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  1. tingting44

    polar aligned, balance, just wish i could align through clouds now :(

    1. tingting44

      tingting44

      aligned through partial cloud, no point in even trying to guide with this cloud tho :(

  2. tingting44

    Praise the lord! we have internet back lool :D

    1. Mukv

      Mukv

      Welcome back we missed you lol !

    2. tingting44

      tingting44

      thanks lol, good to be back :D

  3. tingting44

    Prepping up my ingredients for my home made scotch bonnet tomato soup as we speak! just need some clear skies now :D

  4. tingting44

    realllly looking forward to imaging the moon and widefields (no scope) this year :)......really want a canon 10-22mm but soo pricey :(

    1. Guy Wells

      Guy Wells

      Sigma 10-20mm gives decent results.

  5. tingting44

    really not sure......... :( .......

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    2. tingting44

      tingting44

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

    3. hobsey

      hobsey

      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.

    4. hobsey

      hobsey

      *£1K lens

  6. tingting44

    RIP Sir Patrick, you will be missed by many, had a good run tho and now has the best view of the cosmos :D

  7. tingting44

    Saturn only getting to 30 degree's this year! great! wont even get above my garden tree's with 30 degree :( grhhh lol so dark spot for any sight of saturn this year...

    1. Josh Wilson

      Josh Wilson

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

  8. tingting44

    should be clear from 10pm tonight!!! :D 2nd guiding session for me :D going to try M81 & M82 for my 2nd guided shot

  9. tingting44

    should i or shouldnt i put the scope out to cool lol MET is showing its going to be clear for a bit tongiht....

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    2. tingting44

      tingting44

      SCOPES out cooling now, MET keeps getting better and better every time i refresh, by the looks of it i should get atleast a couple hours from 10pm to 12am tonight :D ......... going to attempt to get as much data as i can on M101 :)

    3. gooseholla

      gooseholla

      Mine is out too, although clouds coming in from east. Trying for a long visual session with Mars tonight, trying various magnifications and filters.

    4. tingting44

      tingting44

      yeah not sure if ill be wasting my time getting guiding up and going and trying for some subs DSO subs...... one option could be to do a star test (very boring) or try some planetary imaging on mars with the QHY......just dont know, good luck with viewing tonight tho mate

  10. tingting44

    soooo many new people to stargazing lately!! great stuff!! seems the hobby is really taking off at the moment :)

  11. tingting44

    spider webs coming out of every crevasse on my mount is driving me potty"!!"

    1. emadmoussa

      emadmoussa

      Do you live in a cave?!!

    2. tingting44

      tingting44

      lol

  12. tingting44

    STARGAZING LIVE starting NOW on BBC2!!! :D

    1. tingting44

      tingting44

      anyone from here get your pics shown tonight?

  13. tingting44

    still no internet! (over 1 month now) and could be another month or 2 till we get it back :( see u all soon, i hope

    1. Knight of Clear Skies

      Knight of Clear Skies

      Sorry to hear that, hope you get it sorted sooner rather than later.

  14. tingting44

    sun is shining, bbq, no work, only thing missing is a bit of solar imaging, but cant be bothered to lug it all and set it up lol

  15. tingting44

    SUPERNOVA!!!

    1. tingting44

      tingting44

      http://d1jqu7g1y74ds1.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/M82-SN-panel-Guido.jpg
    2. emadmoussa

      emadmoussa

      Fingers crossed I'll manage to bag it tonight...Thanks for sharing the link.

  16. tingting44

    the eq5 has been dispatched today (next day) i cant wait :D

    1. emadmoussa

      emadmoussa

      Cool stuff mate!!

  17. tingting44

    the skies are looking clear tomorrow night! i cant wait, i think im going to try imaging the Leo Triplet, astro darkness from 10pm with the 60% moon rising @ 2am so im hoping to get around 4 hours on the Leo Trio

    1. tingting44

      tingting44

      well tonights looking a no go....thanks cloud!

  18. tingting44

    The wife gave me an early xmas prezzy!! a ride in a helicopter! WOO HOO lol :) all ways wanted to go in a chopper :)

    1. bombassa

      bombassa

      Ooh lucky boy! :o)

  19. tingting44

    time for bed :( really getting fed up of these working hours, night all

  20. tingting44

    time for the HEQ5!!!! muchly excited! :D

    1. emadmoussa

      emadmoussa

      Whohoooooooooooooo!!

    2. tingting44

      tingting44

      mhhhh you got me thinking about the NEQ6 now you bad bad man lol

    3. emadmoussa

      emadmoussa

      I'm naughty, aren't I?! :D

  21. tingting44

    time to pop the scope outside to cool down for a few hours! cant wait to test my new meade eye piece :D

    1. Qualia

      Qualia

      Let us know how your session went, TingTing. I for one would like a read and insight :-)

    2. tingting44

      tingting44

      i will do qualia, im starting to find out its ok getting all the data, but its totally another thing processing the gb's of data and stacking and actually putting into a thread loool i got hundreds of pics now, just need to find a spare week to process them all lol,

  22. tingting44

    TYPICAL!! just finished setting up to try some dslr video footage of jupiter for the clouds to just roll over!! :( grhhh you gotta love this hobby :D

    1. tingting44

      tingting44

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

  23. tingting44

    UFO's hiding in the clouds....?

  24. tingting44

    Very cool about the one way mission to Mars, heard it on the radio earlier! I'll have to have a good read up about it when I get home from work

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    2. nightfisher

      nightfisher

      not for me, we are Earthlings not martians

    3. SacRiker

      SacRiker

      I would go.

    4. tingting44

      tingting44

      lol, i dont think i could leave my kids...... it would be so lonely too! and if the internet went down you could not even keep in touch with your loved ones :( dont get me wrong id love to be in the history books for all eternity but dont think i could do it lol

  25. tingting44

    was some pretty amazing sprites going on in the sky last night!

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    2. tingting44

      tingting44

      least you were lucky enough to see a bolt lol i did not see one out of 1500 subs :( sorry to hear it cut your night short tho buddy :(

    3. Uranium235

      Uranium235

      Had to go in! The rain turned from a light shower to "you cant see your hand in front of your face" type rain... reminds me of the stuff you get in China/SE Asia.

    4. tingting44

      tingting44

      sounds cool! not for imaging tho, it was very odd here is southampton, we has no thunder or rain all night....but the sky was constantly being lit up by what i think was high level sprites

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