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  1. Chrissyfbpe

    Hi Philip, I have a 300x eye piece and a barlow lense, what would you recommend for viewing Saturn?

    1. RT65CB-SWL

      RT65CB-SWL

      Ok! :thumbsup:

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  2. Chrissyfbpe

    Hi Philip, I have a 300x eye piece and a barlow lense, what would you recommend for viewing Saturn?

    1. RT65CB-SWL

      RT65CB-SWL

      No! just WhatsApp...

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  3. Chrissyfbpe

    Hi Philip, I have a 300x eye piece and a barlow lense, what would you recommend for viewing Saturn?

    1. RT65CB-SWL

      RT65CB-SWL

      I think it cost about £20.00GBP + p&p via AliExpress / Svbony Shop. Maybe a little dearer now as I have had it a few years.

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  4. Chrissyfbpe

    Hi Philip, I have a 300x eye piece and a barlow lense, what would you recommend for viewing Saturn?

    1. RT65CB-SWL

      RT65CB-SWL

      UWA = ultra wide angle

      LER = long eye relief 

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  5. Chrissyfbpe

    Hi Philip, I have a 300x eye piece and a barlow lense, what would you recommend for viewing Saturn?

    1. RT65CB-SWL

      RT65CB-SWL

      39615386_6mmLERredline(small).jpg.985cc417bc28e1a48f9c2b22de93c146.jpg

      You could try one of these without the Barlow lens... It's an Svbony 6mm UWA 68° / LER

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  6. Chrissyfbpe

    Hi Philip, I have a 300x eye piece and a barlow lense, what would you recommend for viewing Saturn?

    1. RT65CB-SWL

      RT65CB-SWL

      Good morning Chrissy.

      What eyepiece in mm are you using?

      300x is way to much... 180-200x is about as good as it gets from GB/UK 🇬🇧

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  7. xtreemchaos

    I would like to wish everybody A Very Merry Christmas and good New Year. clear Skys.

    1. RT65CB-SWL

      RT65CB-SWL

      You too @xtreemchaos/Charl. 🎄🥳

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  8. Emlyn

    Hi all,

    Nee astronomer just starting out here. If you observe in the Reading area feel free to contact me as I know no one 🙂

    Have a Skywatcher 150mm and Celesteron 6e and would appreciate experienced help as I am very new to this.

    1. RT65CB-SWL

      RT65CB-SWL

      Hi @Emlyn and welcome to SGL. :hello2:

      I am a member of Reading Astronomical Society... 
      https://readingastro.org.uk/

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  9. RT65CB-SWL

    Another alt-az mount incoming... Thank you @heliumstar

     

    1. RT65CB-SWL

      RT65CB-SWL

      ...and delivered via courier!

      A 'belated' 59th birthday (it was yesterday) prezzie 🎁 to myself. 

  10. Stu1smartcookie

    Good afternoon , everyone ... 

    I am a little ashamed to say this but the last time i used my Telescopes was 19th October , 2019 ... so , over 5 months later i dusted off my Z61 . 

    Last night i viewed the plaides and of course the orion neb ... hey ! it was my first time in 6 months after all ! 

    Although the z61 is a little small for good planetary visual i couldn't help but have a quick look at venus . There was one problem , when looking at the planet it was so bright that i had what looked like a  diffraction spike going from one side to the other ... Question , would that be caused by the planets brightness ( all the other stars that i looked at last night  were pin sharp) or do you think there is a problem with the lens?

     

    1. RT65CB-SWL

      RT65CB-SWL

      You are not alone!

      I can't remember the last time my 'scopes came out. I think it was about the same time, (exept for my local astro-soc open day on 29th February ...and that was during daylight hours).

      To answer your question, it maybe an internal reflection. You could try a variable polarising filter. I have/use this type...

      5addf27ccac70_variablemoonfilter.jpg.e490ce031fc7badb2a139b6d8384c995.jpg1_25filter.jpg.7ec846496e5cb1023cb990df9a7099a4.jpg

      Stay safe! 😷

  11. Piero

    Just passed the Life in the UK test! Yuppieee!

    1. RT65CB-SWL

      RT65CB-SWL

      Congratulations Piero. :hello2:

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  12. RT65CB-SWL

    new LED streetlights along the main road being installed from today... to replace the sodium streetlights.

    1. RT65CB-SWL

      RT65CB-SWL

      Just popped outside to see what difference they have made. It seems a odd seeing a white glow and not an orange glow... the sky looks a bit darker too!... oh! that's the clouds. :clouds1:

      ...Damn it! I was hoping to have a Moon and Neptune observing session too with my 're-modded' ETX105. :crybaby2:

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  13. Phil Fargaze

    By the time this cloud clears the Sun will be a Red Giant, Betelgeuse would have gone supernova and the Andromeda galaxy will be twice as close.

    1. RT65CB-SWL

      RT65CB-SWL

      ...or we will have missed it because of fog!

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  14. michael.h.f.wilkinson

    Our youngest (11) cooked today, and he ate 4 plates of mussels. Very proud dad

    1. RT65CB-SWL

      RT65CB-SWL

      Should have been...

      "...Buying bread from a man in Brussels

      He was six foot-four and full of mussels." - damn auto spelling.

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  15. michael.h.f.wilkinson

    Our youngest (11) cooked today, and he ate 4 plates of mussels. Very proud dad

    1. RT65CB-SWL

      RT65CB-SWL

      'Down Under' - Men at Work - "...Buying bread from a man in Brussels

      He was six foot-four and full of muscles." - 'Down Under' - Men at Work

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  16. hobsey

    Oh look, showing perfectly clear for all friday night and guess what? You got it, a full moon.

    1. RT65CB-SWL

      RT65CB-SWL

      Aha! Then it's the full Moon that 'burns off' fog and clouds and not the Sun.

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  17. O-RICH

    LMAO! check out this rubbish: http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/520672/Winter-weather-2014-UK-forecast-cold-snow-November

    1. RT65CB-SWL

      RT65CB-SWL

      Daily Express v Daily Mail - no contest!

      No FT. No comment!

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  18. stevend

    Clear night on Halloween ?

    1. RT65CB-SWL

      RT65CB-SWL

      Not where I am. Damn fireworks going "whee", "whizz", "whoop", "bang" etc.

  19. Fozzie

    Hot chocolate with a week dram of whiskey, keep the cold out while I'm hunting globs... It medicinal don't you know!

    1. RT65CB-SWL

      RT65CB-SWL

      That's the spirit!

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  20. michael.h.f.wilkinson

    Twelve jars of quince jelly cooling in the kitchen

    1. RT65CB-SWL

      RT65CB-SWL

      I remember my late grandmother making quince jelly. I can not remember what quinces are!

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  21. stevend

    Drink of the day - coffee.

    1. RT65CB-SWL

      RT65CB-SWL

      Tea (Earl Grey) for me!

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  22. Mukv

    chillin with pink floyd !

    1. RT65CB-SWL

      RT65CB-SWL

      "Astronomy Domine" or "Interteller Overdrive"

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  23. RT65CB-SWL

    Powerful vacuum cleaner ban... It sucks!

    1. RT65CB-SWL

      RT65CB-SWL

      I just read that it could extend to hair dryers... That will be a blow!

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  24. emadmoussa

    I've just lost 5 of my relatives in airstrike. The dad, the mum, the dad's sister and her two little children...

    1. RT65CB-SWL

      RT65CB-SWL

      Sorry to hear of your loss. My deepest condolences and thoughts are with you.

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  25. emadmoussa

    One week in the new house and the boiler breaks down..oh Joy!!

    1. RT65CB-SWL

      RT65CB-SWL

      That is all you need after all the bad luck you have been having this year. At least it is not the middle of winter in the northern hemisphere.

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