Mike73

A good night was had Gerry, I was a little rusty after the summer break but it was great to be out again. :)

nice one mike

Congrats!

So how was it Mike ? :)

Clouded over soon after I got set up James!

Damn. Next time Mike, next time.

is it only 17 days?

whoop whoop

tidy

im not keen on the FT they look nice but im not convinced.

nice one mike superb...danny go home!

I am home lol for a change no seriously though I tried steves and mikes at wales and I just couldn't say whether I liked it or not

Which software are you using on it?

SkySafari Pro

What you getting mike?

My 2" adapter for my Leica and VIP barlow. :)

if its ts , my 00 stand came in 3 days and that was over xmas

Leica ASPH + 10" F 6.3 dob = great success!Congrats

That's some lead-time, hope it worths the wait :-)

Just gotta wait a couple days for the 2" adapter and VIP from APM now!

Bits arrived from OOUK this morning, pics to follow and first light tonight. :)

Cool glad they did, I take my comment back from earlier. Weird though why not package it all up together ?

if it helps, i collected mine from 00 and there was no locking screws and i didnt notice, but that was due to it was my first time seeing a dob and i was amazed at the size of a 14"

Hell YEAH. Nice one Mike.

Congrats Mike!

Lovely, Is it one of those with a 1/10PV research grade mirror ? In any case should be cracking bit of scopage :) good for planets, no doubt your 16 inch on deep sky will trounce it, but nice grab and go too and less hassle to get out for that too.

Congratulations! Looking forward to your first light

2-4 week wait for it though but I'm sure it will be worth it.

ha mike i have clear sky forcasted for 3am. alarm set scope collimated new EP's ready to go. come on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lol, sounds a bit desperate. I just couldn't do that on a school night!

its my weekend, i do shifts 4on 4 off :)

theres only so much moon i can deal with. and TBH my last session it was doing my head in

Exactly how I was last night, Mike. I was feeling guilty but my wife reminded me its meant to be a hobby and not work ;).

Oh jeeze mike! How did you get on?

Cloud stopped play in the end Dan, short (again) but sweet session.

No [removed word] where we are going ;)

FC was clear here all night but solid cloud

Too windy for the dark site so staying at home with Jupiter and a Brandy. :)

Mike73 Brandy & the big Planet sounds spot on, not sure anyone could ask for much more than that..VSOP or XO maybe ;)

We drank the posh stuff on xmas day James ;)

yup mike in WH SMITHS

Cheers Dan

They will order it for you each month if they don't usually stock it

Thanks Shaun, Dan. :)

Any astro based pressure?a dob with an inch for each of those years?

I wish!! I think the best astro present I could wish for would be clear skies for the next new moon! :)

congratulations!

Great choice!

No mate. Halfway through sketching Owl cluster then neighbours lit a bonfire and seemed like every bathroom light in street came on at the same time haha! Aww well always another night. :)

Got to try out my new Baader mkIII CC though, very very impressed!!

Look forward to the sketch, Mike.

Nice to see you again :)

And you Jonathan :)

:)

did you use any filters mike?

No filters Dan just dark skies (vlm 6.5). Two big fuzzy patches just above the double cluster.

well done mate..all about them skies!

Well that makes a nice change, hope your right.

great stuff!!

Yep certainly was, I only got a 2 hr session after driving to a dark site, before the cloud bank took a hold, but worth it.