 10am.

same to you mate, and may your skys be clear as a bank directors guilt :-)

Happy Christmas David! May the sun shine on you! Luke

ive got sun,ive sent it your way mate...

Look forward to that Charl, thanks ;-)

its gone from here now, so its deff on its way.

me to, ive been watching the movie "sunshine" its got some nice a H-alpha shots....

It's reassuring to know I am not alone in my affliction!

What is this yellow disc you speak of? I'm really missing the moon as well as Sol at the mo, I am supposed to be into my lunar imaging season now. My SCT is getting dusty! :-o Itching to get the dob out for some deep sky too. That new AR looks nice :)

when it start Dave ?, im very much looking forward,ive been watching the old ones just to refresh my memory.

Release on the 17th December and we (family) now have tickets for 6pm that day. May have to get a refresh on the originals before then myself. Although I have seen them so many times I can pretty much recite them word-for-word!

not long to go then mate, but it seams of taken ages to come round since feb when thay said it will be opening.

Been watching that in white light from last wednesday. Been a fair bit of activity. Dont do the sun much but it been great this week

Lol!

its moon madness mate, i need to see the doc for some pils

just ask for Lyrica, its always advertised witha moon :P

wow,,,

Well done getting something, Dave. Weekend looks iffy here, after a rather iffy bank holiday weekend! Roll on Summer 2016 :D Must say I am looking forward to a bit of deep sky and lunar.

Thanks Luke. Forecast here is iffy for the foreseable future!

Yeah I think that was kind of 2015 David, iffy weather :D I held off any lunar imaging for a while, looking forward to getting back to that. I am thinking maybe do solar mostly in summer,. lunar imaging in spring and autumn and observing planets if they are about, and DSO observing in winter.

cool,look forward to seeing your images later. charl.

Lucky you! There's not not a nice big AR to play with by any chance, is there? Have fun!

Bliss!