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Mercury, Mars and the Crescent Moon - Sunday 24th November 7am
Pig replied to Stu's topic in Celestial Events Heads Up
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Itโs looking good again tonight Alan ๐ I am going to sit back in one of the lounger chairs and just stare ๐
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Cheers Calvin..... they sure are ๐ I think I will be coming here on holiday with the scope at some point in the near future ๐
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I am on a work related visit to the outskirts of Gyor in Hungary and one useful thing I noticed earlier in the daytime is that there are very few street lamps and even fewer main roads ๐ As a result I had been hoping all day long that it would be clear tonight, and as luck would have it clear is an understatement. For reference Cassiopeia is directly above my head and we all know what streaks through Cassiopeia... yes you got it, itโs the Milky Way. I can hardly believe what I am seeing with the unaided eyes, it is just such an awesome sight. In fact there are so many stars and smudges I was having trouble identifying very obvious targets such as Vega, Altair, the Plough and even Cassiopeia for a while. The sky is completely covered in diamonds and there are so many that I know very few of them. I can only sit here and imagine what looking at them through the scope would be like ๐ญ
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@Trikeflyer I somehow ended up with 2 handsets ๐ so hopefully this may get me by as I am sure the original hasnโt been upgraded. I am glad you mentioned a second handset ๐
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you can enter the SAO on the Ioptron ๐ thatโs what I use now the interface is messed up.
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Yes ... mine has simply stopped working on the iPad and iPhone and I cannot get it to work ๐ค I had a similar issue a year ago and SS said it was an issue with the new iPhone. However, it started working when SS was updated. As a result I came to the conclusion it wasnโt the phone. Maybe SS should consider past lessons learned when they update !!!!
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I have version 6.5. ๐ I have done several updates, not so sure about upgrades, and I have discovered tonight that it is not working ๐ค
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I use mine with SkySafari with my apples and it is seamless ๐
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I did have issues with this to start but I found any amount of over tightening of the main rod had a negative impact. However, if your set up is silent in both planes, or a similar sound level to each other, this is a good indicator of all being ok. The battery has always lasted me for a full nights observing so I am not to sure on how long it actually lasts, I have 8 hours in my mind for some reason. I do charge it after any session over 4 hours thus I havenโt noticed any power drain. I did have to change the battery after a couple of years. ๐
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David Hardie started following Pig
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Hiya David, I have had mine for a couple of years now and I find it excellent. Once you have โsynced the targetโ object I find it very accurate indeed. Enjoy you mount and if you have any questions please feel free to message me and I will be happy to assist.
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Oh yes...... keeping your eye / head steady whilst looking through them can be quite tricky, and believe it or not very exhausting ๐
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I can only Echo the comments made above ๐ I also use it with my TAK 100 DF mainly for splitting very tight doubles (2.4mm), excellent build quality too. The only real negative to all high power eyepieces I can think of is, if you are affected by floaters they can obscure the finer details, such as the contents of craters ๐
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Aquila , super views.
Pig replied to cotterless45's topic in Observing and Imaging Double and Variable Stars
Hiya Nick, nice report etc....not much joy here with the cloud cover of late. I found a hedgehog that had wandered into my shed at some point, I donโt know how long it had been in there, but it made short work of the snails that I gave it ๐ -
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Pig replied to cotterless45's topic in Observing and Imaging Double and Variable Stars
Nice one Nick, I also got clouded out which was contrary to the forecast ( no surprises there ๐) but there was about 30 minutes of clear sky so some nice little doubles were about, fortunately not a complete waste of time. Rasalgethi was pretty bright ๐