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  1. British weather sucks! It's official! ;) 

    1. goose35

      goose35

      i have managed 2 outings since October. the few clear nights there have been have fell at inconvenient times due to shift work ect.

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  2. guiding from house pc using remote desktop

    1. goose35

      goose35

      Snow stopped play. Emergency pack up. Got 2 hrs of data though. Running cal frames in the cold side porch

  3. Well ive built my dew controller box and a few straps. Need a cloudless dewy night to test it :)

    1. goose35

      goose35

      I've made one for St 80 and 130eq. Plus one focuser. I plan to make another focuser to used any or all on a guided setup. I'll post later some images

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  4. Enough of the cloud already! Been out just once in the last month.

  5. cold and damp with a near full moon. But its clear now so im out there

    1. goose35

      goose35

      PHD is being evil

  6. Has Clear Outside completely lost it's mind recently?! Current cloud cover prediction = 0%. Actual cloud cover = 100%...

    1. goose35

      goose35

      been same for me but atlast its got it right for a change tonight

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  7. Wow, AR12422 is still spitting fire as it heads around the limb. Shame the seeing is so poor.

    1. goose35

      goose35

      Been watching that in white light from last wednesday. Been a fair bit of activity. Dont do the sun much but it been great this week

  8. First light... bit of a dodgy sky though.

    1. goose35

      goose35

      I did a bit of processing on the 10 min sub a small area of the crescent nebula appeared so was pleasedish for my first nebula

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  9. First light... bit of a dodgy sky though.

    1. goose35

      goose35

      I've packed up after one 10 min tester sub and a 5 minuit tester on a new target. Due to cloud

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  10. 48 hr of zero cloud my clear outside app says. FLO you need to change your weather provider its like pea soup out ther

  11. Raining for 3 days non-stop! I need clear skies !!!

    1. goose35

      goose35

      48 hrs of zero cloud my clear outside app from FLO says. No chance

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  12. trying my old praktica and helios lenses for some wide shots on the 1100d. Lots og CA on the 24mm, try the 135 next all on cygnus

    1. goose35

      goose35

      all 40/40 frames stacking unlike last nights effort of 2/40

  13. Tomorrow I say goodbye to my olympus kit and hello to my new canon kit. great camera but not for astro

  14. Tomorrow I say goodbye to my olympus kit and hello to my new canon kit. great camera but not for astro

  15. guiding tonight. trying the soul nebula with my unmoderated e510 see what comes out.

    1. goose35

      goose35

      Got an hour on the soul nebula. Trying the bubble nebula now going for 2 hours on this one then call it a nite

  16. Well i've stripped the dec down for a cleanup and re-grease to try and get the backlash out

    1. goose35

      goose35

      Dec Backlash gone, R/A gone funny now but think i may have over tightened or not properly meshed the motor/worm gears

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  17. Well i've stripped the dec down for a cleanup and re-grease to try and get the backlash out

    1. goose35

      goose35

      All done, feels better but proof is in the pudding wether permitting

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  18. Well first light with the asi120mm-s as a guide cam. fantastic kit. Running M52 as we speak.

    1. goose35

      goose35

      clouds :(

      Got an hours guiding in tho running some calibrations frames now then ill stack

  19. Guiding tonite!

    1. goose35

      goose35

      Ditto. first light with the asi120mm-s. and first proper guiding going well i think

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  20. Currently struggling to keep my tiny wallet shut :l

    1. goose35

      goose35

      A wallet is just a middle man, i send my notes direct :)

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  21. all clear here in wolves. booked tomorrow off :)

    1. goose35

      goose35

      Getting some results now. Still need some refinement in framing and focusing. A coma correcter will be handy too. on order

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  22. all clear here in wolves. booked tomorrow off :)

    1. goose35

      goose35

      doing an image run but missed one ot the trio of M31, M31 & M110. Not sure which though yet

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  23. hmmm clouds have gone and im on morning shift. Do i go for it or not

    1. goose35

      goose35

      had an hour with the new 150 p and EQ 3 mount and saw the ring nebula. Super scope and decent mount.

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  24. For a week in a row... blue skies all day but cloudy at night?

    1. goose35

      goose35

      done the solar filters clouds 24/7 so far this week lol

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