Ganymede12

Just dont ever look through moonshanes 16" dob, or you will have proper aperture fever

The views through Matt's 12" are stunning. I think the best way to avoid contracting aperture fever is to enjoy the views through your current scope and to look at your wallet accepting the cold hard truth that you simply don't have enough money!

The car's damaged! I hope it get's fixed by tomorrow!

I did some CSE's way back in the midst - congrats on your GCSE's

I'm hoping to do Astrophysics at Cardiff University. Not sure which course would be best yet though.

I've just realised I accidental said CSE instead of GSCE!

I thought i gave you a lunar 100 map and checklist Ant,get outside the moon is amazing.

I have been trying the lunar 100 map. Just the other day I was searching for the straight wall (15) but couldn't see it so I think many of the items on the list will need some more shadow.

Well, I went out yesterday and had an amazing time observing! I focused mostly on Jupiter with a n 80A filter and got the most detail I have ever gotten! I think I even saw the great Red Spot!

Paso a Paso, amigo m

O en mi caso un gigante salto! :)

No me hablo mucho espanol! Tu hablo ingles?

I have one. I get £15 a week from it. My pocket money is £15 a month. At my current rate I should have the dob in late November!

Good effort. Best of luck with your saving. Until then, there is plenty to be seen through a 70mm scope.

Yeah, yesterday I saw M27, M13 and M31 all for the first time!

Looking forward to reading some reports from your new dob. Congratulations. :)

Congrats Ant, long wait finally over.

Cut short actually because my original plan was to save up until my birthday and buy one new. Luckily nightfisher told me about one going for £180 in the classifieds!

A first light report is viewable in my About the 200p thread.

i'll go read now .

I saw it yesterday too through the 200p amazing views!

Oh no... not again!

Many people have speculated that if we knew exactly why the bowl of petunias had thought that we would know a lot more about the nature of the universe than we do now.

lol

Just think how amazing that first light is going to be. :)

Stick with it Ant, it will be worth the wait.

I know it will be. My only problem is.... there's a wait!

you have my sympathy Ganymede...But i did find your comment funny

That was more or less the intention!

Too late or didn't you hear the bang???

And your great, great, great, great, great, great, gret grandchildren would get to witness the spectacle. ;-)

I know what you mean... I've spent weeks complaining that I need a clear night, and the best night in a long while comes along - when there's a full moon! Typical!

.Darned clouds. "Now is the winter of our discontent"

your welcome

well done and where have you been

Oh yeah baby, Autumn here we come.