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Blowing a gale here too, new goodies waiting to be used also!

Your love the focuser, when the sky's clear.....

I have one on my Edge 8 as well! One of the best upgrades I have done :)

Hoping to get out with my 8 inch SCT for some lunar imaging too, so much fun with the SCT! :D Maybe some Jupiter too. Have fun!

Enjoy the crisp freezing winter sky! I've done my moon mosaic and called it a night. Work tomorrow means that Jupiter will have to wait for another night. Hopefully Monday...

Ive not gone out tonight, there is a massive lunar halo here.... to me, that says "dont bother son!".

And surprise, surprise... the next clear night will be a full moon!

How frustrating?! It was clear-ish earlier and I managed to get the C8 back on the mount and checked my PA. Amazingly it is still very good, despite the mount sitting out there in the weather for months now and with the children kicking balls about in the garden and certainly hitting it every now and again! Now contemplating how long to give it before giving up.......

It was a no go....

Above the clouds - perfect! I keep on consoling myself with the idea that surely it will clear up soon and we will have so many clear nights that I can't cope with the lack of sleep. Even solar is a big ask and how can I possibly just give in to the Moon, my nemesis in all this... Yes, a desert far far away is very appealing. I dream of bunging all the kit in the camper van and setting off for southern Morocco.

Supposed to have had 3 cloudy nights, just been outside and it is clear for the 3rd night. Flaming cold however but clear. I know weather is "chaotic" but this is plain inept.

Ha! I finally know what binning subs in the UK means. They go straight to the bin! 3 times I set up lately, things worked nice, clouds came in. And fog. So thick I could see it floating past my eyes. Three or more weather charts do I consult. The few times I went to my dark sites, guiding didn't work, and my cam to PC connection broke. In my 5 years in the UK, I have never gotten used to the weather patterns here, nor do I wish to. After my 6th year, I must seriously consider movi...

Hope its panned out right for you - crystal clear her near Exeter :)

Thank you Cloud Gods! Nothing like an all-nighter... Shame I've got work in a few hours time.... :-) Good to hear it was clear down your way too James.

The sky was incredible last night! Shame about the wind.

I am so bummed out, last night was excellent, I setup for 5 hours of data capture and went to sleep after 25min of subs where in. Woke up this morning to find that PHD had crashed and ruined all my subs aarrrrgggggggg

Well at least I got 5 good uns :(

Aargh, that is a proper bummer. I end up snoozing on the sofa and just checking things every now and again through teamviewer on the iPad. Last night turned out good for me - OIII & SII subs for my Heart mosaic. Haven't managed to find the strength to process it yet though - last night was a late (early am) one! Just back to the PHD crash - that kept happening to me because I wasn't using a powered USB hub. Have one now and it's sweet...

it's always a buzz doing something new for the first time, one small step and all that well done!

Oh well... Low foggy cloud stops play at approx 1am... Good to get something though!

Perfect clear sky, perfectly dark, finally gathering subs, sat back in the deck chair scanning the sky, iridium flares, satellites, shooting stars, the Milky Way, even M31 is a faint smudge with the naked eye. I now remember why I love this pastime!!!

Yep, last night was a good un! Shame it was a week night, but Fri looks like more of the same.

A corker... Finally brought the camera back in at 5:30! As for the forecast - lucky you! It's dodgy here for the foreseeable now :-(

Congratulations!

amazing and well done guys!

+1 well deserved, keep up the good work onward and upward