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Thanks Mark. I did exactly the same thing, I thought the WL view was better too, though when using the PST later it was low over a neighbours house and I think they had their heating on!

A lovely spotty disc, SN170, AR3190 plus 9 other AAs. Quite a surprise when the unexpected guest arrived. Great views in HA too if you have the means.

A lovely spotty disc, SN170, AR3190 plus 9 other AAs. Quite a surprise when the unexpected guest arrived. Great views in HA too if you have the means.

Superb Geoff, a great piece of work. You should be really proud of what you have achieved. We'll done indeed !

Views through cloud from 8.57 to 9.14 am with Altair 80 ED-R. Alas, only time to observe in WL, and that's probably it for the day. A nice active disc with the SN up 50 on yesterday's figure. Two single frames below with the Altair and Olympus E-M5 Mk11, both at 1/50 at 200asa. A GONG image from just after I was clouded out is also added. Plenty of activity in HA if you have a chance.

Excellent Nigella, that's a great capture. Alas, by the time I'd taken my snaps in WL this morning I didn't have time to roll put the PST. ( before the conditions deteriorated again).

Single frame and crop taken at 10.31am. Altair 80 ED-R and Olympus E-M5 Mk11.

Weather forecast hopeless today, hence the single frame below taken at 9.12am in haze at an altitude of 4.7 degrees. The great detail I couldn't capture can be seen on the spaceweather pic. Altair 80 ED-R, Olympus E-M5 Mk11. Forecast better fir most of us tomorrow 🙂.

Single frame and crop taken at 12.09pm in ten minute window between clouds. Altair 80 ED-R, Olympus E-M5 Mk11, 1/320 at 200 asa.

I was lucky to catch a couple of minutes of sun through light cloud for my first view of active area AR3182 this morning. It looks very promising for further activity. Single frame plus crops taken at 10.43am. Altair 80 ED-R, Olympus E-M5 Mk11 on Scopetech Zero mount.

Clouds aren't all bad, I'm a paid up member of the Cloud Appreciation Society. Yes, really, look it up 😊.

Nigella, it's not looking too bad for Friday morning up here at the moment.

Thank you, its good to know someone else noticed it, I can't recall seeing it so well. Spectacular through the telescope. Regards, Paul

Many thanks for posting this Garry. I'd never heard of the Duplex Lunar Atlas, though it hasn't been available for long. It looks very good, but I've not been able to find a review anywhere. It looks very tempting. Thanks, Paul

A good evening from about 4.40 to 6.05pm, using Celestron StarSense 8inch dob. Some of the best detail I've seen in these areas. In Sinus Iridum there was fine detail in the N running along the base of the Jura Mtns toward the prominence. Gassendi was right on the terminator, looking rather like a bird looking to the right to me 🙂. There was also great Wrinkle Ridge detail in M Humorum. Two single frames below to show the lunation, but a poor representation of the detail visible. Both taken at prime focus with a x2 barlow element screwed into the two inch photo adapter to bring the image to focus. Both images 1/80 at 1000asa effectively operating at f12.

Now apparently mag 7.5 and forecast to become mag 5. Visible now in the morning sky and on database of SkySafari Pro and Celestron StarSense Explorer App. http://aerith.net/comet/weekly/current.html

Well I managed to see the Uranus Occultation, but only just.. Out by 10.05 and I could see the Moon well enough, through varying thicknesses of cloud. No sign of Uranus though! Using the 8inch Starsense Dob, it wasn't until 10.14 it popped into view, though only for a couple of minutes. A lovely light green disc to my eyes. I was lucky, as it came back into view about a minute before it was due to be occultated. After a minute or it went behind the dark limb of the Moon - phew, a close call. Almost immediately the cloud thickened and the Moon itself was completely hidden from view. I waited for the reappearance, but although I could see the Moon's limb, the cloud was too thick to see Uranus. Still, perhaps I was being too greedy expecting to see both phases of the occultation .

Great Mike, I'll expect to see a sketch. See you next year .

Well I managed to see the Uranus Occultation, but only just.. Out by 10.05 and I could see the Moon well enough, through varying thicknesses of cloud. No sign of Uranus though! Using the 8inch Starsense Dob, it wasn't until 10.14 it popped into view, though only for a couple of minutes. A lovely light green disc to my eyes. I was lucky, as it came back into view about a minute before it was due to be occultated. After a minute or it went behind the dark limb of the Moon - phew, a close call. Almost immediately the cloud thickened and the Moon itself was completely hidden from view. I waited for the reappearance, but although I could see the Moon's limb, the cloud was too thick to see Uranus. Still, perhaps I was being too greedy expecting to see both phases of the occultation 🙂.

Great Mike, I'll expect to see a sketch. See you next year 😊.

From Jan AN.

Out last evening with the 8inch StarSense Dob. I went out paticularly for the Moon. Set up by 5.50pm. Surprisingly, the seeing was excellent. Close to first quarter, the detail near the terminator was quite jaw dropping. There was great detail on show, but the sharpness and contrast was exceptional - and unexpected with strong winds which made me keep a firm grip on the scope. The large knob at the eyepiece end and the handle on the tube were very helpful in this respect. I also wasn't using my binoviewer as usual, but my Baader Mk111 zoom, which made the quality of the image even more impressive. Set at 8mm (×125), the view would have convinced any doubters about how well a good zoom can perform. Indeed, it was as good as you could expect from any fixed focal length eyepiece. Alas, I only had a 35mt session until the forecast cloud consumed the Moon. Well worth the effort though, and a session I won't forget.

I meant to say hard knock!

cajen2, you'd have to have given it a knock to put the collimation out, particularly as it sounds as if you were a bit over enthusiastic on the tightening front when collimating it. Just easy them all off and recollimate if necessary - you don't need them to be tight.