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  1. bish
    Seen it with a 10" (not my 250px), from a dark site with H beta and excellent transparency. It was on the limit for my eyes. Slight difference in contrast. I have seen the flame fairly easily with a UHC from a different site (not so dark) with my scope, but HH not a hint.
  2. bish
    Really impressive. Well done.
  3. bish
    I bought dew strips and a hair dryer after making the mistake of turning up to a star party without dew control.
  4. bish
    Sounds like good advice!
  5. bish
    I"ve been a bit lazy since the conjunction. Perhaps doubles should be my new targets. Even got a double star atlas (hardly used!).
  6. bish
    Wow. I saw the aurora when I was in Finland a couple of years ago. It wasn"t a strong display, but still worth standing on frozen lake at -20 for!
  7. bish
    Thanks for the heads up. Unfortunately I need to travel to get to a dark sky, so it's a no go. Back to lunar observing for me for a while!
  8. bish
    Great detail. I had a look at mars on Monday but the seeing was hopeless.
  9. bish
    Must admit I have never tried to split them. I rarely get excellent seeing so never attempt it. Good tip about Rigel and I will have to check out Beta Monoceritis.
  10. bish
    Welcome to SGL.
  11. bish
    My aim was to catch it so I could both in my 8mm ep. That is what I got on Sunday with a clear sky and good seeing, so I wasn't too worried about Monday. Got to take what you can.
  12. bish
    Great sketch. Far better than mine.
  13. bish
    Great image.
  14. bish
    I got a message about my clock being wrong.
  15. bish
    Yes it was a sight seeing both together. I was surprised to get such a good view at x187 considering how low they were. The next few nights are a no go for me, regardless of weather. Christmas Eve will be OK if the weather is good, and I get my chores done!
  16. bish
    My 8mm ep is around .32 degree fov. The planets separation was roughly half this (or a little over). I make it about 9 arc min separation last night.
  17. bish
    I wont be able to look tomorrow due to work, so it was a result for the sky to be clear for the whole time. It was total cloud an hour before setting up. Seeing was good too and had a nice view of the moon to for a warm up.
  18. bish
    Seeing not bad. Rings quite sharp. Belts and moons of Jupiter clear. Nice naked eye view of mars, the moon and jupiter/saturn lined on a diagonal.
  19. bish
    Seeing not bad. Rings quite sharp. Belts and moons of Jupiter clear.
  20. bish
    Scope set up. Clear at the moment. Nice view of both at x187 in the mak, from 16:30. Still clear too
  21. bish
    Working today and Monday. Pinning my hopes on to tomorrow. Will need to set up the mak in a public place, but will be able to hide behind the van (assuming its clear!)
  22. bish
    Great stuff. The closer they get together the worse the weather gets here. Clear in the day and as soon ad I leave work at 5pm clouded out. Clouded out for the geminids too. A bit like waiting all year for comet ISON.
  23. bish
    Nice to.hear somebody is getting some observing in.
  24. bish
    I had a Prinz 60mm in the 80's. It was a varipower, that magnified by x15, x30 and x75 if I remember correctly. Wish I had kept it now.
  25. bish
    Found an observing spot. Not private, but not by the side of the road. Will need to keep my kit in the van and go straight from work to just catch them before they sink behind houses. Don"t know why I am worrying about a plan when it will be cloudy!
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