wookie1965

I'm with you Pig I've been waiting for a decent gap in clouds or a clear night not had a glimpse. Nick comes back off his jollys and gets a couple of hours. I think I'm cursed or something.

Very strange I've had no problems at all I connect the SynScan App first do the alignment be it 1,2 or 3 stars then load skysafari and connect I'm using a galaxy S7.

If you use sky safari with the SynScan App you can download loads of double star designations into it.

have been using Hass and got a load of SAO numbers from Eagle Creek and a very good friend on here but like you said this has transformed my double star observing.

Loads of SAO numbers in for double stars.

I use SAO numbers most of the time got mine from Eagle Creek. I use Sissy Haas I have written the numbers in there. Having a book with them in will be a bonus thanks. I have just sent for one from Amazon £20 used but in very good condition. Cheers Paul

Which edition of Cambridge have you got. I have this one which doesn't have the SAO numbers in.

Great doing doubles especially this time of year.

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I have never seen M101 or M51 from home even though according to S@N magazine it is a binocular object. Go for clusters and doubles that`s what I do from home now leave galaxy hunting until go to really dark sky places. Go for M57 the ring nebula in Lyra that is very achievable I have seen it many times M13 and M92 both lovely clusters in Hercules.

As above could be seeing or collimation. My first scope was the 150p I easily split the double double with a BST 12mm. I have seen the ice caps on Mars the cassini division in Saturn's rings and E and F stars in the Trapezium in Orion. It is a brilliant scope I had a friend flock the inside for me as I was a Newby after that I flocked a 200p. As people have said double check everything leave to cool longer this does help and persevere.

I've not been out in months due to health reasons and getting my mount fixed now I'm ready to get out this weather is the pits.

Booked Friday and Saturday Paul

This is mine when I had my 200p on the mount very rarely went near legs except pointing straight overhead which I did not do after it caught the legs once. If you have android download this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.RapidoDroid.synscaninit2&gl=GB

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I have seen one of these in action brilliant mounts only problem I see is if you use long fracs like me. I need a extension on my EQ5 mount to clear the tripod legs. If this could be addressed I would seriously consider getting one.

You cannot beat a dark sky, I have light pollution I was lucky enough go to Galloway last winter, Friday night was no good but Saturday was a dream the stuff you can see by eye is amazing and deep sky stuff even with my 5" Refractor was superb.

May get there this year health permitting.

No idea how good or bad these are.

Eagle Creek does not work now have to go here http://web.archive.org/web/20170419050003/http://astronomy.eaglecreekobservatory.org/doubles/

Another cracker is the Garnet Star, Mu Cephei in the constellation Cepheus varing in brightness from magnitudes 5.0 to 3.7. Give that a look.

Fabulous star one of my favourite stars I revisit whenever I can.

Thank you for the explanation looking at it means ive got pretty shoddy skys.

what do the numbers mean?

Thank you just found once you have located your position if you click on print it opens a page in the browser and you can take a screenshot from there. Now what do all those numbers mean.