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  1. David Smith

    Some nice views of Jupiter tonight.

    1. xtreemchaos

      xtreemchaos

      nice one mate, nothing but cloud here lastnight, and its foggy thismorrning, I'm starting to think the weather picking on me :icon_biggrin:, hope you have some clear, charl.

    2. David Smith

      David Smith

      Clear blue skies again this morning. Hoping it holds out so I can get my work done and then sneak a bit of imaging in this afternoon!

    3. orion25

      orion25

      Catch every glorious moment :happy7:

  2. David Smith

    Some nice views of Jupiter, it's moons and the GRS last night.

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    2. xtreemchaos

      xtreemchaos

      yes mate, you will catch a lot more detail than I get with my frac, I should borrow my sons c8 before its outa range of my window, I might try the 200p tonight if I get chance.

    3. David Smith

      David Smith

      Do you have Sun this morning? Was clear earlier here but clouded out now. Still, managed to get some WL and Ca-K data to play with.

    4. xtreemchaos

      xtreemchaos

      yes mate ive just posted my pics, seeings not great but the AR is looking nice through the live view, with some nice filament dancing in the plasma, theres a nice prom too.

  3. David Smith

    Spent the morning with my scope pointed at the clouds :angry7:

  4. David Smith

    Up @ 6 to image the Sun, only to find laptop has failed again! 2nd time in about 3 weeks. That's it time for Linux Mint.

    1. xtreemchaos

      xtreemchaos

      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.

    2. David Smith

      David Smith

      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!

    3. xtreemchaos

      xtreemchaos

      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. 

  5. David Smith

    Up early this morning so grabbed White Light and Ca-K data before work :headbang:

    1. xtreemchaos

      xtreemchaos

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

    2. David Smith

      David Smith

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

    3. Drop Of Sun

      Drop Of Sun

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

  6. David Smith

    Well that was a productive evening, ruined my laptop!

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    2. xtreemchaos

      xtreemchaos

      good news mate, well done. its a great victory :hello2:,im sure it will be ok now you know what the problem was. clouded out here today, hope you have better. charl.

    3. David Smith

      David Smith

      Yes cloudy here too hence tinkering!

    4. xtreemchaos

      xtreemchaos

      yer ive been bizzy changing the thermal paste on the gpus on my gaming rig, it was dry as a bone, there running 10deg lower now.

  7. David Smith

    What a frustrating afternoon trying to image the Sun through "sucker holes". Almost wish I had been at work!

    1. xtreemchaos

      xtreemchaos

      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.

  8. David Smith

    Winter solstice today. Soon the Sun will return to northern skies.

    1. xtreemchaos

      xtreemchaos

      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.

  9. David Smith

    With all this Sun the last few days I'm having to try really hard not to press the trigger on a new  ZWO ASI 178MM for solar imaging :ohmy:

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    2. David Smith

      David Smith

      So how do you get new kit out of a box without letting the clouds out ;)

    3. pipnina

      pipnina

      Well if you have gotten new kit I think you've already let the clouds out on me.

    4. Uranium235

      Uranium235

      Very... very.. carefully :)

      Which one was it?

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