wookie1965

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.noctuasoftware.stellarium_plus&hl=en

Says pro in S@N magazine says plus on the store.

Just seen this in S@N is it worth paying the £7.49 is it any better than the free version does anyone know please.

I had the full set of BST'S when I had my 200p great eyepieces for the money the 15mm is my goto eyepiece now.

I have 2 refractors now and have kept the 25mm 15mm and 8mm sold the others I bought a 11mm and a 20mm televue plossl second hand.

Get the best for your money the BST'S are a vast improvement over the stock eyepieces.

Get a good star chart like Turn left at Orion and learn the constellations which ones are up which ones follow each other in the sky.

Plan your viewing write targets down,

Dont be disappointed if you don't see what you see in books you won't.

unless you have dark skies there are only a few galaxies you can see, look for clusters much easier to see and look for the real deep sky stuff until you are at a dark sky place.

A warm welcome to SGL

Wow stunning Capture

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Use the flat part of the trunking then make a jubilee clip around the inside.

Dont rotate the OTA until you have aligned it then just rotate to get perfect eye position.

I did this with the 200p I had worked brilliantly.

Paul

48 minutes ago, Switch10 said:

It's a 200pds but had to make the filter 6" as single a4 film didn't cover the opening and i didn't want to fork out another 20 quid for an extra sheet...

Have you considered one of these just fit like the front cover I had one for my 150p when I took pictures of the transit last time.

https://www.365astronomy.com/Solar-Filter-for-200mm-Newtonian-Telescopes.html

25 minutes ago, Switch10 said:

A solid looking filter that. Mine looks okay from the front but was a dogs dinner at the back! It was safe at least 😂

Is that a 150p or 200p

47 minutes ago, Paul M said:

Ah, but you southerners always had a better chance of seeing it 

Southerners? I'm in Merseyside up north unless your in Scotland. 👍

27 minutes ago, Switch10 said:

Same here although today I learned my craft skills are woeful 😂

Should get a blue Peter badge😁

11 minutes ago, Paul M said:

Congratulations to those who bagged this.

The only Transit I saw today had a tyre at each corner.

Full cloud out with spots of rain here. I feel vindicated in not having bought a solar filter. Maybe now wait for that until the Sun comes out of this long, bleak minimum. 

I bought Baader film and made a filter just for today.

Congratulations to everyone who got a chance to see the transit and photo it I myself missed out with the weather very disappointed but out of my hands.

Not very nice here.

Same here wind and rain 🤬

Not looking good for me after buying Baader film and making a solar filter.

A warm welcome back to SGL.

BBC forecast clear skies last night all my apps said cloud BBC app on wife's phone said cloud as it turned out it was cloudy all night I was up 3 times going the loo still cloudy.

Tonight I have freezing by way of a change in the weather..

Glad you got out Nick I had the "Galactic Wanderer" in my list. Some targets there I will check out myself if I ever get clear skies again great sketches as usual.

5 hours ago, John said:

I'm glad that I managed to get a glimpse of the last one !

Still got my fingers crossed for Monday though.

I took pictures last time and got my picture in the S@N magazine.

Well received the Baader film from FLO and the last two days I have been making a filter that will slide on the Meade 5"

Captain magenta I totally agree my first laser would not collimate what so ever tried for days just would not stay anywhere near Central ended up chucking it in bin not before fine the 3 grub screws were all different lengths.

Bought a second that was out but that was easy collimate.

Like you said they should be tested before they put the silicone in the holes by the manufacturer.

Yes I have 3 story houses South East but that is where I do most of my viewing and North East, South is out of the question with the light and West I have my house and neighbours house so got to be high up.

This is my view from my viewing position I will take a video during the day as well but as you can see I am very restricted.

My wife is at the Hospital on the 11th but I am hoping I will be back in time take a couple of pictures with my phone. Just ordered Baader film from FLO make a solar filter.

A warm welcome to SGL.