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  1. ghostdance
    Hey......how'd you get em out of my ep case and I didn't even notice?!
  2. ghostdance

    Lovely....Jupiter, Mars, Venus and Saturn strung like pearls on the eciptic with the Moon as a centrepiece. Beautiful morning....

    1. pipnina

      pipnina

      Reminds me of my experiance about nearly a week ago now, saturn, venus, mars, jupiter, the moon all in a row during morning twilight. :D

  3. ghostdance

    My 1.25 TV Plossls are finally a whole family. Thanks Foz!

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    2. ronin

      ronin

      Now all you want are some binoviewers, and you can start all ovr again. :-))

    3. ghostdance

      ghostdance

      Lol....my wallet just fainted :)

    4. jabeoo1

      jabeoo1

      I am with you on that mate. I keep looking at a decent setup to enable binoviewing. My eyes water watching the cost spiral up. Personally I will stick with cyclops viewing and get a decent frac instead.

  4. ghostdance
    Wowsa Damo, great viewing site, and pier!
  5. ghostdance
    The Vixens are indeed little sweeties, Damian! Beautifully made to boot. Just wish I had darker home skies so they could work their full magicke SteveN - your Vixens and mine must be the mother and baby of the range! I too had lustful thoughts seeing yours... Steve
  6. ghostdance

    Heritage 90 Mak nearing sea trials. RACI on so now just waiting on the beefy tripod. Happy days...

  7. ghostdance
    Nice Steve Never thought of using an rdf with bins...how do you find it (no pun intended, lol)?
  8. ghostdance
    Introducing the Bin Family in formation...excepting Cousin Revelation Astro 15x70 who is going to market, where he'll shortly be joined by the Strath 7x50s Steve Back row L-R, The Elders: Helios Aquila 10x50, Tento 20x60, Helios Quantum4 15x70, Strathspey Marine 7x50, Tento 7x35 Centre stage, The Babbies: Vixen 2.1 SG and Rand Royal View 3x (near useless for stargazing, but dead cute nonetheless and pretty good optics). Somewhere in the house is also a pair of Canon 8x23's but they've gone temporarily awol... (eek, they all need a good clean!)
  9. ghostdance

    A well-made Vesper cocktail. Mmm...I'm in love !

    1. Tzitzis

      Tzitzis

      Aaaah, never had one. Never had the ingredients. I like Bronx cocktail :)

  10. ghostdance

    Lovely looking ES Maxvision 24 68deg joins the family - thanks Doc :)

    1. jabeoo1

      jabeoo1

      There is nothing shoddy about ES eyepieces.

    2. Qualia

      Qualia

      Look forward to the 1st light report, Ghostdance :-)

    3. ghostdance

      ghostdance

      Well, I can say the Beehive looked beautiful using it, so I'm hopeful... :)

  11. ghostdance

    At last! Rupes Recta... and then clouds, but so what... Finally found The Wall :)

  12. ghostdance

    Dammit, every time I get ready to take the scope out, my shoulder acts up. Can you spell psychosomatic? Eek...I gotta condition!

    1. ronin

      ronin

      What/when did you do something to the shoulder?

    2. ghostdance

      ghostdance

      Christmas - cocktail shaker fell apart mid-shake. Quite a jerk. Shoulder's getting better but taking ages...perils of drink eh? :)

  13. ghostdance
    Beautiful work Mike, same with your sketches I ogled in the other thread today....lovely
  14. ghostdance
    Gina, you are a marvel...such skills, tenacity and dedication (Would love to see you presenting a 'DIY Astro' slot on S&N!)
  15. ghostdance

    Yippee...20mm TV Plossl bought (thanks Andre!), just the 25mm to go for the full set!

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    2. jabeoo1

      jabeoo1

      You can't go wrong ! My 11mm, 15mm, 20mm & 25mm are used all the time in everything. Pure quality.

    3. ghostdance

      ghostdance

      Absolutely agree chaps :) One more TVP to go, then I'm done.............Eh? Did someone whisper 'Naglers next'? :)

    4. jabeoo1

      jabeoo1

      The slippery green slime hey. Are you after a low power wide field by any chance ghostdance?

  16. ghostdance

    My beginners set of watercolours arrived...now to see if I can do Jupiter justice :)

    1. swamp thing

      swamp thing

      good luck with that.

    2. ghostdance

      ghostdance

      I'll need it - monkey with a brush comes to mind :)

    3. jabeoo1

      jabeoo1

      Crack on mate ! You will be fine :)

  17. ghostdance

    Venus, Mars, Moon & Jupiter. All good. Then just as I'm winding up for some clusters...Murk...sigh...

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    2. Puglets

      Puglets

      Clear tomorrow night :) depending where you are exactly

    3. ghostdance

      ghostdance

      Thursday night seems to be the best bet for us witches to get our broomsticks out! My toad told me....

    4. Puglets

      Puglets

      My broomstick is out and I am flying!!!! Great viewing tonight :)

  18. ghostdance
    Good Golly Tom&Olly... You sure like to awe! What a *superb* image - thank you both
  19. ghostdance

    Listening to Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra - so evocative of night!

  20. ghostdance

    Why o why do we call it (planetary, deep space) work when it's so gloriously play?

  21. ghostdance

    At last this evening, Uranus! Tiny and a bit dodgy but....my sixth planet :)

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    2. Nathan_Pembs

      Nathan_Pembs

      I was elated when I managed to see Uranus and Neptune on the same night. Only PLuto to spot, out of my reach with my 150p though

    3. ghostdance

      ghostdance

      I fear Neptune may be too much with my 6"/F5 in home skies. But I'll give it a go!

    4. orion25

      orion25

      Go for it! I saw Neptune and Mars together in the same telescopic view a few days ago with my 127mm Mak. It's still not too far from Mars (a bit west). It's a cool blue little orb.

  22. ghostdance
    Eh, I thought we agrode a tinner?!
  23. ghostdance
    It being rainy and nasty out, I've been re-reading this invaluable guide, and as the first reading, it is so helpful. After approximately one year of taking my stargazing 'seriously' (well, as serious as it gets at Ghostdance Towers!), the following bit really leapt out for me. This is so true and pertinent to any novice or old hand: "There’s also another truism which rings truer to an astronomer’s heart beat. All things being equal, you will see more tomorrow than you did today, and so it follows that you will never see less than you did this evening. Each evening with a galaxy or nebula you are training your eye and brain to notice more than what you have already seen. And that takes time; it takes patience, a little love and care at the eyepiece." Advice I learn from every night I'm privileged to be out in our fabulous universe. And when the clouds are socked in and cloaking it all, I'm still learning and thinking about this - and never seeing less. So, thanks Qualia Again
  24. ghostdance
    Holland...of course.... Thought it was Belgium, tsk Looking forward to your experiences and thoughts with the 4.5. Mine was a faithful companion and a great introduction to the stars. I've just now improvised a stand for the 6i using a sturdy tripod and wood platform, so don't be put off by the table-top nature of these small Starblasts - stand options are easily fashioned, while keeping the utter portability benefits. Hope you enjoy yours as much as I did and do.
  25. ghostdance
    Don't be worried Geoff. My 4.5" arrived from Belgium (direct from Orion Europe via Amazon) in perfect collimation, and then when I changed to the 6" Starblast that arrived only slightly out, needing a small adjustment to the primary (using the three adjusters) to collimate. The centre dot on the primary makes this easy with the supplied collimation cap you'll get with the scope. With both Orions, the secondary was fine out of the box. Assuming yours arrives in the same condition, you'll be good to go within minutes!
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