wookie1965

4 hours ago, wesdon1 said:

@wookie1965 Thanks so much for kind words Wookie! 

Aww that saddens me! Surely with a 10" dob you would atleast make out some of the cores of M51 and M101? Tbh though, I haven't ever seen them visually through an EP, I've only imaged them. Now that you've brought this to my attention, and we don't live far away from each other ( I assume? Merseyside? I'm in Merseyside. Wavertree Liverpool, more specifically ) I am going to take some low power EP's outside during my next imaging session and see if I can make out any details of said Galaxies mate. I'll get back to you and let you know how I get on. Bare in mind aswell, my largest 'scope is 8inch aperture, and I have hideous LED street lamps blazing down onto the gardens, so if I manage to resolve ANYTHING of either Galaxy, then you should definitely be able to too my friend!

Clear Skies!

Wes. ( Bortle 7 )

Cheers Wez,

             I'm in St Helens just down from the "big head" if you know that. 

I have horrendous light pollution I am going the Brecon Beacons next weekend hoping get a clear night 

Best Wishes 

Paul 

I have one 2" ep I dont use it I have a 10mm Vixen silver top and the views are crisp and clear I barlow that with my Tal x2 barlow for higher mag and its a delight to use. I have a 11mm Televue plossl which is very similar I stupidly sold my 20" televue plossl. My go to eyepiece is the 15mm BST that is a superb ep for the money. 

Thank you I need a tutorial of how to use it took me all the time put co ordinates in and keep them in.

1 hour ago, Mr Spock said:

Washington Double Star catalogue in Cartes du Ciel.

Thank you I have downloaded that but I could not get it to work no idea why.

On 04/03/2023 at 13:32, Mr Spock said:

I keep everything in Excel. Here's an example of a session from last year:

Region	γ Cyg region
Date	from 20:30 27/09/2022 to 01:30 28/09/22
Scope	Stella Lyra 12" Newt
Eyepieces	42mm LVW, x40, LVW 22mm x69, LVW 17mm x89, LVW 13mm x117, LVW 8mm x190, LVW 5mm x304
Conditions	very good seeing and very good transparency - mag 4.8 in the direction of Cygnus
β 665	A faint and slightly uneven pair near γ Cyg; tight at x190
MLB 21	Too faint, sec not seen - should have been though at mag 12.0
D 22	An easy but uneven pair at x190
TOR 25	Very faint secondary, seems fainter than the published mag
MLB 22	A faint uneven pair x190
OΣΣ 206	A very wide pair x117
SEI 1117	Wide pair in the same field as OΣΣ 206 with a fainter star inbetween
SEI 1115	Wide pair at x190; in the same field as J 129 which was also resolved
TDT 2232	A tight, faint pair at x304
TDT 2233	In the same x304 field as TDT 2232; not as tight but a fainter secondary
Σ 2668	A bright uneven pair in the middle of a group of other doubles - the next five below
SEI 1091	Very wide, uneven pair at x69
SEI 1090	Very wide, uneven pair at x69
SEI 1094	Wide and very easy at x190
SEI 1097	Another wide pair at x190
TDS 1061	Tightest of the group, but resolved at x190
β 661	A very bright orange primary with a very faint secondary, x190
h 2951	A wide uneven pair at x190
Cou 2537	Tight! 0.8" resolved at x304 in moments of steady seeing
Σ 2663	A lovely even pair; looked nice at x117
HDS 90	Faint secondary - mag 12.6, about half the separation of Σ 2663 and in the same field at x117
SEI 1051	Wide uneven pair at x69
SEI 1070	Wide uneven pair at x69
COU 2536	Strangely difficult. Split at x190 in moments of steady seeing
SEI 1078	Another one of these wide, uneven blue pairs that seen to litter this region. X69

Wow can I ask where you get your information from I have never seen 3/4 of those doubles.

Great report may I ask where you get ARY 40 and 41 from and CAU 286 I am always looking for alternative doubles thanks.

Another book to the collection 

I dont know about astrophotography but if you have aligned the polar scope up with the mount like you said on a TV aerial to check put the end of the aerial on the ring in the polar scope either you or someone else rotate the weight bar and make sure the end of the aerial stays on the circle all the way around.

if you use android download Synscaniit from here https://synscaninit-2.soft112.com/    that will show you everything to put in the handset and Polaris position once you have done that do your 2 or 3 star alignment and it should be accurate.

Paul

4 minutes ago, Ratlet said:

Get it from their store direct and it's a lot less.  Free worldwide shipping, though I paid £5 extra on the site for clearance at import.  £59 puts it in the realms of the nexyz:

https://www.moveshootmove.com/collections/move-shoot-move-rotator/products/msm-xyz-phone-mount-for-telescope

Thank you for that much appreciated. 

Paul 

On 24/04/2023 at 17:47, Stu said:

They are great! The more I use mine, the more I like it. Sorry Celestron, but it is way better than the NeXYZ, you need to up your game now!

I've just priced one up wow £92 

51 minutes ago, wesdon1 said:

@wookie1965 Hi wookie, did you mean you haven't been able to view M51 from your home/location? and was the "wow" a reaction to my pic? If yes then thank you so much for such kind remarks my friend! It would have been a lot better if the wind hadn't ruined about 70% of my subs! lol. @happy-kat very kindly made some really helpful suggestions to tackle said issues with my subs so I'm going to try them all out at the first opportunity!

Clear Skies! 

Wes ( Bortle 7 )

Yes Wow for the picture and yes I have never seen M51 from home or the Leo trio I have even purchased a 10" dob, had a couple of clear nights here but the wind was horrendous blowing a hooley no point setting up as the scope would of been all over the place.

Paul

Right thanks everyone I've sorted it dodgy contact on the battery box. 

I have opened it up getting 1.72 volts at the switch not sure if this is right. When I check the resistor for continuity it beeps off and on and shows various readings from 0.062 to 0.217 can anyone help me please. 

Only seen the pup once in my now sold Meade 127mm even then I had to out Sirius on the edge of the FOV to see it. 

I have seen subtle colours in what was my Meade 127 and especially in my Tal 100rs  cracking multiple.

Thank you for these going to check if I have them in my lists if not I will definitely give them a go, I will look for them in Haas. 

Lucky you I am yet to see the Leo trio from home in 11 years since I got my first scope.

I must say that is a lovely set up love the tripod I would like something like that for mine but really I could do with a new mount, great read Magnus once again.

Great evening I need a dark site so I can give my 10" a good run out 

Absolutely brilliant read so fortunate to see all these objects south of the Equator, I have family in Australia who have said come over you can stay with us.

Wow I have still not seen this from home.

Wow Magnus what a night I am going the Brecon Beacons early May hoping for a couple of good nights there with really dark skies. 

I have the celestron starsense 10" starsense with the cradle. 

Yes incorporating skysafari into it or a way of using skysafari with starsense. 

1 hour ago, Sunshine said:

By that you mean? incorporating skysafari to be used with starsense? 

Yes incorporating skysafari into it or a way of using skysafari with starsense

25 minutes ago, DaveL59 said:

Worth mentioning too if its the starsense explorer which uses your phone vs the other more self-contained version.

Yes the starsense explorer app on the phone to be used with my 10" dob 

Brilliant Nick hoping when we go away to the Breckon Beacons I get some clear nights.