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  1. Christopher Davenport

    Going after Rosetta tonight ... hold thumbs I have everything sorted.

  2. Christopher Davenport

    Nice clear night, bright moon is washing stuff out though. Limited to 300s with my new LP filter ;)

  3. Christopher Davenport

    Just got my EOS LP Filter, so finally can do a 600s sub. Got about 2hrs of data already, 4hrs to go! Whoop Whoop, back in the game.

  4. Christopher Davenport

    So typical working from home this week and the weather is just rubbish!

    1. tingting44

      tingting44

      yup! sounds about right...

  5. Christopher Davenport

    Last night was really clear ... Busy Stacking ...

    1. Special K

      Special K

      Really clear in my area too! Fantastic obs

  6. Christopher Davenport

    My baby (600D) is home, baader modified and ready to rumble. Thx Juan.

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    2. m.tweedy

      m.tweedy

      Hi Christopher. mine arrived back on Saturday with the same model camera and the same Baader modification.

      Rained ever since.

    3. Christopher Davenport

      Christopher Davenport

      Well, everybody please blame tweedy! Looks like its going to clear tonight. I am trying to decide between M31 Galaxy or the Eastern Veil Nebula.

    4. tingting44

      tingting44

      The veil would be my choice to give the modding a nice work out, and M31 is still very low

  7. Christopher Davenport

    Just sent my baby (600D) off to be modified ... I hope she survives the surgery!

    1. tingting44

      tingting44

      oh how nice! did you send it to astronomiser?

    2. Christopher Davenport

      Christopher Davenport

      No to Jaun, in Kent.

      http://cheapastrophotography.vpweb.co.uk/Low-Pass-Filter-Replacement.html

  8. Christopher Davenport

    Met office says clear all night for sussex, with very good visibility from 1am on. I feel a imaging session coming on.

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    2. O-RICH

      O-RICH

      because I'm less likely to get the 8 hrs sleep i need to make me a pleasant person lol

    3. Christopher Davenport

      Christopher Davenport

      Aarg I feel like a pirate this morning. I set-up, went to bed and woke up at 1am ... It was worth it as the milky way was glowing!

    4. hobsey

      hobsey

      Look forward to seeing the results.

      I'm going to treat myself to a Skywatcher Star Adventurer to have ago a widefield.

  9. Christopher Davenport

    Arrg clouds just rolled in, pretty thick. Met office says was only supposed to happen in 2 hrs time ... Grrr.

    1. gooseholla

      gooseholla

      I've started to ignore the met office forecasts. Too depressing! I just roll with it now. It clouds when it clouds!

    2. Adamar98

      Adamar98

      The met office are liars! Ask a dinner lady. Much more accurate with the forecasts.

  10. Christopher Davenport

    Almost fell off my chair, just checked the met office, clear all night, visibility very good all night ... starting to tremble :)

  11. Christopher Davenport

    so proud of my little eq5 pro, on my 7th 600s sub and going strong. dew is a real pain though!

  12. Christopher Davenport

    Weather is looking good for Saturday ... touch wood.

    1. hobsey

      hobsey

      What are you doing saturday?

  13. Christopher Davenport

    Saturday night star party - 12 hour weather window - Darksky Petworth, Call out to all West Sussex astronomers check the astro events forum. Spread the word - Coffee and Cookies on me :)

    1. hobsey

      hobsey

      You will have to try and grab some images off my C8.

    2. Christopher Davenport

      Christopher Davenport

      Most definitely, we can also see if we can get your mount to polar align.

    3. hobsey

      hobsey

      Yeah, that would be good. I will bring a portable hard drive so I can bring some data home will me to have a go at processing.

  14. Christopher Davenport

    Saturday night - 12 hour weather window :) - Call out to all mid Sussex astronomers check the astro events forum

  15. Christopher Davenport

    Had a nice long run of data capture after the rain last night :)

  16. Christopher Davenport

    Can't wait for things to clear. Have not got out for a while now.

  17. Christopher Davenport

    Whole bunch of white pictures :( the moon just washed it all out. I need a light pollution filter.

    1. ronin

      ronin

      Why an LP filter ?

    2. Mr TamiyaCowboy

      Mr TamiyaCowboy

      shorten the shutter speed say 1/200 to 1/1000 see how you get on, the moon is very very bright

    3. Christopher Davenport

      Christopher Davenport

      Lol, sorry my bad, I was trying to take a picture of Orion and it is all washed out. Not a picture of the moon.

  18. Christopher Davenport

    Nice, Sky @ Night, interesting Jupiter challenge, one full rotation.

  19. Christopher Davenport

    Had my 600D in the Fridge last night building a set of Darks and Bias frames.

  20. Christopher Davenport

    M82 Data capture underway. Nice and cosy inside now and monitoring via remote desktop. :)

    1. hobsey

      hobsey

      Look forward to seeing the results.

  21. Christopher Davenport

    Just given my Obsy budget to her majesty, as she has better things to do with the money. :(

    1. tingting44

      tingting44

      i know the feeling with yet another baby on the way :(

  22. Christopher Davenport

    Finally got my guiding to work, It is a thing of beauty watch her ticking away, I could sleep to that sound.

    1. Ant

      Ant

      Isn't it great when a plan comes together :)

  23. Christopher Davenport

    Just set up, did 3, 5 minute imaging runs and stripped down in 1 hour. Nice getting better at this!

    1. SnakeyJ

      SnakeyJ

      Pretty slick Chris - did you capture anything useful?

    2. Christopher Davenport

      Christopher Davenport

      No, the seeing was rubbish, so my images are not that good. Plus the flip side of rushing is that my focus was not great and slightly over exposed.

  24. Christopher Davenport

    My new Avitar is from the spitzer space telescope!

  25. Christopher Davenport

    just setup and polar aligned anybody else out tonight?

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    2. Gartut200

      Gartut200

      Just come back in Jupiter was fantastic and I caught my first sight on Uranus, but the moon obscured it a lot.

    3. Christopher Davenport

      Christopher Davenport

      Jupiter was really good, well done on Uranus, It can be a bit of a disappointing little green blob.

    4. Gartut200

      Gartut200

      I was just so pleased to see it lol thanks again. Did you sort out your polar alignment?

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