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Congratulations on your successful first light session. Planning ahead will greatly add to your enjoyment and will be a big help in the learning process we all have to go through.

I hope you have success when talking with your neighbour . As for sleep deprivation of course the darker nights of Autumn and winter will help. I solved this by taking retirement, but this is rather a drastic measure unless you art of a certain age. Good luck with your journey into this wonderful pastime.

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Terrible news. I hope the scumbags get caught.

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Designation is V1674 Her

Finally got a chance to look for this last night, but what a struggle. Sky was still quite bright at 1 am and even in the Dob it took more than 30 minutes to locate. At first I was unsure if I actually had found it but constant returns to the finder chart finally convinced me. Estimating mag was difficult, but I estimate it as slightly dimmer than mag 10, perhaps around 10.2. 

I have never had this problem with my Delites. Eyepiece position locks tight and no slippage. I also like the tight fit of the lower caps. Much less likely to let moisture in during storage.

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Another lovely set David. Good seeing here today and I had a nice session of WL and Ha observation. I really like the detail you are capturing in Ca-K.

Hopefully clear here tonight. Clouded out last night.

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Nice steady skies here, but of course not totally dark. Nova still seems to be brightening. I estimated it at 6.7. As and added bonus as I was packing up there was a nice display of noctilucent clouds over the Campsie hills to the NW. Not as bright or extensive as the other night, but still nice to see.

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Clear sky and good seeing last night. Estimated at mag 7.0

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Another lovely set David. I really like the detail you get in Ca-K.

31 minutes ago, Stu said:

Yes, we are definitely ‘gappier’ than Jeremy’s data. Fewer people and poor weather I guess.

Also the very bright summer sky is making it more difficult to estimate magnitude, although I did get a reasonable value of 7.1 last night.

Very nice set David.

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Very impressive Nigella.

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