SnakeyJ

ohhh yes, that was a good one!

Agreed, both Mars and Sturn were amazing,.

What is pi? Private investigating ?

Could be ;) Personal Insomnia, Perilous Interests.... Planetary Imaging.... Looks like another chance tonight :)

I sincerely hope so, tonight is my one and only shot at SGL9 so ive got to make it count.

Fingers crossed for you :) Looking forwad to some nice pics, threads and stories from SGL9.

Where did you find the clear sky?!! Wet stuff here for 2nd night running.

Stunning down at this end of the world, but not sure my eyes are up to Mars again tonight - must sleep!

I often as a child wished for a butler to do my homework

I'm pacing myself ;) Very impressed with the quality of content and presentation so far.

I too have finished the first week, though will be re-visiting bits of it. Really does get you thinking about a lot of things.

Couldn't even see that down here in Cornwall - in fact couldn't even see the end of the garden and that is less than 40ft away!

Moon vs Jupiter, only game in town !

Hmm - I did see the moon and a very dim, fleeting Jupiter at it highest elevation - fog stayed in all night. What a shame the IOW doesn't have any bigger hills so I could climb up out of the fog :(

i know what your saying, its nice just to kick back sometimes and forget all the ins and outs that come with imaging :)

Not saying I didn't miss the camera, Saturn and Jupiter were stunning and the seeing was good on Friday night and fair to good Saturday. Seeing Saturn at 600x in a 24" obsessions with powermate/ethos is extreme temptation, thank godness I left the plastic at home :)

wowza! 600x in a 24"'er!!! i can only imagine lol :D

same for me last night.

I wanted to paint similar things outside, what metal paint do you use and what kind of spray gun?

Just standard car primer and paints (Unipart Grey Etching Primer and Satin Black for the top coat). I sanded everything back hard, then etch primed - the grey enabled me to see the worst of the pits and blemishes, which I then feathered out with fine sandpaper and re-prined. Ended up using three tins of each, which is rather more than I expected on a 1m OTA, but cost just under £18. By no means body shop perfect, but I'm very happy with the end result. Should be good for anot...