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  1. Qualia

    Clear skies, seeing a crisp 5/5, scope collimated to a tee, frac itching for a cluster or double and...a near full moon. I love the Moon but not tonight :-)

    1. Joel Shepherd

      Joel Shepherd

      I feel your pain. Open clusters around Cassiopeia are an antidote. :-)

    2. Pig

      Pig

      It certainly was a cracking night, very cold here though brrrr

    3. Ant

      Ant

      Sounds great Rob, shame the good nights are always around new moon.

  2. Qualia

    Climbing roof top after moon session and finder did 35m free fall on concrete. It's now on the desk in 5 individual parts.

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    2. AlexB67

      AlexB67

      I guess looking on the bright side, lucky it wasn't you falling 35m. Except for my first day dropping my RDF on concrete I've not dropped anything since .... so far so good :-)

    3. nightfisher

      nightfisher

      The "extreme astronomer", bit of a nuisance about the finder, but at least your ok

    4. Qualia

      Qualia

      Thanks for the kind words. I've set up a little thread on the entire business in the Astro Lounge.

  3. Qualia

    Cystal clear evening tonight, took Jupiter to 200x, and got blinded with the moon at around 280x.

  4. Qualia

    Did anyone else see a small black dot over Jupiter this morning; about 10 o'clock-ish on the edge of the surface? I don't think it was my EPs for I went through the 5,6,7mm and each showed the same thing.

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    2. Qualia

      Qualia

      Thank you, Cotterless. The dark spot wasn't around the equator and the more I search I cannot find anyone else seeing the same thing. I will clean my OTA and look again tomorrow.

    3. Qualia

      Qualia

      Finally worked out the mystery. It was Io's shadow crossing over. A very pretty and spectacular sighting.

    4. tingting44

      tingting44

      wow so it was a moon then?

      and i did not know you could still see jupiter gone past 10am!!!! REALLY?? :D did u get any pics

  5. Qualia

    Discovering something as frustrating as a cloudy night. Crystal clear nights with chronic seeing conditions. Stars looking like head lights, craters all a blur and Jupiter like a smeary blob. Not even the little 4" could win :-(

    1. cotterless45

      cotterless45

      Yep, we get the very same. So clear to the eye, then wobbly wobbly fuzz !

    2. Marki

      Marki

      Seems like every "clear" night for the two weeks has been like that for me...hoping we'll get some crisper nights in winter proper.

    3. Space Dragon

      Space Dragon

      I think the Jet stream is above us at the moment.

  6. Qualia

    expecting 140km/h gales tomorrow...

    1. tingting44

      tingting44

      no good :(

  7. Qualia

    Fascinating time around the Moon's Ocean of Storms tonight. Any suggestions of damping down wind vibration of frac on AZ4?

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    2. foundaplanet

      foundaplanet

      I have hear that some folk hang sand bags from thm or even fill the legs with sand.

    3. cotterless45

      cotterless45

      I filled my legs with wet mortar !

    4. Qualia

      Qualia

      Thanks for the tips. I might give those sand ones a try.

  8. Qualia

    First Light report for the Moonshane

  9. Qualia

    First night in the desert. Got wonderfully spell bound by the cobweb complexity of the Milky Way. Loads of M numbers, few sketches.

    1. nightfisher

      nightfisher

      Excellent my friend, a dark sky makes so much difference

  10. Qualia

    Freezing but a gorgeous night out.

    1. chiltonstar

      chiltonstar

      Yep, same here. Minus 3, stunning seeing - shame about the Moon!

      Chris

    2. YKSE

      YKSE

      Not that cold here, but only short sessions between clouds.

    3. Qualia

      Qualia

      Good to hear you both got a session in :-)

  11. Qualia

    Getting to within 1% error in measuring star separation.

  12. Qualia

    Good to be back. I promise to reply to all posts etc over the next day or so. I hope everyone had a good August :-)

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    2. Qualia

      Qualia

      Thank you all for your kind words. It really is nice to be back and to see such warm and tender folk. Thank you :-)

    3. Pig

      Pig

      Welcome back Mr Gough

    4. Piero

      Piero

      A warm welcome back, Rob! :)

  13. Qualia

    Gorgeous banner. The Halloween theme really stands out and is very inviting.

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    2. Qualia

      Qualia

      :-)

    3. Ant

      Ant

      That's what the sky looked like from my old house :)

      Wasn't supposed to be LP though!

    4. foundaplanet

      foundaplanet

      Well I thought it was the glow of all the bonfires but then LP is not something that is on my mind much around here..:)

  14. Qualia

    Gorgeous spotty sun today

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    2. Qualia

      Qualia

      Thanks, David. I have to go to work right now, but I'll quicky post up a rough sketch in the solar section :-)

    3. Qualia

      Qualia

      Ok, all done. Now I must dash :-)

    4. Pig

      Pig

      The weekend is looking promising here, so fingers crossed it stays that way :-)

  15. Qualia

    Got back this Monday morning from the best dark skies I have ever seen. Ever! Still in a state of shock. The days were fabulous as well, up in the mountains, clear skies, running rivers and forests.

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    2. nightfisher

      nightfisher

      Q, sounds like you had a superb time, im taking the new mrs nightfisher camping to north yorkshire in july, will also take tal100 he he

    3. emadmoussa

      emadmoussa

      Where was that?

    4. Qualia

      Qualia

      Pyrenees' Mountains, Spanish side.

  16. Qualia

    Gutted. 45 days of morning sun and evening stars broken by clouds :-(

    1. foundaplanet

      foundaplanet

      Oh dear, that's tragic...:D

    2. Qualia

      Qualia

      Evil Grin

    3. foundaplanet

      foundaplanet

      Ha, I think I have only seen the sun about three times in the last six weeks....;)

  17. Qualia

    Had a nice night last night - good clear skies.

    1. foundaplanet

      foundaplanet

      Grand :) Still draeming about them here

    2. Marki

      Marki

      Nice Rob! FOrgotten what they look like myself, but the weather forecast is vaguely promising for tomorrow...after yet more snow, that is!

    3. nightfisher

      nightfisher

      good to hear you got a good session in

  18. Qualia

    Have never seen the sun so active as today!

    1. foundaplanet

      foundaplanet

      Yes, I had a peek at it yesterday. Looking very busy isn't it.

    2. nightfisher

      nightfisher

      lucky to see any thing in the sky...........pesky clouds

    3. Qualia

      Qualia

      We'll have to work something out! There's been about 36 days of clear skies, not all them great but suffice. Today is bright blue and hot.

  19. Qualia

    Hope you all have a great weekend. See ya Sunday night

    1. tingting44

      tingting44

      have a great one :) im off to london tomorrow, back sun/mon...so see u soon :D

  20. Qualia

    Hope you all pass a peaceful and loving New Year! See you next year, SGLers.

  21. Qualia

    Hot today and tomorrow more so. Today is already 38ºC and tomorrow they reckon that'll climb to around 45ºC. Anyway, Sun looks rather charming and well worth a visit in white light or h-alpha :-)

    1. David Smith

      David Smith

      45ºC -ouch! I like my Sunshine but......

  22. Qualia

    Hot today. Perfect beach weather with over 30ºC in the morning Sun. Nice prominence activity on western limb. The main section is as much as 85,000km in height.

    1. tingting44

      tingting44

      ok for some lol :)

      i do love spain

    2. Pig

      Pig

      I just got my first view in quite some time :-) very impressive..30 degrees what is that !!!

  23. Qualia

    I managed it! Left scope to cool at 7pm. Finished the Pilar parties at 4am. Came home and enjoying the 3 Jovian Moon transit. Just gone 7am, so time for bed and then preparing a mid-day meal for the in-laws to wind up the fiestas....

    1. foundaplanet

      foundaplanet

      I am green with envy..:D Nice one I bet it was grand..

    2. nightfisher

      nightfisher

      Well done Q i got up at 0500 to see it but here in the uk wall to wall cloud and rain....a rather wet star party

  24. Qualia

    I think this is the worst weather I've experienced in over 2 years. We're already 12 days into the New Year. Not a single night out under the stars and I've only seen the Sun 5 times!! Absolute rubbish. Foggy all weekend and now it's tipping down :-(

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    2. jetstream

      jetstream

      Hang in there Qualia,the sky will change,eventhough its frustrating now...

    3. Marki

      Marki

      Have you moved to the uk ? :-)

    4. Qualia

      Qualia

      Thanks for the comments, guys. Woke up early this morning and it's still raining. Oh well, I guess it's natures way of telling us to do something else in the meantime :-)

  25. Qualia

    If anyone has clear skies tonight and a little time, could they check out NGC 3190. I swear I saw a star in the line of sight, so it looked like the star was embedded within the galaxy. The strange thing is, I can't find any reference to the star?

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    2. Qualia

      Qualia

      That is a great help, Scooot. Thank you. It really is a bright galaxy and quite playful in its way. Since last observing, we've had nothing but rain and cloud. When it clears, I will head out and see if I can properly discern what is going on. Quite frustrating really. Thank you again.

    3. JB80

      JB80

      At the moment the weather is quite good here so hopefully it is the same for you and it will hold off for tonight.

    4. Qualia

      Qualia

      No. It's tipping down and cloudy and has been like this all week. I think it will begin to clear up around Sunday :-(

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