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i think as long as i get BF4 ill be happy, there my fave games, had all the previous battle fields, its horrible not having it right now lol :(

Naemeth add me on xbox, my gamer tag is SLEEPIN SNYPER

Well, I don't have an Xbox.. should've probably mentioned that :). I missed the last generation ;) (I have a Wii and PS2, or at least did have a PS2, I think it broke some time ago :()

I don't have any games consoles,im 36 years old ;)

Oh god... not another BF COD clone...lol. I disowned BF after the pile of tripe BF3 was.

yes makes sense to go for the 400 as you say you have the converter so 800mm + crop will be very nice :)

oh is it! thanks for the beta, I all ways miss these lol, will check it out when I get home from work this afternoon

lol Rob :D

oh oh oh Anthony!!! is it that time for wings and wheels again! better get my tickets booked :D

oh no wings and wheels is not till august is it....

Just looked up PI, those home page images are amazing.

idigitize I got PI simply because of the power of the stacking options, same data stacked with DSS and PI is just miles apart, its amazing really. also ABE and DBE imo are worth the price tag alone, just going to take some time to get familiar with all the functions.

really idigitize, ive found LR5 NR does a way better job, did not know they used the same raw conversion!

for me there is no looking back with PI now,

PI has a trial you can use with all functions unlocked, give it a try, especially stacking and ABE & DBE!

really jake! so was i better off with the old orange ones then?

at least you can filter the old ones out, only time will tell how it effects you

lets hope it will be an improvement or i might have to get my own angle grinder out loool :)

No, I moved jobs and one of them paid me wrong, so they didn't pay any tax on my earnings for a month (£200)... idiots! Then government screwed up on tax credits, then wanted them back - of course, months later after you have spent it, after being told you wouldn't owe them anything... (£820).

ah gooseholla i feel for you :( that seriously sucks :( id just pay back a fiver a month :(

I forfeited this year's right to credits for the debt to be wiped out. So not so bad. But I am still, technically, losing due to their incompetence.

inside noW! im crapping myself to go back out to pack up :( (spider & killer stag beetle :(

That's so funny. Will be ace to hear the report.

loool :D have not even had the chance to sift through the data yet :( been well busy with my kids graduation day today, and off to london tomorrow very early for couple days :( will have to wait till next week now ::( have a nice time qualia :D

then again, you cant beat primes for sharpness..... but primes are big bucks to cover say the 8mm-400mm focal range.....

I did get the 70-200 f4 IS in the end, no astro with it yet but plenty have.

I will be getting a second hand 200mm 2.8 L at some point as I really don't fancy taking a 1K lens out in the dark where I could trip and drop it.

*£1K lens

Maybe. I will have ago at widefield photography first by bolting a camera to the top of the scope.

i do like a bit of widefield imaging, think ill next have a go at widefield when the summer milky way comes

well thats me polar aligned and star aligned, just need to wait for Andromeda to come round now to start guiding

That makes more sense.

thanks for that jake! lol some people say different stuff about flats which just confuses me lol looking at your pics tho jake ill do it your way haha and change the exposure of the flats from the lights, and put the dslr in AV mode...( quite surprised it does not mention this in making every photon count? unless i missed some reading :D (more then likely)

btw jake how do u normally take your flats? i was thinking just using my laptop screen (on a white screen)

its a lovely scope :) not cheap with the carry case tho but well worth it, and its like free money with the rebate :D so WIN,WIN

Don't think the other half will see it that way.

I will say to her she can do what she wants with the rest of it as long as I get to buy my imaging scope first.

lol :D good luck

Congrats!

Thanks for the grats everyone :) he's so cute lol

Congrats all round, busy few months ahead, but on the plus side you can change filters/targets between feeds ;)

It is now about 5 miles away from me lol, but the items have gone from 2 to 1..... I hope one package has not been lost on route...

not with flo mate, they are the best of the best

Yeah my two items from FLO are the heq5 and an eqdir cable, u could imaginey face if only the cable turned up lol, I have faith tho FLO is great :)

making up a thread now, think ive founf the problem with the help of jnc :) even it helps 1 person id b happy

glad you have connected your spc900 hobsey! just need to pick up a SW 9x50 finder now, put a wanted add up, theres loads about where people use telrads

thread open

Top stuff mate

I hope that you'll get the subs processed up ok. It sounds like quite a good night.

Well done mate!

Great stuff! Congrats

thanks guys :)

if you do come along one of the members might be able to help with your colimation dude

Thanks jake, i think ive nailed it now, but would be great for someone to just check over my work :) what DSO's will you be imaging if all goes good with the clouds? :)

something obscure and tricky martin. itching to try M78 but its still a bit early

I know, I was taking the pee. The way you worded it for anyone that doesn't know sounds like the bulb has as packed up in the fridge causing you to have fridge darks or dark fridge.

DOH! lol i see what you mean Anthony lol :D :D :D

I hope you won't give your hobby a cold shoulder after this.. :)

nice one Jake! :) was the night overall a good one?.... how did Stu get on with his sexy CCD lol :)

it was clear and stayed clear while we were there, although the moon and the light skies meant it wasn't perfect. We went down to get try out Stu's new ccd, i didn't take any of my kit with me

sounds a nice night, ah yes the moon would have still been a problem for Stu as he is not imaging in NB is he?

thanks crashtestdummy :) there are a sweeeet bit of kit arnt they :)

No hobsey didnt sell it in the end where i didnt get any interest with my add, think ill keep it now as it will come in handy i think still

Thats cool. I was thinking later on down the line I may get another one as the adapter for the guidecam to the finder is quite loose and turns easily so I was going to lock tight it on and get another one as a finder.

yes i found the SPC900 adapter quite loose also on the SW 9x50 :( bit of lock tight or some plumbers tape will do the trick tho ....

the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has taken images of the apollo landing sites

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/revisited/

very interesting jake, mhhh if only i won the lotto one day....id love to chuck a couple mil into a telescope :D

mhh i wonder how the pro's find the reflectors? and send a laser to them... i was winding my mrs up earlier i told her i saw the flag they left on the moon! loool :D

they are some awsome pics there jake! :D

qualia id love to be able to have access to control hubble just for one night! mhhhh lol :)

I looked but all I could see was some fool with a telescope waving at me

thanks rory :)

Sold mine for £12 Martin

thanks jake :)

no luck im afraid buddy :(

typical really, all packed up now and its getting clearer grhhhh :( lol

i sooooo badly want to just see a spiral galaxy :(

OMG!! setting scope back up now!!! ITS AMAZING CLEAR!! WOW

WELL THAT WAS WORTH IT!!!! not only did i see and image jupiter! I BAGGED MY 1ST GALAXY!!!! M43!!!! :) and i imaged M43!! im over the MOON, not the best imaging but im very happy :)))

I see jupiter.

i see mars lol!!! :D

im going to try M82 if that dont work back to a globular cluster for me tonight :D

all went well...framed and focussed m81/m82, guiding ok... its now snapping away now and im back in doors having a nice cold beer, going to do about 2 hours hopefully on this DSO, well hopefully if it does not past by my house roof in that time.....its going to be close :( its all practice for when i get to my dark spot next weekend tho :)

how u getting on with guiding tonight

yes its quite amazing how many DSO objects the moon hides from us isnt it jake :( im dying to get down TH one moonless night now jake, hope to see and meet up with u guys veryyyy soon :D you had many chances this week jake to do a bit of imaging?

nope no chances for me martin fingers crossed for late next week. we have an obs night planned for saturday if your up for it

sounds good jake! have to see what time we get home tomorrow, what time were you thinking of getting out there for? lots of cloud tonight :(

nah jake i was at fishers pond, were u out last night? it was amazing wasnt it!!!

no i didnt go out martin, i went out 3 times last week so theres been 3 very late nights recently, the group did go out to TH and i think there was close to 20 people there

wow 20 people!! i have to go there some time, but i must admit i do like getting away from everyone not a person in sight and just chill lol, i saw too many shooters to count and got some cracking images, cant work on them or the timelapses till i get my pc tho :( dying to show off my images lol