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I'm expecting to see some nice solar work today chaps... Looks like a belting morning out there! 

I'm expecting to see some nice solar work today chaps... Looks like a belting morning out there! 

I'm expecting to see some nice solar work today chaps... Looks like a belting morning out there! 

wow are we up for some goodys tonight, just been looking at Mars with the big binos in daylight and its steady as a rock being holded in place with superglue  hope its a omen for later. goodluck and seeing.  charl.

Woohoo! Get to check out a 80ed DS-Pro 'frac tomorrow at a great price. Nice birthday gift to oneself methinks! Hehe!  

I say this camera can rattle of some frames in burst mode... How I ended up with nearly 200 in that space of time I'll never know... Time to see what I've got!?

I say this camera can rattle of some frames in burst mode... How I ended up with nearly 200 in that space of time I'll never know... Time to see what I've got!?

I say this camera can rattle of some frames in burst mode... How I ended up with nearly 200 in that space of time I'll never know... Time to see what I've got!?

stunning clear skys here in south wales, hope it lasts, but its darn cold as well, winter rig working well, just been getting 2min subs unguided. "were cooking with gas". hope you all have some clear .  charl.

Ordered up some parfocal rings for my EP's. Hoping they make viewing much easier when switching EPs and having to refocus. Fingers crossed!  

out testing the 25x100 binos at the moment, got some nice clear sky what wasnt forcast, started with the Pleiades, lovely pinpoint stars with a whitish dusty glow, loades of background stars, next down and to the left to the head of bull, ive the whole of the triangly stars in my fov, Aldebran looking a nice orange colour, Ain, cleeia ,Hyadum 1 and 2 looking sharp, the group of Tau just visable and guess what, clouds stopped play....

Oh the agony!, Oh the pain!, when is this cloud going to end ? ive got cob webs on me scope  charl.

Oh the agony!, Oh the pain!, when is this cloud going to end ? ive got cob webs on me scope  charl.

set up waiting for the moon to come from behind some cloud, scanning the sky with the binos , spyed the Pleiades just rising above the horizon, if I don't see anything else tonight ill be happy, what a fantastic sight, the seeing looks to be good... charl.

set up waiting for the moon to come from behind some cloud, scanning the sky with the binos , spyed the Pleiades just rising above the horizon, if I don't see anything else tonight ill be happy, what a fantastic sight, the seeing looks to be good... charl.

lovely and clear outside tonight, bit more wildfield,i mean widefield for me ,hope ya all have clear skys. charl.

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

Ooooh ,nice and clear here in south wales tonight, i think a bit of adventure into widefield is on the cards. hope those darn pesky clouds keep away. hope you all have clear skys.  charl.

Ooooh ,nice and clear here in south wales tonight, i think a bit of adventure into widefield is on the cards. hope those darn pesky clouds keep away. hope you all have clear skys.  charl.

Ooooh ,nice and clear here in south wales tonight, i think a bit of adventure into widefield is on the cards. hope those darn pesky clouds keep away. hope you all have clear skys.  charl.

Hoping for more clear skies tonight, but looks like it might be 50/50 either way!

I just wanted to ask you a quick question about wavelets on registax. When I do manage to sharpen an image of the moon, it has a white circle around it. Do you know anything about this? It is quite faint but it's still noticeable. Thanks, Seb

My new Altair Astro 102mm f11 frac arrived back home today after going back for the new focuser refit. So now I just need those clear skies to test it out tonight on Saturn & Mars!  

DHL managed to destroy the focuser on my new scope. Obviously been playing rugby with the damn thing. Hope it doesn't take too long for the supplier to get a new one sent out. Grrrrrr.......????

hi Andrew, any chance of posting OO omc mate, id be happy to pay all the costs. charl