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  1. Qualia

    The rain in Spain falls mainly when I fancy doing a bit of stargazing...

  2. Qualia

    At last the delicious pattering of heavy rain. No such thing as bad weather, just different kinds of good.

    1. laser_jock99

      laser_jock99

      I preffer to think of it as 'image processing weather'.

    2. Marki

      Marki

      Reading and posting on SGL all night weather fo rme :)

    3. rory

      rory

      well the uk has had alot of good kind of weather this year then !

  3. Qualia

    Beautiful scene to see a gibbous pink moon framed by Jupiter, Alnath and Aldebara.

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    2. Qualia

      Qualia

      Wow! 5am - I hope you have time for a little siesta later.

    3. nightfisher

      nightfisher

      of course, just had an hour on the couch

    4. Qualia

      Qualia

      Just had one myself, and I woke up 11am! Good for the complexion, I'm told :-)

  4. Qualia

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

  5. 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

  6. Qualia

    Best night of seeing since Spring time. May not sound much to you guys, but I could see down to mag 4.5 - 5 - in the city - with ease.

  7. Qualia

    Getting to within 1% error in measuring star separation.

  8. Qualia

    Is it a good idea to stop down my 4" before observing the sun, or will it be okay?

    1. nightfisher

      nightfisher

      should be okay my friend, i have made a stop for my 4" to improve focus on lunar, but nothing more

    2. Qualia

      Qualia

      Thanks, Nightfisher, I went ahead without stopping and all seemed fine. Not blind either...I hope :-)

  9. Qualia

    Tal 200k on sale in astro buy and sell. Would anyone be kind enough to pick it up for me? :-)

    1. nightfisher

      nightfisher

      lovely scope but VERY heavy.........i had one for a short while

  10. Qualia

    Unbelievable electric storm taking place. No rain, no thunder just some large fluffy clouds and showers of brilliant lightening. Amazing.

    1. nightfisher

      nightfisher

      sounds like it was a good one

  11. Qualia

    Back for a day and then off again. Hope to catch up a little.

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    2. Marki

      Marki

      LOL - welcome back, Qualia

    3. Marki

      Marki

      LOL - welcome back, Qualia

    4. Qualia

      Qualia

      Thanks, mark. Good to be back and hopefully this week will be able to get some viewing down although I won't be able to post.

  12. Qualia

    AZ4's just arrived. No clouds, yet....

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    2. Qualia

      Qualia

      It looks posh and it looks like is going to make life easier sketching and carrying gear.

    3. Marki

      Marki

      Lovely! Really look forward to seeing you next sketches then :)

    4. nightfisher

      nightfisher

      Very good mounts i have one, superb for visual, just take a little time getting the tube balanced

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. Qualia

    Another bright blue day. Hit over 40º yesterday.

    1. Marki

      Marki

      So jealous! Does it cool down much at night, or do you find the seeing is affected by heat radiating off at night?

  16. Qualia

    Scooorchio

  17. Qualia

    Back now. Look forward to posting and reading soon.

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    2. nightfisher

      nightfisher

      good to see you are back Qualia

    3. Mike73

      Mike73

      Welcome back Roberto :)

    4. Qualia

      Qualia

      Thank you. Gracias a todos :-)

  18. Qualia

    Packing Bags...back in a week or so

    1. carlc

      carlc

      I'll miss your blog post whilst your gone.

    2. Marki

      Marki

      Ditto. Have a great time, Qualia!

    3. nightfisher

      nightfisher

      have a great time qualia

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