David Smith

What! Where?

Clouds cleared and the moon was bright. Saturday night.

Lucky!

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. 

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!!

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.

Much the same here, David. Prepared everything and the mist/fog rolled in.

Yup - got home, set up scope, went in to make tea, clouded over, went in to eat tea, looked as of cloud breaking up, went backin for a cuppa, then came out and it had actualy rained a bit (scope ok). Totally clear at midnight when I looked at bedtime! Grr!

I aborted plans to image me some moon with the SCT! Pesky forecasts! There were dribs and drabs but I want a nice long clear patch and the Moon nice and high! Seeing was too boiling to sneak in close when it was lower down. At least we had a quick look at Jupiter, the Moon and M42!

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.

Muahahaha :-) Evil Sun stealing grin from Spain :-)

Feel a bit sorry for the Cambrigeshire County Show, yesterday was fairly bright and dry. Today it is dull, grey and raining in intermittant downpours. The show is today.

What is this summer you talk of? I have childhood memories of it!

we got sun in south wales,cant last cos its summer..

Summer, what is that? Feels like forever Autumn to me

i agree mate, you hit the nail on the head there Earl....

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!

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.

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.

clouded out here, did get a look for a few min and theres 3 proms and a bright area on the mid oncoming limb. goodluck David. charl.

Thanks Charl, glorious here. Managed to get some WL and Ca-K data after Venus disappeared behind a tree. Hope the skies clear for you soon.

thick cloud here mate and its raining so fast I carnt tell if its going up or down ?. carnt you find a place where the wind is blocked ?. charl.

Not raining here but windy and cloudy. ?

Don’t think you’re missing much judging by this underwhelming image grabbed off the web.

Pretty excited here too (no bookings though  )

Roll on release day...

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

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

Sods law

Weekends have been disappointing this year! Am lucky that solar brekkie is now on the menu, it was doing my head in seeing so many poor weekend forecasts and rushing focus when any clear bits turned up! Good luck for some fine weekend weather soon!

It can't be worse, I could sneak a quick session in now if I find some motivation.

Down with Feb already!! :D

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

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

Lucky you! Please can ya send some on our way? Been ready since 7am!! :-o

Don't want to rub it in Luke but it's glorious here:-p

so we can blame you then lol

rather than me!! :)

Congrats! :)

well worth it wasnt it :D fab :D

Yes, spent 4 hours and recorded almost 80. The challenge now is to repeat the exercise tonight without falling asleep!

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

Would a Deluxe Car wash with super polish work?

That way madness (and an emtpy wallet) lies ... good luck! :)

i just swapped my turn left at orion book for the book you just ordered, i cant wait to start reading it....im just collecting jupiter's photon's at the moment, GRS is on show...mhhhh lol :)

Nope,it said it would be clear so carted the big heavy scope too the new forrest and wall to wall cloud again!

Clear as a bell... no pier adapter :(