jetstream

Happy Christmas Gerry! That sounds chilly  

barmy weather Gerry. happy Christmas mate

Talk about brass monkeys ? Merry Xmas Gerry ?

YIKES!!!!!

-25c now and am going out to flail away on the Cone neb again... I should really be galaxy hunting- dam challenges!

Clouds....

I can see the sun today! Clear skies to you Shaun

The daytime was very sunny & pleasant Gerry and I was hoping to catch the planet alignment tonight, but alas, the clouds arrived just as work was over

LoL Gerry  it sounds like you have to cherry pick ...... or you could point each scope at different objects.

We did good Shaun... 2 scopes, richfield and some great 15" views. Pickerings Triangle showed a great black hole in the middle of it with great tendrils off to the sides...

Power was out here for 11 hours, they are getting the lines ready for winter lol!

Thanks Iain, I'll see if I can cobble up a report of the next session, what are your thoughts on objects, characteristics to compare?

Anything really Gerry, it would be good to learn a little more in terms of observation attempts concerning the faint super nova remnant nebulae filament region in Cygnus, consisting of SH2-91 and just perhaps SH2-94 and SH2-96. Over the past couple of seasons, The Little Veil has become a recurring favourite threshold challenge, spurred on not least by  your former accounts. This season I expect when you get the larger dob in operation, more of this challenging region may be determined.  Another aspect that I had been looking forward to are the dark nebulae regions in the Milky Way, consisting of Barnard's E and any further, as you consider, attainable features, perhaps to explore with your TSA120, within the Milky Way cloud. I am slow to get going this season, lots of agendas currently, cannot blame the weather for a change, cant wait to get out there though, eventually.

Funny you mention dark nebula Iain the other night the TSA120 did a fine job up near Tarazed in Aquila on those great dark ones there. This scope is excellent on them, right there with my best dark neb grabber. I need to fine tune the eyepiece selection for them with this scope as these things are fussy.

Dark nebs it is!

The Little Veil... what a good challenge and when the 24" is here I'm sure I'll map some more. Great job for seeing this one recurrently Iain.

Have you spent much time on M24? What a beautiful sight and with some dark surprises about. This is one of my favorite objects.

Because we like to share  

What’s ours is yours Gerry ?

Thanks guys...?️?

Nice one Gerry?

copy cat

did you get it from don at cn ?

I ordered it from a CDN vendor Mike, lucky to get them.

And Yes I did copy you

Yes I was installing the sauna chimney earlier out there, the hands take a beating. The wind will cut you in half unless dressed properly lol!

12 deg huh Shaun?! ok thats not fair! actually I love winter, cold and all.

I used to love  the cold Gerry but age has changed my mind for me ..... I must admit a cold and frosty landscape looks awesome, but it looks more awesome from behind double glazing ? The sauna sounds ideal.

Well tonight will be -50c with the wind- I just got done obs before it picked up at -35c, not bad really and the views were excellent.

I can't wait to try the sauna! just waiting on the door now.

nice one Gerry, I am sure you have the aperture to take advantage of t wonders :-)

Jealous? Me? You bet ya I am!

Enjoy!

well of course what else is a lawn chair for if not for that, enjoy more of the same Gerry . Lawn chair aside, hope to be able to appreciate the Milky Way by the turn of the month.

That thing must be dim! Are you using any filters or does it not respond well?

It likes the OIII Pip, but for some reason I had a hard time with it- I expected a bigger nebula- this only shows as a faint steak in my 15" - give it a try! Keeping Propus out of the FOV helps..... and it wants largish exit pupil...your 24mm is perfect!

I was talking about some former threads(not yours) about using tube rings as well as the Tak clamp just for added security ?

I wonder if primaluce can help me out!!

You are sharp as ever my friend!

You got it ?

Alls well!

I gave the regulator and supply line a light go with my heat gun and 10 min later it went. The house was warm with the woodstove but I have to take care of the waterlines.

I would imagine frostbite takes hold pretty quickly in those temperatures  Gerry, we don’t want you losing any of your digits ❄️

It is a concern!

There are a few things IMHO- I believe we cold adapt and once winter sets in it is a lot easier on us than when it first starts- I was very hot working outside in my sled suit and if you keep your head, feet and core warm it helps the hands. Not to say that you can't get frostbite...

Shaun, thanks for the concern !

ps I hope I didn't just unleash a torrent of one liners I can't keep with lol!

LoL ... and how was it Gerry ?

Unbelievable views Shaun! The binos give such good low power views I generally stay there, under 230x roughly. The ability to get great views at low power makes the scope less sensitive to seeing so to speak- the view at 70x in the binos still reveals piles of fine detail.

All my scopes respond very well to the Binotron 27's

I bet they were great views Gerry, 230x is pretty high mag and proceedings can get a bit wobbly at times
I have viewed the Moon a few times with binos and I must agree they are pretty impressive, after all two eyes are better than one

Not good, those are serious collisions... Our HWY is bad, a head on yesterday a few miles from here. I slow right down in this and find the Fusions low CG helps, along with the Blizzaks.

I hope those tides don't reach you there.

I think I would cry if it got that cold over here Gerry.... The UK would come to a complete standstill

The eyes do leak in these temps lol! All the snow does help things in the cold though- one year with little snow the frost was driven 9 ft below the town roads... not good for waterlines.

You guys have worse things anyway...those crazy winds must wreak havok on everything.

in this temperature light will freeze before reaching your telescope.. :)

thats real cold fella, we have had -18 here and that was bad, whats the sky conditions like when its that cold ?

when a cold front comes through,the views can be stunning-very transparent

Brass monkey conditions :-)

Around 50 deg, not a true ortho in the strictest sense, but it was a design consideration. Others say they work well on DSO- my 18mm does. Faint galaxies will tell the tale I think. I look forward to Jupiter in it too.

The 10mm Delos delivered the best views I have seen of Juoiter :-)

I'm comparing this little EP to of my 2 best performers,10E and LZ. My 18BCO barlowed at least equals my 8D on the planets... I like orthos though, some don't :)

Pics and first light report, please :-)

Im not looking forward to the snow.

Enjoy your eyepiece

Look forward to a first light report, Jetstream. Just out of interest can you get your hands on, or can you compare it to other eyepieces? Be quite interesting to see if a member is near you for a shoot out :-)

I joined RASC and they meet in Thunder Bay regularly,I'm trying to get to one of their "nites out".They have extremely dark skies near there...I'll try