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guess what "what" clear forecast for tomorrow here is South Wales, dare i believe them ? i hoping. hope you all have clear. charl.

guess what "what" clear forecast for tomorrow here is South Wales, dare i believe them ? i hoping. hope you all have clear. charl.

Split the double double, M44, M3, M97, M51, Saturn and now... bed! 

Some nice views of Jupiter tonight.

the full moons looking very nice tonight 99.9 % at the mo, get a look if you can its too good to miss.  clear skys all. charl.

Yeah! Managed to bag Vesta tonight. Was easier than I thought to spot with the surrounding stars and was the brightest in the EP too, so well chuffed!  

Yeah! Managed to bag Vesta tonight. Was easier than I thought to spot with the surrounding stars and was the brightest in the EP too, so well chuffed!  

Managed to bag Venus just before I went behind houses, and Mercury too for the first time for ages. Pushed the mag a little, but could see the phase of Mercury very easily. Had a quick peek at Mars too!  

Hopefully looking good for a few hours cloud free tonight. A quick bite to eat and I'll be straight out! ?

Yippee!, I know own the Quark, today is a day of Days....

Woo hoo! Forecast is for clear skies tonight. Fingers crossed! I'm getting excited already! Hehe!  

Photographed my first proper star the other night. I couldn't get my kit setup for nebulae in time and it was nearing 1 am. Capella from the constellation Auriga. 

It was also my first time using dark frames and it really did a great job removing the hot and cold pixels from my overall image.

I also am aware i was getting some star travel. I am not using autoguiding but instead the HEQ5's auto slewing.

Still from the amount of time I had to do this, I'm pretty proud of it at least. Learnt a lot and getting much more comfortable with my scope!

Clear skies appear to be so rare since I've gotten back into astronomy. Must be a curse of 2017 me thinks!

Pesky, out.

"On a clear night one can see forever!"

Hope every one has a great chrismas and new year 

I just read an article in Universe Today on the launch of a satellite carrying USAF such & so. Lot's of photos by Ken Kramer(sic). And saying: "Delta IV rocket streaks to orbit after blastoff at 6:53 p.m EDT on Dec. 16, 2016 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fl,..." and similar. All stating this HAD happened on Dec. 16th, 2016! Repeatedly - HAD happened Dec. 16th! I can see making A mistake - but this was nothing BUT mistakes! What's today's date, anyone?

Visited the Berlin Zeiss Planetarium on Sunday. Recent renovation and new projection kit when coupled with a 25 metre diameter dome provides a stunning visual experience. Just as well as my understanding of the German language is zero and the presentation was in German without translation. Would recommend this 8 Euro ticket for a fifty minute show as serious value for money particularly if you are fluent in German. Nice health food cafe almost opposite that does great coffee and a proper cheesecake. Nice! 

Visited the Berlin Zeiss Planetarium on Sunday. Recent renovation and new projection kit when coupled with a 25 metre diameter dome provides a stunning visual experience. Just as well as my understanding of the German language is zero and the presentation was in German without translation. Would recommend this 8 Euro ticket for a fifty minute show as serious value for money particularly if you are fluent in German. Nice health food cafe almost opposite that does great coffee and a proper cheesecake. Nice! 

Nice bright aurora over Lerwick. Cliff cam One on Shetland.org worth a look at the moment.

Sky wasn't great, but still managed to see Neptune pretty well by pushing the magnification up to 214x with the Powermate.  

The moon just occulted Aldebaran!

Even though the skies were cruddy, I just managed to bag the blue snowball planetary nebula! Happy bunny!  

just bagged my first dso with the 20", had to be the ring

mirror is fitted and cell is perfect

mirror is ready to collect

hope to be collecting my 20" mirror set at 10 o,clock ish today 30/8/16