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  1. David Smith

    At IAS today:-)

  2. David Smith

    Back from a long weekend in the lake district

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    2. faulksy

      faulksy

      nice one, hope the weather was good, how were the skys ?

    3. David Smith

      David Smith

      Stayed in Ambleside, lovely place. Weather was remarkably good, even saw the Sun Saturday / Sunday. Love the lakes, fantastic place.

    4. David Smith

      David Smith

      A few pics on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/dtbf/

  3. David Smith

    Back in the solar groove

  4. David Smith

    Baseball is back, spring training is underway. Woohoo.

    1. ghostdance

      ghostdance

      Good stuff! Go Tigers!

  5. David Smith

    Bit fresh out. Still, good for comet spotting.

  6. David Smith

    Bored, need these clouds to shift:(

    1. rory

      rory

      ditto.

  7. David Smith

    Bought to you by Windoze 10....eek!

  8. David Smith

    Cleaning my eyepieces.

    1. rory

      rory

      me too, i went for the 90* wash with short spin. ;-)

    2. gazza63

      gazza63

      Would a Deluxe Car wash with super polish work?

  9. David Smith

    Come back Sun, please!

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    2. Uranium235

      Uranium235

      Chill out... the weekend is looking better. Maybe even some clear skies ;) (Shhhh....!)

    3. David Smith

      David Smith

      That's reassuring Emad, thanks!

    4. Luke

      Luke

      I fully agree, David. It's gone missing :-o

  10. David Smith

    Come on cloud, let me see the sun!

  11. David Smith

    Corporate team building exercise today - in the rain and mud!

  12. David Smith

    Curse the met office for thraetening me with a clear night

  13. David Smith

    Day off work - tipping in rain. Typical!

  14. David Smith

    Desperate for a good, long, clear, Moon-less night.

  15. David Smith

    Does anyone remember what stars look like?

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    2. Guy Wells

      Guy Wells

      Stars....nope.

    3. mrjolly

      mrjolly

      Like this * wait, that's a snowflake...!

    4. David Smith

      David Smith

      It's been so long since I had a decent night out with my scope I've almost forgotten how to use it:(

  16. David Smith

    Dying to test my ES eyepiece - come on weather!

  17. David Smith

    ES82 18mm now in my possession, hence the cloud cover and forecast of rain.

    1. misfit

      misfit

      so we can blame you then lol

      rather than me!! :)

    2. Luke

      Luke

      Congrats! :)

  18. David Smith

    Finally the clouds part (briefly) and the comet was seen!

  19. David Smith

    Forced to eat Jaffa cakes without stars - it's just not right.

  20. David Smith

    Forecast here is dismal. My next solar image could be Wednesday! :eek:

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    2. Gutross

      Gutross

      but 4am comes so early

    3. David Smith

      David Smith

      At least at 4 am you can still grab a couple of hours sleep before work.

    4. Gutross

      Gutross

      no i have to wake up at 4 am. lol

  21. David Smith

    Forecast: Clear Reality: More cloud than you can shake an angry fist at!

  22. David Smith

    Geminids - The Sequel tonight but it's a bit slow with just 4 in the first hour.

    1. Marki

      Marki

      Saw only one but was out for just 30 mins with my bins.

    2. David Smith

      David Smith

      Cloud stopped play again after a couple of hours but there was so little activity I was falling asleep by the end!

  23. David Smith

    Grabbed some cheeky solar subs at lunch time today :-)

  24. David Smith

    Gutted I missed the transit!!!

    1. Ponoobersie

      Ponoobersie

      Same here mate ;o( only got into astronomy about three months ago and this WAS going to be my first big thing if you follow?....but no...the clouds came in and stayed in! :o(

  25. David Smith

    half way through flocking my dob!

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