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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

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!

Good stuff

yes, way tooo long without a pc

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congrats!!

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

It's rainy as well, if that makes you feel better ;)

loool no saturn for me this morning :(

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)

EOS 70D – March 2013

EOS 700D – June 2013

EOS Me – July 2013

EOS 7D Mark II – August 2013

EOS 3D – October 2013

EOS 7D Mark II – New Sensor, 10fps, ISO 25600

EOS 70D – Same Sensor as 7D Mark II, 3″ flip screen, ISO 25600

EOS M2 – New Mirrorless

EOS 1DSx – The big megapixel camera in 2013

Ok, you're saying we need to go even more bankrupt?! :)

I want to play!

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 :(

Have a good hol mate, where u off to?

only down in ringwood at caravan :) lovely skies last night with hardly any LP but the silly moon was washing every thing out :(

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Sigma 10-20mm gives decent results.

Bah! Trees can move, just not voluntarily. Axes were invented for a reason.

You kidding me?!! I already am...

its worked clear ATM

think dance has worked for now clear skies here fingers crossed

beyond a joke isnt it buddy :( thats why i really need some bino's to make the most of these tiny little gaps of clouds we have :(

I know the feeling mate, we got a break last night but by the time I'd put the mount on the tripod it'd gone........Along with my patience.

Mine was already set up when the clouds broke :P Still, the views were pretty bad.

get yourself a solar filter martin :)

mhhh thats an idea Jake :D lol

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*

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oh dear.... :D

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