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Takahashi FC-100DC vs DL Comparison
Ibbo! replied to John's topic in Discussions - Scopes / Whole setups
Not as clean as they could be , but I reckon another 3 or 4 years before its due -
Takahashi FC-100DC vs DL Comparison
Ibbo! replied to John's topic in Discussions - Scopes / Whole setups
Wonder how my ancient and a little battered (but loved ) FS102 would fair is this company. -
Was going to get the C11 out and do so looking through a scope but I have run out of daylight to get set up
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And we are off - more of that squid
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thought it was warming up dropped to -2°C at about 22-00 then warmed to 0.9°C at 00-00 and now down to -2.5°C
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And we are off and unning .More squid O3 data.
Cleaned filter and CCD taken flats - good grief thats likey to spoil things
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off to take some flats and stuff - Hope you are listening Rob
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Funnily enough I have just read your other post on the subject
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I am sure a revisit of all the showpeice objects will be an absolute delight for you and all those faint bits that were not visible befor ewill be yours.
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I am glad its all coming together. The views will be wonderful.
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I have data to process but cannot seem to get motivated to get on with it.
It cannot be the light nights as there is a couple of days worth of solar to do as well.
General Malaise has been and visited.
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More data on M82 tonight
Also grabbing some Jupiter avi's - hope they are better than last nights
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I gave up in the end mate, it didnt seem worth staying up til 2am just to grab half an hours worth of subs. Monday and Wednesday are looking clear too, and im off work til Thur so I'll leave it for another time. The subs I did get on Cygnus tonight were pants, they would have just damaged the project so I binned them.
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Mercury Transit 9th May 2016 Warning The sun is dangerous and any mistakes could lead to permanent blindness. The Geocentric Phase timings are 11-12 UT ingress(12-12 BST) 18-42 UT egress (19-42 BST) but your actual local timings will differ slightly. This website will provide additional information - http://eclipsewise.com/oh/tm2016.html Preparation is king from the making of filters to the planning of the path of the sun from your chosen location, a tree of building in the way can make for a frustrating day. The size of Mercury makes the use of eclipse glasses of no use so you will need some sort of telescope/binoculars to view the event. Anything involving the sun is dangerous if you do not take the usual precautions. The use of a proper filtration is of uppermost importance. The filters are available from all reputable astronomical vendors and can be Baader film to the use of a dedicated solar telescope. The making of a Baader film filter can be done as a Blue Peter DIY but please make sure that it cannot fall off and has no pinholes in it. The attached video explains the making of a suitable filter in more detail - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p014hpkh All finders must be also be filtered, securely capped off or removed. In no circumstances are the eyepiece filters to be used (usually sold on eBay) –they should be destroyed as a matter of course. Imaging Ha filters again are not to be used for solar viewing or imaging. If you are sharing the event please make sure that your visitors are aware of the precautions that must be taken with solar viewing.
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Sorry to say that my insurance contact has not got back to me as yet But £5 sounds a great deal to me BTW my £25 will be in the post when it starts again Steve
.. charl.