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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

Glad you both got a little solar in today .-)

Thanks Rob, the set up is now working well. That huge prom looked very interesting, the shape evolving before the eyes. I love Ha :)

I am glad to be sat down whist viewing. Knock me over that active region is screaming, so bright! The suns surface looks like its ripping itself apart. No wonder the northern lights are due.

How is the Zeiss standing up to scrutiny ?

Very, very well Shaun. The sky is allowing big mag. The low power view is jaw dropping though and I must get the reducer figured out with the ZZ- it doesn't need much... I'm maximizing the views with it for sure,.

Damn blanket cloud here all day. I will catch that big orb asap

Nice one Gerry, not much happening here

It's a real buzz when the contrast kicks in :) Am expecting total cloud cover here for the weekend, no doubt because my Quark now has a Baader clicklock that I want to play with! Good luck everyone.

Excellent news Gerry :-) Is the field stop of the Zeiss a good match for the Quark ?

Yes, the largest for the Zeiss is about 19.5mm, the Quark 22mm or so. This eyepiece works very well for Ha, but more time is needed for in depth comparisons. The eyerelief it tighter than LZ it seems though, we'll see how it does with the reducer- preliminary results with it are good...

Well that is a very promising start :-)

Sexy new eyepiece....swit swooo....nice one Gerry

Is someone addicted to zooms ?

lol! I'm just following my EP mentor :)

Cracking skies! I can barely get over 50x most of time :-)

Nice one Gerry, still no observing for me even though the sun is shining brightly.

Your having quite a time with Jupiter at the moment young Gerry :-)

That's a right pain Gerry..... I do feel for you. the useless %$£%@@$

WTG Gerry, not had a chance so far this weekend

Nice one, Gerry, would love to see the new spots! Looks a sweet AR on SDO. No chance this morning, the clouds are crying right now.