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I used to have a beard but with having sleep apnea diagnosed 6 years ago maybe longer I have to shave so the mask doesn`t leak.

It was a pleasure to meet Duncan and Peter and my friend Nick I am really disappointed I had to come home early really wanted to have a great weekend of chat laughs and brilliant views it was not to be unfortunately. Paul

Had to come home early tweaked my back slipping off a step, and the double airbed has a leak I wasnt prepared pay another £80 for one. Got in at 9 am just having toast and a drink the empty some of the car.

Please send my regards to your significant other I hope she feels better as soon as, Yes I am looking forward to seeing old friends and making new ones.

Heard back from the camp they are quite happy for us to attend and there are 7 of us that`s a great little group. See you all Friday and the weather up to now is looking favourable.

Due to the press conference today I have emailed the camp to confirm we are still welcome I will report back when I have a answer. Please let me know if you have decided not to attend.

I have a list of carbon stars.

Some great targets there Nick I will have to write them down.Clear here 7.30pm got tripod out levelled it went in the house get the mount come out clouds rolling in very frustrating.

I believe there are only 8/10 coming I will be there with my wife I cannot see anyone passing anything on if they have not been in contact with anyone and are not showing any signs. If worse comes to worse we can stay in our own tents and shout to each other😃

I am bringing EQ5 a Tal 100rs and the Meade 127mm refractor which has got a Skywatcher dual speed focuser on. Ohh and a pair of binoculars 10x42s I would like a look through the 120 if we get a chance please.

We are going to try to incorporate workshop for mount / scope matters , including collimation and polar alignment. Masterclass in the night sky and visual observing. Guided tours and practical assistance . How to goto , what they don't tell you ! Open forum and discussion If we can depending on weather.

I would cut 10mm off that bolt then try it again if it still catches but is very close cut another 5mm then that should fit. Saves money takes a couple of minutes.

Just acquired this second hand looking forward to trying it out.

Very nice I've got a Berghaus air 6 really easy to put up 6000 HH

Mine measures 48cm around the objective on its dew shield.

I was going to make one with a ladder of resistors like this (half way down the page) http://www.deepskywatch.com/Articles/newtonian-dew-heater.html This page is the one I was going to use just need to know how many resistors please. http://www.dewbuster.com/heaters-330ohm-resistors.html

I have got one of those dimmer switches and 330ohm resistors, but could someone tell me how many I need for a 5" refractor, so its not too hot but on the other hand not hot enough please. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Knob-Manual-Dimmer-Switch-Controll-For-Single-Color-LED-Strip-Light-12V-8A/254300347306?hash=item3b357b5baa:g:MdAAAOSwyuZdLu53 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/High-Quality-0-25W-Resistors-100-330-470-1K-4-7K-10K-100K-OHM-UK-STOCK-New/200933857810?_trkparms=ispr%3D1&hash=item2ec8975a12:m:mrrJnHm6SO-pxWmWluZ4Gmw&enc=AQAEAAACQBPxNw%2BVj6nta7CKEs3N0qVR1yWd%2FHVCGRyyhGygCeFoSgEtHhbVWlam%2FdgiZXrVS1H7WRjnMh7BL%2BzsWCIYFKwcwug61HkYqkSfjXoMkDkssR3Hem7VFar4VuyLm4lu7%2FS8Wl5Jz68Z%2BPEKz5nGy7Q%2BMyrFzsXxPiGTjy3jKO9o6APjzgxc56JyajfROCeWjfSrj7v9uuR2VIhzLLBc3TBtvYE%2Ft4DxqD00kgfM6xJaQfRtBmAwc9J14he1Dh%2FcC%2Fonv8KRVfOf8VEWKmQMKdCcQ7zPoH%2Fsb3w%2By%2FzOohVbDXPmovsHWM3McCs0E9bAv70jibBfZtgNh93II4QmgJiD89i4EpOaRnYbe96HLvIxd1XF0ioO4Gb2B4PA%2B1Mvun8odCU5u%2FGu5z9m9zSPR3YIebc93CoDHTbmSEvGoAoH3GzUT48PB2UN%2B7YXqpHdiZLDQKdy4ZWR3CidEwLdUumoMlYiDEZspP9pKnjg5xZfJzw0EFh%2FVU29hIeX6HehovztfpOvgSIbiqG1aSS38wMEPzoTIc0hp%2BqpogbVWnvTYOuxSlPr%2FDfHfaNYrXiNLhjaP5hww6GeicqnN7zD3jmR5MiyxFiwpbyryoaXCeNMAylrQ%2FXm6ArcfybW5%2FShp0hAZzHzjl%2FjPkTOvYYJcNxlrIQkDkqGher6TBxMxAmuIQQgiEDJPbo0rXZTEIV75chHCdbfLhlahwFAVdVtfrwkMZenBGMoTkCHEKDycJgBbhq6DZKT1K4PzTPIUx2kKQ%3D%3D&checksum=2009338578101818370e67694fa7a5bad9df0c21053f

Me and you both as long as its dry we can still have a good time, just one clear night would be good though.

A warm welcome to SGL ask anything on here someone will always answer.

Hi email the site Shallow grange they will reply pay a deposit then the rest on the day hope you can make it be a nice little gathering.

I thought that but op tried and could not reach focus with them all in he had to pull the eyepiece out a bit to achieve focus. He has now used a Barlow without the lens and is getting focus so definitely needs that extra piece.

I love NGC 457 great cluster and you can spend hours just looking at doubles and multiple star's here. Great report nice read.

Nick has transformed my viewing until I had met him I had been using "Turn left to Orion" looking for the galaxies. Disappointed at my lack of seeing anything apart from M45 and M42 I was about to pack it all in. So when I met him he put me on the track of clusters and double and multiple star's, This renewed my interest and now having the EQ5 and two refractors on clear nights I am spoiled for choice of the thousands of objects I care to view now I am in my element. So it's all thanks to Nick who I cannot thank enough.

I had cloud cover again nice report Stu glad someone got out.

3 weeks today people lets hope it dry`s up. Still time for people to book and join us there.