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Happy hunting :)

Looks like a good combo to me, good luck :-)

Thanks Yong,I have one of Vogels maps which shows the brightest part so I can at least point the scope in the right direction....

Brass monkey conditions :-)

I hope you get a chance to observe in the clear skies Mike!

Enjoy the snow Gerry, its cold and clear hear :-)

It's almost summer here, just as cloudy and rainy, a few degrees lower temperature...

I've been looking for a 5mm XO for a couple of years now. There was one around a year ago but it was snapped up by a certain Mr Bacanin. There is a TMB 5mm Supermono available at the moment in the UK but I've owned one of those and the 30 degree AFoV is just TOO small !

Good luck in your XO hunting Gerry

Thanks John, I'm going to need luck... I missed a "new old stock" 5mm a while back.... thankfully I have patience.. at times :)

What a greedy man you are :-)

WTG Mike :-)

I heard the 30mm edges out the TV and ES offerings... possibly best in class... both you guys are a very bad influence :) Which one is the favorite?

Its hard to say as I have never tried the XW 30mm, the T31 is excellent :-)

The Moon does look pretty good ATM Gerry, quite colourful too :-)

A filter? you might have done some endurance tests with it :-)

My UltraBlock, narrowband filter, is no longer with us.... not worth any testing either...

I have a fringe killer to get rid of and that's about it :-)

Nice one Gerry ..... I guess you will have to try a few and let us know how it performs on each of them :-)

Ummm, I meant the Lumi UHC... not a good sign I mixed them up already :)

:-)

Sounds good Gerry. I'm waiting for my 2" DGM NPB to arrive, very excited about that! :)

I was wondering about the DGM... Have you used the Lumi Mike?

Yes it was the very first decent filter I got, long gone now but was very good. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on it Gerry. :)

Nice one Gerry.

I have just returned from Italy, some wonderful thunderstorms :-)

Italy again huh! Well I changed my mind on the car...I just watched a 'Vette blow the Ferrari away on you tube :)!

LoL ...F1 is slightly different :-)

I've never seen it but its on my bucket list. :)

They are a fantastic siight, well worth seeing Mike.

I have still to see them also, I will one day

Still rubbish here Gerry :-) Not a sniff all week

Try and keep in touch some how Gerry

Sounds interesting, thought there was civilisation north of thunder bay!!

:) someday maybe a 24" will wander my way lol!

With the skies you are capable of getting 24" would be awesome :-)

I'm trying to go up in roughly 1 magnitude jumps... I need to get better at finding things if I get a 24" lol!

Enjoy Gerry :-)

I bet you have the blackfly too, coldest I have exp in Canada was -52 in Alberta, warmest 35 in Toronto.

thats cold damien

Piles of blackflies..... Wikpedia has some stats for Fort Frances....record high 108 deg F, record low -49 deg F. We get Siberian winters with hot humid summers... we love fall :)

Its nice to see experimenting going on.

While we are on the subject, do you think a Barlow in front of the Quark will cause any damage ?

Don't do it..... it may but it would need to be up the tube the right amount and some reflective UV/IR's might cause damage. Merlin66, Ward, Luke etc would know I think...

I though it might be a bit risky.... cheers Gerry:-)

LoL I wondered how long it would take for the link

did you get any images?

where abouts are you?

one of my greatest memories of Auroras was when i was 14-15, my mother woke me up to see the entire sky lit up, as we were watching the show it became very intense. the only spot of sky not touched by the aurora was directly above and in the shape of a trumpetting angel. the image has stuck with me for almost 20 years and i suspect it will for a great deal longer