Mike73

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"

So how was it Mike ? :)

Clouded over soon after I got set up James!

Damn. Next time Mike, next time.

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.

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

Nice to see you again :)

And you Jonathan :)

:)

H/F not too bad this year as yet but the bugs are making a right meal out of me-could play dot to dot on my arms and stomach

Gnats tend to ignore me (maybe I smell :)), but they eat Jane alive.

Ticks are the ones to watch out for at this time year, had to pluck a couple of fat ones out after a wkend camping trip.

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! :)

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 ;)

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!

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 ;)

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.

I wouldn't bank on it, 40 days and counting here.

Its you Mike!!! Uve cursed us all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

same here new ep..6" of snow 200ft of cloud

yup mike in WH SMITHS

Cheers Dan

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

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!

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 :)

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!

many happy returns mike. hope you had a nice day ,and hopefully a great night. remember we want a report.

Happy birthday!

all the best mate,take care

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

is it only 17 days?

whoop whoop

tidy

so... clear skies until that date then mike !! lol.

pics pls as soon as!

I go back to work for 2 weeks the same day as its shipped so you should have clear skies for at least another month!

fingers crossed for ya mike ( and toes). ive forgoy how a telescope operates its been soooo long.

fingers crossed for both of you, be nice to hear some reports.

Mike, looking so so down west cornwall

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.

Congratulations! Looking forward to your first light

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

Royal Observatory. The Science Museum?

Would be rude not to go to the Royal Observatory I guess. :)

Which software are you using on it?

SkySafari Pro