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Hello Kay, and welcome to the community, I was wondering why the weather is so bad, constant rain and cloud, so it's your fault, only joking, sods law when you buy new kit, hope we all get better weather soon, see you around the forums. Clear Sky's.

Nice report, you are lucky, it's wall to wall cloud here, it's good to hear that you are getting clear and steady views, this time of year the sky never seems to be really dark, the gas giant's are a great target though, keep enjoying. Clear Sky's.

Hello Simon, welcome to SGL, hope you enjoy your time with us, see you around the forums. Clear Sky's.

Hello Christopher, and a warm welcome to the community, hope you enjoy your time here in SGL, see you around the forums. Clear Sky's.

Hello and welcome to the community, hope you enjoy your time with us, see you around the forums. Clear Sky's.

I used to use an eyepatch, it helps relax your eyes, but when I bought a hood from r-sky I haven't used an eyepatch since then, I find a hood cuts out stray light as well as being able to keep both eyes open.

Hello Vince, and welcome to the community, hope you enjoy your time here in SGL, see you around the forums. Clear Sky's.

Hello Sam, and welcome to the community, hope you enjoy your time here in SGL, see you around the forums. Clear Sky's.

That is a spectacular image, great work.

Good report, it's, as you know, not easy getting up in the middle of the night, but when you get a a good session in, then it makes it a lot easier the next time. Keep enjoying, the weather over here is not very good at the moment, but the forecast for next week is looking good. Clear Sky's.

Hello Dave, and welcome to the community, hope you enjoy your time with us, see you around the forums. Clear Sky's.

Hello and welcome to the community, see you around the forums. Clear Sky's.

Hello and welcome to the community, hope you enjoy your time with us, if you are having problems with the Orion, just post your question in a relevant forum, you will get an answer. See you around the forums. Clear Sky's.

Lovely images, they would look even better if they were framed and hung on a wall, really nice.

Hello and welcome to the community, hope you enjoy your time here in SGL, see you around the forums. Clear Sky's.

Hi Perry, I have the dual axis motors on an Eq5, I don't use them for imaging, observing only, the only heavy item I use are my bino viewers, and the motors are fine with them, I think the same motors are used for the go-to, I would never have that function anyway, so I don't know if it works perfectly well, but it must have a faster speed for slewing, I just take off the clutches and find my target and then the motors keep the target in view, the batteries last quite a long time, you can buy them quite cheaply from any of the pound shops. I have had mine for around 6 years and they are always reliable, but if you are thinking of using them for imaging then you really need a bigger mount.

Unfortunately had the same weather here too, there's always next time as you say.

I use LunarMap HD, it's really good, you can set it up for a Newt as well, mine is on a Kindle fire HD, don't know if you can get it on Apple. Worth a look though.

Hello Ian, and a warm welcome to SGL, we are all lurking, I learn something new every day, good to have you join the community, see you around the forums. Clear Sky's.

Hello and welcome to the community, hope you enjoy your journey , I'm sure that you will, see you around the forums. Clear Sky's.

Tomorrow night, the 16th, we might get a view of the Clair obscure effect, it's known as Cassin's Moon Maiden, it's found at the bottom of the Golden Handle, part of Promontorium Heraclides.

I keep my bike cover next to the scope, if it looks like a shower is likely I throw it over, it works and fits perfectly.

Hello and welcome to SGL, hope you enjoy your time with us, the 200p is a great scope, it's surprising what you can see when the weather is kind to you. Good luck and Clear Sky's.

Hello Matt, and welcome to SGL, see you around the forums. Clear Sky's.

Hello and welcome to the community, hope you enjoy your time with us. Clear Sky's.