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Very nice, Gerry. One of my most used EPs is the 9mm BGO. Think you're going to like it, just watch out that in that freeze you have, your eyeball doesn't stick to the glass :-)

lol! good one Rob, just like a kid sticking his tongue on a hockey net post at 30 below :)

thats cold gerry, what do use to heat your optics, heated blanket. look forward to your report gerry as usual

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!

Great look forward to your thoughts on this Gerry

I can never remember the letter settings for each EP so I just set it somewhere in the middle, except for big EP's with filters which will touch the glass if not extended a bit. That's on an f4 dob, never noticed any coma with it even in 100° EP's

Nice one Gerry ? it would be good to hear about the differences it makes when used in different scope types.

C'mon over!

Wow - that's going to be awesome, Gerry!

Thanks Paul! I really hope I can see a gravitationally lensed quasar with individual components showing, this has been a goal for a while. Fingers crossed.

Ahh yes, the cold... it fluctuates between 40f and 20 below f now.... it was near 40f

LoL that is some crazy temperature. You should ask the mods to make some  blue monkey emoticons available so you can express just how cold it gets out there

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

and seeing more iain

nice one gerry

Not too long to wait then my friend.... how are the seeing conditions over there at this time of year Gerry ?

Well..... clouds and rain for the past couple of weeks with a few clear breaks. Not much observing happening lol!

-32c this morning...

That is one heck of a crazy temperature:-)

Almost froze the crawl space....all good now, going to insulate some more today, ducts etc...

:) :)

sounds great gerry, any pics as i dont believe you lol

We just drilled a bunch of holes on the way to the fishing spot...check the photo section in a bit :)

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 :-)

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.

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

Is someone addicted to zooms ?

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

The VX10, well collimated and cooled. The excellent seeing allowed the Doc to excel. The color richness with this EP rivaled refractor views....

Oh yes I forgot you had the Doc.. You enjoying it ?

Immensely. Good on solar too, but its too hvy really.

And now snow coming

Full moon anyway so don't sweat it

Oh, yes, a more relaxing weekend for some lunar 100 catch-ups...

great!

The sun,the moon..... kind of mixing them up Shaun :) So great to see things again

Superb, really sharp Moon.

I think I've got it narrowed down now, I'm thinking its the sun... :) Not sure yet though, havn't seen it for a while

are there 3 wise men following it

called Jamie Ant and Grant

LOL! glad your having fun :)

Gerry it is still quite warm here esp for November, the odd cold night is all we have had.

No snow here, but not many stars visible either

Only 10 more days of rain forecast Shaun.... :) ! This EP does look really good though, great build quality, coatings. It will be a great fit for solar too when seeing is sketchy- can't wait

Nice eyepiece that one. Very comfortable to use and great value for £/$'s. Enjoy!

10 days !!!!! not good

Nice scope, im not jealous not one bit

Congratulations on the new scope Gerry :-)

look foward to your first light report gerry

Well I'm going to join the Leica club :) be great to dial in the exit pupil on the galaxies with a quick turn

That was exactly my thinking Gerry, match the Sb/exit pupil/mag......I'II send you a PM ;)

:-)

I hope the sky clears for you,A+ seeing here right now.Playing with my EP's/filters

LoL :) happy days

Hope you get another sunny day this morning, Jetstream.

As it happens, I was powering up to 300x on the Sun yestarday with Mak 180, and actually had a good crisp view for a few moments.

Hey Pig a solar storm huh!LOL!300x on the sun must be awesome!

Ha Ha :-) couldn't resist that one...sorry

Can't wait for the the first light report!and which EP's work the best....

If this f10 works somewhat like C8, my should have some usable EPs

We both know you will find the best EP!and that you probably have one already:)

I got 'im-were gonna see!

Looks bright enough to glow in the dark.

lol!exactly what I need!shouldn't lose the bird anyway...

Think a breeze on Monday might clear the cobwebs away.

What makes it worse is that the weather is being blamed on the Jetstream ;-)

I think I picked a good name!lol!-maybe I'll fish one last time in the boat.....