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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

hopefully got some nice data, going to go over it in a mo...

Nice one, havnt had a clear night round here for ******* ages

i really couldnt believe it either nephilim! it was well weird tho lol last time i was out jupiter was in the SW area and last time it was in the E area, its moved loadssss lol was nice not trying to image jupiter pointing directly past my garden street lamp post lol :)

oopps did i spark something!

you bad bad man loool :) i was happy with my 130p for the time being till i saw that 130p-ds!!! loool :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

well thats me all packed up now!! total cloud cover! and raining grhhhh :(

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

thanks rory :)

Sold mine for £12 Martin

thanks jake :)

Ooh lucky boy! :o)

they got it right thank god lol

I thought it was a type of Galaxy but with a nougat centre that is considerably lighter than that of a Mars ;-)

lol they got the answer right for A. spiral

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

No, don't do that :-)

good bit o kit. cant be without mine.

i know i cant wait to see what all the hype is about :) ive only ever used my SW130p stock finder scope so im hoping for a nice change :)

Same here. Had to attend a work dinner while outside the skies were totally clear and steady. I came back home (after a few drinks) and a fat rainfall began.

it really is an amazing book!! im nearly half way through it lol im sure to get through it many many times in the future ahead lol :D

Got mine in the post yesterday (Thanks FLO). Haven't had chance to look at it yet though! Can't afford kit until new year anyway so no hurry:)

ive read it front to back all ready lol i wont have the money for the imaging setup i want for about a year ish :(

i think ive found a time of the GRS tonight at 8:05pm, can anyone confirm?

Have you had a look at sky and telescope website?

i have indeed sir, i was looking at the GRS just a minute ago now, back inside in the warm while its collecting photon's now :)