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I used to live in a flat. It did have a small balcony that I could just fit my 150p on. I had a street light about the same level and a letter box view of the sky so I had to wait for things to come into view. I had the scope out every clear night until the early hours. I now have a garden shielded from any street lights and fairly secluded by trees. The only thing is my flat was 2 miles up the road on a hill. My new place is in a dip and the sky is always murky, where as the flat was above most of the murk. Swings and roundabouts, but I did spend more time on the balcony. Bish

Kielder is very dark. If it"s clear I will use the UHC on the flame neb and have a go at the HH while I am in the area.

Nice shots.

Thanks for your replies. I suspected that might be the case. @waddensky , great link!

Hello all, I am hopefully going to Kielder this year. I have seen the Horse head in a 10" with H-Beta from there, but not my kit. As much as I would like to try with my 250px, I am not sure about how useful a £90 H-Beta would be other than occasional dark sky trips just for the HH. My Oiii works a treat on the veil from a very light polluted back garden, and UHC also comes in handy. I think the H-Beta may be too limited to justify the money. What are your thoughts? Thanks

Thanks for the heads up.

I spend a lot of my time looking at fuzzy blobs!🤣

Looked fairly bright last night in my 9x63 bins. Not naked eye though.

Must be fairly bright still. It was easy to spot with my 9x63 bins even with a thin cloud layer. Being close to a distinctive group of stars helped to find it quickly. Too low for the scope, I had to look out the bedroom window.

It"s a great programme.

Sick of supermoons!

Tempting grab n go for spur of the moment drives to somewhere darker.

That"s a lot of miles you"ve covered.🤣

I wanted a Tasco as a kid. My old 60mm frac only went up to x75, but the Tasco in the Catalogue (probably Kays) went up to x525. I had a few old library books and could only find the bright planets, so spent a lot of time looking at the moon. I was still amazed by the craters every time I looked!

Looked nice in 9x63 bins

Thanks for the heads up. It will be a nice break from digging the garden today!

No I haven"t Stu, sounds good, I will have a look. Cheers.

Thanks Stu. It would mainly get used at home, which is very light polluted. Another vote for the 24mm.

Thanks Paul, That may be the better option then. I hadn"t thought about it because I have the 68 degree 24mm. Could always sell the 68 degree if get on better with 82 degree

Hi all, I am thinking about a ES 30mm ep. The exit pupil would be about 6.3, do you think it might be wasted in 50 year old eyes? Thanks

I failed again last night, but it was quite misty out. Just to see how bad it was I had a quick look at M51 and was it barely visible in my 10" dob. Seemed the conditions weren't good enough. Another try tonight!! Just glad to get Panstarrs before the skies cloud over again.

Was supposed to be clear for me last night but a thin layer of cloud meant comets were a no go. Although I did try for an hour!

Panstarrs seemed bigger to me last night, but that could have been the conditions. Still no luck with Atlas despite Heavens above listing it as mag 8.

PC is as good for me in my garden.

I was the wrong end of the small triangle😟