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  1. Naemeth

    Clear skies, not 100% clear but it'll do, time to drag the 10" dob down for a few hours observing :D.

    1. Naemeth

      Naemeth

      Spoke too soon, did get some observing done which I'll write up, but not very much.

  2. Naemeth

    Am I dreaming? Clear sky ON THE DAY of arrival of my BRAND NEW 250PX? What's that, I start work at 5pm tomorrow you say? So I have plenty of time for a long stargaze AND sleep before work? How lucky is that!

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    2. AlexB67

      AlexB67

      Look forward to a first light report. If out early enough try M13 perhaps. It should resolve to the core no bother ( if good night). How about the ring also and M27. Up later ? M31 and M33 for some galaxies. Not forcing a list or anything :O)

    3. VigdisVZ

      VigdisVZ

      Lucky man!

    4. Naemeth

      Naemeth

      WOW. Just been out - WOW!! Was dodging clouds and now its clouded over. Will post some thoughts soon :).

  3. Naemeth

    Debating whether or not to invest, this month, in the rest of my travel kit and take a 2 week holiday around the New Moon in October... 2 weeks of cycling to dark skies and not having to get up early sounds bliss, but knowing my luck it would be cloudy. Thoughts?

    1. Pig

      Pig

      Sounds like my kind of heaven, it would take you more than 2 weeks to cycle around the moon, some pretty steep climbs I would think :-)

    2. Naemeth

      Naemeth

      Not much gravity though :P.

    3. Pig

      Pig

      Very true

  4. Naemeth

    Payday tomorrow :D. Will be adding a 250PX Dob once the money is in the bank :).

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    2. Pig

      Pig

      LOL .we may have to rename you the weather man

    3. Naemeth

      Naemeth

      Or Rain Man...

    4. Pig

      Pig

      yes not that it has rained in ages

  5. Naemeth

    11 days since I've done any stargazing, why does it feel a lot longer than that?

  6. Naemeth

    Wishlist for next 6 months will cost me roughly £2.5k. Even then I don't think I'll be finished spending...

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    2. Naemeth

      Naemeth

      I haven't written it down ;). One major part of it will allow me to combine astronomy and cycling, which is important because I can cycle to properly dark sites :).

      Appreciate the advice though :).

    3. michael.h.f.wilkinson

      michael.h.f.wilkinson

      finished spending in astronomy: a contradiction in terms, I thought ;)

    4. Naemeth

      Naemeth

      For now, Michael :P.

      I jest, you probably do have everything you could ever want for astronomy:).

  7. Naemeth

    To sell my unused eyepieces or not, that is the question...

    1. foundaplanet

      foundaplanet

      tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune..

  8. Naemeth

    New Charger! No more problems with the laptop running out of power for a while :). Hopefully anyway...

  9. Naemeth

    That was short lived :(. Charger has broken again. See you all when I get another one :(.

    1. ronin

      ronin

      Would add a comment but as you cannot read it seems little point. ;-))

    2. Naemeth

      Naemeth

      Good point ;). Charger is working temporarily again...

  10. Naemeth

    Laptop charger completely broken. Will be off SGL until I get another one in a few days...

    1. tingting44

      tingting44

      no phone access>? or there;s all ways the library or internet cafe;s :(

    2. Pig

      Pig

      see you soon

    3. Naemeth

      Naemeth

      Well, I don't have an internet phone. I do have internet access, but I can't just go on any time. Fortunately, I may have a temporary fix - if I keep the charger in an exact angle it does work - I'm using my laptop now, but I'll have to keep it in this position, and it might go off at any time...

  11. Naemeth

    Expect months of cloud, for I have just spent around £550 on eyepieces ;).

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    2. Naemeth

      Naemeth

      :D.

      Fortunately they are all in one place - my eyepiece case :D.

    3. breezy

      breezy

      grrrrrrrrrrrrr clouds grumble, blimey what did you get??

    4. Naemeth

      Naemeth

      3-6mm TV Nagler Zoom, 25mm TV plossl, 9mm Vixen LV, 12mm Vixen LV

  12. Naemeth

    Hopefully visiting the York Observatory tomorrow, and I'm planning on going to Jodrell Bank at some point. Time to explore my career options :).

    1. Pig

      Pig

      I will be going in August, Is Jodrell Bank close by ?

    2. Naemeth

      Naemeth

      Close-ish. 2 trains away ~£25 return.

    3. Pig

      Pig

      okies TY

  13. Naemeth

    I'm getting an increasing little family of scopes...

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    2. Pig

      Pig

      Do you have any foster scope :-)

    3. emadmoussa

      emadmoussa

      LOL

    4. Naemeth

      Naemeth

      :D

  14. Naemeth

    Sat waiting in near darkness (to get my night vision adapted) waiting for skies to darken soon. 14 Messier objects are on my list of targets for tonight - not sure whether I'll manage any but I hope I do. Will write up if I get some good observing done :).

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    2. AlexB67

      AlexB67

      Good luck, skies good here, had quick Saturn session, now wait for some minutes and hunt for some Messiers, or more like, revisit some this time. :)

    3. AndyWB

      AndyWB

      Good luck, look forward to hearing what you're after!

    4. Naemeth

      Naemeth

      Just came back in, too much high cloud to see anything much really. So many of my guide stars were obscured by the high cloud I couldn't find what I was looking for. Even M13 eluded me.

  15. Naemeth

    New profile picture, I like this one. It shall stay until I reach the next member title - a pattern I've had since I started here that I'm not changing :D.

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    2. Naemeth

      Naemeth

      Not at all, it's consistency :).

    3. foundaplanet

      foundaplanet

      Lol, good answer...:)

    4. Pig

      Pig

      I'll change mine when I get to 2000

  16. Naemeth

    Looked clear earlier, now it is cloudy. Hoping for some clear skies later to do some more testing of my 8mm TV plossl and my 18mm LV which is yet to see first light :(.

  17. Naemeth

    Really enjoying planetary observation. Summer seems the best time for it when the skies are never truly dark.

    1. Beehive

      Beehive

      That's true....! Which planets do you see right now ?

    2. Naemeth

      Naemeth

      Sorry Beehive, I completely missed your comment. At the moment it's just Saturn, but Saturn does look magnificent every time I see it :).

  18. Naemeth

    Scope all packed away for journey back to Leeds on Thursday. Holdall worked surprisingly well, just shoved a load of plastic bags in there.

  19. Naemeth

    May just be able to get a chance to use my new TV plossl tomorrow night, and I'm not working Saturday. Lets hope the clouds stay away :D.

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    2. Naemeth

      Naemeth

      Things are indeed looking up (including me :))

    3. foundaplanet

      foundaplanet

      good man :)

    4. Pig

      Pig

      Its supposed to be clear here tonight also

  20. Naemeth

    Is now single.

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    2. Naemeth

      Naemeth

      Billions of them, and plenty of stars too :D.

    3. nightfisher

      nightfisher

      i went through this a few months back, but now im with a new lass, and an improvement on the old model.

    4. crashtestdummy

      crashtestdummy

      just imagine never having to ask p

      ermission to pull an all nighter!!!!

  21. Naemeth

    Why is it clear nights always happen when I've got work in the morning? When I'm off it's always cloudy.

    1. gazza63

      gazza63

      Same for me : (

  22. Naemeth

    Wishlist

    Naemeth posted a blog entry in Naemeth's Blog

    We all know how expensive this hobby can be, and if I'm honest, I can never remember how much I've spent or what I am going to spend it on. So I decided to create a wishlist, so I can at least order my spending. I can keep the prices on here (as new), although I'll probably get at least some second hand. So here is my wishlist, as it stands at the moment: (N) stands for New; *P means possibly Camera Tripod - TBD (Probably Horizon 8115 - £79.90) Skywatcher EQ3-2 Mount - £175 (N) Dual Axis Motors - £91 (N) BST Explorer EDs / Starguider EDs (5 / 8 / 12 / 15 / 18 / 25) - £282 (N) EF FF Eyepieces (Extra-Flat Flat-Field) (16 / 19 / 23) - £120 (N) Lumicon UHC Filter - £86.80 (N) Vixen (N)LV Eyepiece (4*P, 5*P, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12*P, 15*P, 18*P, 20*P, 25*P) - ~£400 (N) for definite eyepieces Total at the moment, roughly: £1234.70 Cheers! Last Updated (19/02/13)
  23. Naemeth

    Turns out I've been on here since April 2012 and I haven't revealed my name. As you can see by my signature, I'm Jonathan, pleased to meet you :).

    1. David Smith

      David Smith

      Pleased to meet you too Jonathan

    2. Icey85

      Icey85

      G'day- will try and find the sig area myself soon!

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