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Hidden treasures or the secret deep 

21ethos 13ethos and the 8mm ethos 

21 is the finder and then 13/8 as required...I powermate the 8 if conditions allow 

21 minutes ago, skybadger said:

Reading this makes me feel we need an astronomers dark sky cam network so peeps can see what the sky is like at their chosen target location . Does promise it  will be the same when you get there though. I do find that the met office forecast is good enough for that though.

Just go anyway..the amount of weekends lost to cloud are countless but if you don't go you'll never know 

Always travel to observe...deep sky hunting requires the darkest of skies. 

Delos ep's are very good..the 17mm is a gem...books, go for Hidden treasures and The secret deep maybe uranometria 2000. Pocket sky atlas is fantastic but the best purchase is a tank of petrol and get to dark skies. I observe with the Dob mob which includes 18",20"and a 22" but from the same site used a 10" dob and I was blown away how much you can see with one in true dark skies. Galaxy hunting is our forte, clear skies!

PCR is negative. 

Have to say not bothered about this...

PCR test today..will let you know 

Booked. 

All clear here..

Gave this a go on Thursday night at Galloway but unfortunately the transparency wasn't up to much...

Just sat down after packing everything away.....just like to echo Damo's comments, an enjoyable time as always....see you all in March. 

The sips is fantastic in the feather light focuser but I personally use the paracorr 2...both highly recommended 

Should be there Thursday afternoon..

@bomberbazI still owe you a can from the meet up in the peak district with Shane...that was a lonnnng time ago now!...be good to see you again Steve.

21 hours ago, jetstream said:

No matter how excellent an image is of this object - it does not compare to the visual view through a large dob, IMHO.

And that's why we love what we do.

Can we have this moved into the right section pls Mods

Desperate to get some galaxy hunting in at Galloway...terrific skies there Steve.

@mdstuartwhat was that eyebrow galaxy....Ive forgotten 🙄

8 years ago!!!!

Yeah I'll be booking for two pitches as we won't be leaving early...the Dob mob motto....win or lose we're gonna booze!!!

See you soon.👍

Excellent weekend as always...not much Dob action for me..more of a catch up with friends old and new...thanks to Freff for organising this..a pleasure to support our Welsh observing buddies...he's to the next one 🍻😁

Great report 👍