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  1. Knight of Clear Skies

    My 1100D is back from modding, now I just need a clear night....

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    2. tingting44

      tingting44

      nice one mate! you know your have straight clouds for a month tho....typical lol, can not wait to see your 1st light :)

    3. Knight of Clear Skies

      Knight of Clear Skies

      Thanks both of you. Yes, the weather is pretty dire at the moment - karma for the clear run I had when I first got my tracking mount...

    4. Adamar98

      Adamar98

      I'm looking forward to seeing the results!

  2. Knight of Clear Skies

    Woke up this morning to a leak in the kitchen. Then a few minutes later part of the ceiling collapsed.

    1. tingting44

      tingting44

      oh no hope everyone is ok

    2. Knight of Clear Skies

      Knight of Clear Skies

      Yeah, all fine thanks, although I had been standing under it 5 minutes before it came down to position some buckets and towels. Insurance will take care of it, it's just a pain.

    3. jabeoo1

      jabeoo1

      Like you say, at least no one got hurt. All the best with getting sorted.

  3. Knight of Clear Skies

    Pulled the trigger on a new Canon 700D, next step is to get the 1100D astro modified.

  4. Knight of Clear Skies

    Consistently outwitted by squirrels today. They either scamper off at the first sound of my approach or loiter in the Sun like a marauding Messerschmitt.

    1. hobsey

      hobsey

      Are you trying to get rid of or trying to photograph them?

    2. Knight of Clear Skies

      Knight of Clear Skies

      Photograph. ;) A local wood has a huge number of squirrels living in it, must have seen two dozen.

  5. Knight of Clear Skies

    Just made a winning bid on a 200mm Takumar lens. :)

  6. Knight of Clear Skies

    Poor seeing last night, but managed a fun session playing with a new lens and my DIY hot-shoe mounted laser pointer.

    1. jabeoo1

      jabeoo1

      Agreed it was pretty grim!

      Not surprising double stars are dominating my observing sessions now. When Andromeda looks like a small spherical smudge what else can we do? :)

  7. Knight of Clear Skies
    I've read the first chapter now. Very well written, and I can tell you've done your homework - some subtle traps missed.
  8. Knight of Clear Skies
    Nice to see you back on the forum Qualia. I'll have a proper read of the above sometime over the next few days.
  9. Knight of Clear Skies

    General Astro

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  10. Knight of Clear Skies
    NGC 7822 Widefield Plate Solved

    From the album: General Astro

  11. Knight of Clear Skies
    NGC 7822 Widefield

    From the album: General Astro

    Quick NGC 7822 Widefield taken with my 135mm Super-Takumar lens on a modded Canon 100D.
  12. Knight of Clear Skies

    Just got back from fantastic skies in Cornwall, the Milky Way was a blaze of light. Images incoming...

  13. Knight of Clear Skies
    Elephant Trunk and Comet Jacques

    From the album: General Astro

  14. Knight of Clear Skies

    Polarscope on order from FLO, hopefully a better polar alignment will help me use my longer lenses on my EQ3-2.

    1. Alien 13

      Alien 13

      It sure will can be a bit fiddly to get the initial alignment done but there are plenty of guides. Good to see a fellow EQ3-2 user on here.

  15. Knight of Clear Skies

    Saw five shooting stars last night while out imaging.

    1. jabeoo1

      jabeoo1

      They are a great sight,

      I remember one shooting across the FOV in my binoculars and I managed to react well enough to follow it as it faded. It left a nice dark purple blue smoky tail that took quite a while (10-15 seconds) to fade away into black. Keep up the imaging !

    2. Andy 5312

      Andy 5312

      I saw one too. Nice bright with a good tail. Moving N to S. Ish. Around 11.30

  16. Knight of Clear Skies

    BBC News have published my picture of noctilucent clouds on their website. :) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28211909

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    2. Uplooker

      Uplooker

      Well done :-)

    3. jabeoo1

      jabeoo1

      Brilliant! I was only reading that article yesterday and was admiring the image. Good work sir !

    4. Knight of Clear Skies

      Knight of Clear Skies

      Thanks everyone.

  17. Knight of Clear Skies

    I really should browse the imaging forums more often, wonderful images.

  18. Knight of Clear Skies
    That's looking really good thanks, bookmarked. Very handy to have the moonrise/set times right alongside the forecast. ISS passes are another nice touch. I'll add a link to it from the Caradon Observatory site.
  19. Knight of Clear Skies

    EQ3-2 & RA have arrived! Have bolted on the motor and all seems to be working fine.

    1. cotterless45

      cotterless45

      Neat ! That's my travel 'n go.

    2. Alien 13

      Alien 13

      It is a great little mount i`m sure you will enjoy.

    3. Knight of Clear Skies

      Knight of Clear Skies

      Thanks. The plan is to use it for widefields, but I can think about getting a small scope down the line. :)

  20. Knight of Clear Skies

    EQ3-2 & RA motor on order...

    1. Alien 13

      Alien 13

      welcome to the eq3-2 club

    2. Knight of Clear Skies

      Knight of Clear Skies

      Thanks, I'm looking forward to putting my camera on it. Maybe further down the line I can think about a small scope.

  21. Knight of Clear Skies
    Mars 24th April Reprocess

    From the album: General Astro

  22. Knight of Clear Skies

    Looking clear tonight....

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    2. Knight of Clear Skies

      Knight of Clear Skies

      Bad luck. :(

    3. Spoon

      Spoon

      looking clear: great joke, im rolling around on the floor laughing ;)

    4. Knight of Clear Skies

      Knight of Clear Skies

      Well, it was on the 18th May when I lasted updated my status... ;)

  23. Knight of Clear Skies

    Mildly crippled after 3 hour walk through woods.

    1. David Smith

      David Smith

      Lol, my brother has us scheduled to walk up Snowden in July. Not sure in what state I will be in after that.

  24. Knight of Clear Skies
    I'm just gobsmacked, stunning piece of work.
  25. Knight of Clear Skies

    Saw the ISS for the first time last night, and took my first picture of a galaxy.

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    2. Knight of Clear Skies

      Knight of Clear Skies

      Well, I was aiming for M51 but got M101 by mistake! It's dinky, 5 mins in total with my 50mm lens, but it's clearly a spiral. :-)

    3. tingting44

      tingting44

      nice, i cant wait to try M101 when i get another mount.... you got a link to your pic :)

    4. JessicaFaye

      JessicaFaye

      Wayhey! Fab... I've yet to see the ISS :(

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