Knight of Clear Skies

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? :)

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.

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 !

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

Well done :-)

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

Thanks everyone.

Neat ! That's my travel 'n go.

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

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

welcome to the eq3-2 club

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

Bad luck. :(

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

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

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

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. :-)

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

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

He will soon learn that if wants a decent xmas pressie he must resist the temptation to beat you at Mario Cart!

Gosh, why everybody is better than me at this game...even the 4-year-olds.. :)

I just impersonated a reindeer by breaking all the tiles and messing on the roof