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  1. hobsey

    Happy now. Had an email saying my bits have been dispatched.

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    2. hobsey

      hobsey

      Yeah, they fell off in the cold the other night.

    3. cotterless45

      cotterless45

      That's good of the NHS !

    4. emadmoussa

      emadmoussa

      LOL

  2. hobsey

    Haven't had the scope out for 2 months now.

    1. tingting44

      tingting44

      not long now till the dark skies return :) its a good time for doing new darks libraries and adding new kit :)

    2. hobsey

      hobsey

      Been doing that. Got telrad charts printed off and laminated, going to be buying a sky atlas.

      Waiting on telescope house to open back up at weekends so I can pop down there and buy, crayford focuser, 2" diagonal and 3 2" eyepieces.

    3. tingting44

      tingting44

      nice :)

  3. hobsey

    Hope my scope arrives tomorrow, apparent clear skies tomorrow evening.

  4. hobsey

    Hope to have my first go at imaging tonight if it stays clear.

  5. hobsey

    Hunting around the flat looking for stuff to sell to purchase a used Celestron C8 without much joy.

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    2. Christopher Davenport

      Christopher Davenport

      Just done the same to upgrade my mount. Gotto love ebay.

    3. hobsey

      hobsey

      Funny, you think you have plenty to sell but when it comes to it, you can never find anything.

    4. nightfisher

      nightfisher

      sell the wife`s handbags and shoes, but get ready for the fall out

  6. hobsey

    I have major Aperture envy! Must sell stuff to get bigger scope.

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    2. Gartut200

      Gartut200

      Im trying to raise for a Skywatcher 250px Sync GOTO

    3. hobsey

      hobsey

      Good luck.

    4. crashtestdummy

      crashtestdummy

      regardless hoe big you go it never goes away!!!!

  7. hobsey

    I know there is still 2 and a half months left in the year but I'm beginning to think winter 2014 is going to be a write off.

    1. Nathan_Pembs

      Nathan_Pembs

      Autumn has been a write off so far, praying for some cold crisp winter nights

    2. ghostdance

      ghostdance

      Going by some clear skies I've seen at 5:30am, when it gets here it should be good! I hope....

  8. hobsey

    I really am sick and tired of this! Showing clear all day, go out this evening to do my first lot of imaging and it's foggy. Could quite easily sell up and go back to offroading, at least I can do that in rubbish weather.

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    2. Knight of Clear Skies

      Knight of Clear Skies

      Sorry to hear that, it's frustrating when the forecast teases but doesn't deliver. Those clear night when the kit all works do make up for it.

    3. ronin

      ronin

      Our weather is part of the reason I dislike the cry to buy the biggest scope you can. One may be nice but an 80mm refractor or 127 Mak will get used a lot more. Best to consider "astronomy" as an occasional hobby, at least the actual observing aspect.

    4. hobsey

      hobsey

      All the large stuff is going to be packed away until I move to somewhere with a garden where it will get more use.

  9. hobsey

    I really do hope the Star Adventurers turn up soon. Feeling rather left out with all these wildefield images being taken plus I have a couple of new lenses to try out.

  10. hobsey

    I think the scopes are going to be packed away until my dark skies holiday in September.

    1. jabeoo1

      jabeoo1

      But you will miss regular views of targets like the Dumbell nebulae........etc !

    2. hobsey

      hobsey

      I don't really have the correct type of scopes for DSO.

  11. hobsey

    I want my Celestron Starsense to be delivered.

  12. hobsey

    I will get this setup complete even if it kills me. 1 hiccup after another.

  13. hobsey

    I've had a very unsuccessful couple of nights. Not happy.

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    2. hobsey

      hobsey

      It does suck, getting fed up now. May sell up and get the very large fish tank I'm after. Fish keeping it a lot easier.

    3. JessicaFaye

      JessicaFaye

      haha! Sounds like a plan, we have a lovely tank! Has been a few problems along the way with dominant fish though! :D

    4. tingting44

      tingting44

      noooo you cant sell up buddy! you just need some patience! when the time comes and it all clicks into place you will be loving it! dont let it get the better of you mate

  14. hobsey

    Imaging for the first time tonight, can't wait.

    1. tingting44

      tingting44

      good luck buddy! you guiding?

  15. hobsey

    Imaging setup ready for trying out, just need clear skies.

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    2. tingting44

      tingting44

      How did u get on? Please say u got good news :)

    3. hobsey

      hobsey

      No clear skies last night.

      What I meant by ready was that I've got everything now that I need to start imaging.

    4. tingting44

      tingting44

      Same here I just need my gear to get delivered now so I can start imaging again , clear skies for both of us mate, but u know what comes with new gear..... Lol :(

  16. hobsey

    In a way I'm glad the new batch of Star Adventurers have been delayed. With the poo poo weather we have been having I wouldn't have been able to use it anyway.

  17. hobsey

    In South Wales for a few days. Looking very clear tomorrow night, chance of frost.

  18. hobsey

    It's looking highly unlikely I will have my Star Adventurer for my dark skies holiday next week. :

  19. hobsey

    Its no wonder we have seriously bad weather with everyone getting new scopes.

  20. hobsey

    Jessops online ordering is driving me mad! Won't let me change delivery address.

  21. hobsey

    Just been messing with EOS Utility, what a great piece of software.

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    2. hobsey

      hobsey

      I was having a play with the APT demo and couldn't get the hang of it so that's why I thought I would try EOS Utility. Glad I did.

    3. tingting44

      tingting44

      APT really is a great program, just need to use it a couple of times to get your head around the settings and plans :)

    4. PatrickGilliland

      PatrickGilliland

      Speak to Yoddha (on SGL) Ivo is the author - he was very helpful and the tool is far better than EOS utility once you have that initial learning curve complete.

  22. hobsey

    Just fitted my Telrad. That thing is huge.

    1. AlexB67

      AlexB67

      I know. I had to settle for the rigel in the end on my flextube. Not that the telrad wouldn't have fitted, but it would have been a whole lot more hassle. No doubt they are great things, but biiiig :D

  23. hobsey

    Just give us 2 nights of clear skies please!

    1. ronin

      ronin

      OK, one in May the other in October. Both mid-week only.

    2. hobsey

      hobsey

      Cheers, guess that will have to do. Better than nothing.

  24. hobsey

    Just had my Telrad delivered for the C8, now lets see what all the fess is about with them.

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    2. hobsey

      hobsey

      365astronomy, been on back since 14th march.

    3. Daniel-K

      Daniel-K

      Don't forget to download telrad charts

    4. hobsey

      hobsey

      I was just looking at the leaflet about them to buy.

      Where can you download them from?

  25. hobsey

    Just looked out the window, unexpected clears skies. Want to test out new camera but can't be bothered to move from my pit.

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