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Mukv

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  1. 50 mins on creasant nebula before clouds moved in..

  2. A warm clear night, it can only get better.

    1. todd8137

      todd8137

      Hope so I plan to get out there tonight thick white stuff here tho

  3. Always nice to meet another gazer, hi Paul good luck with your up and coming build give me a call when ready for a pier build.

    1. Smartbomb

      Smartbomb

      Cheers Andy. I'll be in touch. :)

  4. Bath time, the mirror having a bath for the first time in 3 years, mucky old sod!

    1. tingting44

      tingting44

      how did it go

    2. Mukv

      Mukv

      3ltr of distilled water goes nowhere I used it all on 12" mirror had to get more for seconary.a few stubbon bits hung on for a few warm soaks but surrendered in the end, found one of the mirror mount brackets was loose and proved it pays to check nuts and bolts once in a while

      Steppenwolfwest has a great guide video on youtube that stopps all the worries about this opperation.

    3. Daniel-K

      Daniel-K

      I just get the hose pipe and fairy out on mine :)

  5. been to a bone setter and he put my back up so to speak, I can now walk and more important sit down.

  6. Belt mod kit T minus 3 Days 17 hours 25 mins and some seconds but who's counting!

  7. Belt mod upgrade done please send clear skies!

  8. Blue snowball

  9. Box of goodies arrived few mins ago, top service from rowan engineering, cheers Derek !

    1. tingting44

      tingting44

      belt mod.... :D

    2. Mukv

      Mukv

      yes mate less than 24 hours and it's in my sweaty hands, moving into obsy to start the fitting after the kettle is activated.

  10. building up lots of data loseing a lot of hair googling for best methods of data manipulation.

  11. can everyone south of nottingham open your windows and doors and get some heat rising to draw these clouds away , we of the midlands will do it next time for you!

  12. chillin with pink floyd !

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    2. gingergeek

      gingergeek

      That's weird I was listening to Floyd earlier and now Portishead

    3. jabeoo1
    4. Mukv
  13. Cleaning camera sensor today, developed an eyebrow on everything that was captured last session.

  14. Clear tonight?

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    2. tingting44

      tingting44

      im stuck with the baader Neodymium Filter for the rest of this year more then likely

    3. Mukv

      Mukv

      I have the neodymium on my qhy132e for planetary and it works ok but the D1 is for the 5Dmk2 I hope it's as good as everyone says!

    4. tingting44

      tingting44

      cant wait to hear your reports on first light! fingers crossed for you tonight :)

  15. Clearing the snow from obsy roof in the hope of a clear night.. fingers crossed!

    1. Fish

      Fish

      Roof cleared and open observing the moon.... Fingers still crossed though.....

    2. Mukv

      Mukv

      Nice :) Charging batteries for camera's now... weather report is looking good!

    3. Fish

      Fish

      Its looking very good now :-) ski trousers tonight i think .

  16. Creasant nebula tonight looking good and snapped a few frames to stack later

  17. Darn it ! Forgot to go to the gym today! thats 3 years in a row now!!!

    1. ronin

      ronin

      Well better luck with remembering next year.

  18. Eye test done but found out I needed them for reading! now lets see if it helps the bad spelling!

  19. finished hanging door and fitting mortice lock to obsy, now for the power

  20. First light lastnight with mixed results, will post details later.

    1. todd8137

      todd8137

      Things not go well they usually never work out the first time

      Pat

  21. fitting DIY Dew heater to guide scope and finishing spiral cable wrapping.

    1. tingting44

      tingting44

      what better way to spend a sunday :D

    2. faulksy

      faulksy

      weres the pics

    3. Mukv

      Mukv

      pics on Monday after work

  22. For a few hours this weekend I thought I'd found an old friend from my scuba diving exploits, sadly not but she looks hot just the same.

  23. Forcast is looking good for this evening, fingers crossed and amera at the ready..

  24. grey day duties

  25. here come the clouds

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