tingting44

if he is, he wouldnt admit it, otherwise he'd be inundated with msgs from mental fans!!

yeah i bet! lol i think he is amazing :D

*waves if your reading this lol*

^_^

oh dear.... :D

Good stuff

yes, way tooo long without a pc

When I use my QHY on my MAK, I do it at F22, this seems to be the sweet spot.

my options will be either at F20 or F30, cant wait to try

my 300 is f4.9 but I have X2 , X3 barlows and a Televue powermate X5 and it's looking good for this evening here hope yours is as promising as mine.

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

Downloaded it once, decided

lifes too short.

Dave

great thanks jake, will go through that this evening with some of my jupiter data :D

im following the guide you linked to but i just dont get this malarky loooool,,,,,, prob will take me a few weeks like normal to get my head around it...grhhh

do i enter all the single images from my avi PIPP's or do i enter the avi before its been touched by pipp lol

Good to hear. :)

yeah what a night!! i bagged venus for the 1st time, done my longest sub at 3 mins, saw a shooting star, done some lush HDR sunrise and fog pics, couldnt find where i parked the car!!! wondering around in thick forest trees, ankle high in mud for at least half hour, i can honestly say i was crapping myself, it didnt help where i was bymyself! i got so lost i didnt even know the rough direction back :( but had an amazing night none the less

loool :) it is bigger then it looks in the pics isnt it lol

cant wait to use it if i ever get my scope collimated grhhhhh :(

some might suggest its a bit excessive when you have GOTO ;)

set yourself an afternoon aside for the collimation print this guide http://www.astro-baby.com/collimation/astro babys collimation guide.htm read it then read it again and slowly take your time

yeah it will be so handy simply for alignment when i need to find the stars with the finder/telrad, as when its a dark sky its so hard to make out the star you want through the stock finder, lol so this should just make my life of aligning easier :)

thanks read through AB guide a few times now buddy :( lol

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 :)

by the looks of it im not going to be able to see her again till FEBRUARY!!!! NOOOOOOOOO :(

Tingting, it may sound silly but it might be fun to wake up early one day this week and take a peek at Venus and Jupiter.

ohh that sounds great! id love to be able to spot my 3rd and 4th plantets :D when is the latest in to the morning you can see these then qualia :D

I've never really used TLAO, but it is a great choice. I think Sky Atlas by Sinnott is for me the essential read.

thanks qualila! :D the last book i bought, or should i say bought for me must have been thomas the tank engine lol you can see im not really into books :D

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?

The 80ed pro frac lmad :)

Tell me about it mitchelln but don't tell my mrs lol

80ED is a fantastic scope!! I used it for both visual and imaging...was happy with both.

ohhhh sounds good lmad, i have not heard one bad word about the 80ED

Had a crack last night, not a great effort but I did catch it. I think the moon was still playing a part. Sunday is probably a better night for it.

I agree but I hope I have not missed any maybe later the Mods can group them somehow

indeed, we need to get a showcase on the go :)

I was going to post mine but it won't really stand out from the crowed.

do it

Is this for imaging, transport, size, weight, clubbing moles, the hell of it?

The choice is purely for imaging

yeah but im thinking of making them and selling them for say £20 a pop, no way on hell i could afford the astro track for ages, im sure a lot of people are in the same boat as me, sure a £20 barn door will not be no where near as accurate as the astro track but no where near the high price either/....

just a thought tho really....

It would be a great way for people to try AP without breaking the bank. I started out using a barn door tracker. Got me hooked!