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get yourself a solar filter martin :)

mhhh thats an idea Jake :D lol

i packed up and came home at 9pm as there was to much patchy cloud around, although i did see an incredible meteor that burst into a huge fireball

yeah the cloud did start rolling in quite thick didnt it, i prob got my best data so far of M43 tho :) just need practice on how to tease the detail out :( what object were you capturing photon's from out at TH Jake?

wow nice one on seeing a meteor!

How could a sentence start with ''Damn'' and end with ''lol'' ? :D

:D

Great stuff, Ting :-) Curiously, they don't celebrate April Fools until just after Christmas in Spain and it's not nearly so fun.

No worries, it's a bit of a killer arising at 4am-ish.

Dark skies out their tonight. hoping for the best for you!

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)

thanks rory :)

Sold mine for £12 Martin

thanks jake :)

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

It'll be useful to keep the frost off too?

good idea! :D for those frosty night when im out doing timelapse or star trail shots :D

Id agree, now is a busy time for my dew controller with the damp autumn days and cold nights. I only get about 30mins without dew at the momemt unless I have my secondary heater on. And I agree witht the frost issue, 2 weeks ago at kielder my gloves were sticking to the frost on my scope but I managed all night wih a clear secondary.

cheers

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

It's something that I'm not certain I've got figured out entirely either, have you started a thread asking for advice?

I tend to follow a couple of tutourials and hope for the best.

have you adjusted the levels? hold down ctl and l to bring up the levels box

hey pibbles, no not started a thread yet, there is a pinned version of it here but all the pics are missing and they are very helpful :( just reading a lot lately to try to learn but its frushtrating.

hey daniel yes ive been using Ctl L and M for levels and curves but i just seem to make the histogram smaller

lets hope they have a bit more luck this year with the weather martin

thursday is looking like a possibility for clear skies in our neck of the woods there could be an ad hoc meet in the new forest if your up for that

You need to tweak your settings, anything over 2min is a problem.

we got one of the best dark spots in uk down the road about half hour drive, my 1st proper dark spot viewing also!!! im BUZZING!!!! :D

haha nope they are all minez!!! :D thanks mate clear skies to you too :D

Nice and the Met says its going to be clear all night!

oh yes! :D

ah you part timer :)

Get some practice in without the mod first as I was advised to do, if you jump in at the deep end with mods & guiding etc you'll be swamped :) Good luck mate.

Great idea - look forward to first white light pictures.

Starting to think - maybe I should get one as well - at least the sun seems to shine every now and then - whereas the nights are soooo cloudy...

no more trying to align the mount with notebook in one hand, with eye up to the eyepiece trying to click the keys on the notepad loooool :D

Nice! Just remember, it is a telescope and not Halo!

haha :D lovin it :D