kev

On 14/09/2020 at 10:53, DaveS said:

Not sure I could afford even *one* VLT. MY "VLT" is an ODK12.

Get Gina to make one! lol

Can i just say i love the images here and i really live the help that everyone gives each other.  its so.. nice.  

Nicely done!

Forgive a dumb reply but you have got the usb-com cable plugged in? fdti com ports only show up when the cable us plugged in. Its caught out a couple of my work colleagues.   

Hi. Ive got exactly that. a vixen super polaris with a sp102m ie 4 inch acro. its still my goto scope. Its now c40 years old (ex Luton) and i love it.  as folk have sid its = to a eq5 roughly. in fact i obtained a skywatcher 8” f5 ota and mount that on the super polaris when i want to do planetary.   For visual and short run webcam imaging its just about adequate.  

Wide field camera pics i take by mounting the camera on the other end of the dec axis.  Not great but just about passable for short exposures if aligned exactly.  

All the best for your endeavours!

Kev

That image is REALLY nice!

nice image Pete. ive got the first decent sky here for ages.. and late tonight that storm is supposed to come.  

i LOVE the detail in those images!

On 27/07/2020 at 22:24, astro_al said:

Thanks @JeremyS

Top one is the FS-152. 

Errr. Can i drool? 

Just where Neowise would be right now..

Really bright noccy cloud

i feel like gods playing a joke on me

Nice pics. im going t have t get out onto the moor to get pics.  its so low down and the hedges are growing.  

great pics

i finally saw it last night 😊.  after a week of cloud n rain it cleared low down enough to see it at midnight!  A classic cometary beauty.  ( in scarbrorough uk)

Thats nice!

great shot

scarbro ( yorkshire uk).   it doesnt. always blue kn horizon at this time of year.  its a major difference from being in letchworth (herts,uk)

it doesnt go dark here in scarborough at the moment.  

welcome from scarborough

Looks interesting to me!  

given its low altitude thats not bad. unfortunately fir meits right through our conifers. 

2 minutes ago, paulastro said:

That's fantastic Kev, 41 years and still going strong.  Well done!! 

Not you of course Kev, the mount I mean! 🤣

me buying then guves it away that im even older.  it was my 20th birthday present to myself.   

Vixen SP102m with a Solarscope 50, on the original SP with electric motors.  Bought it 41 years ago.   Love it. 

Cheers. Where it was i couldnt use the newt, much as i would have liked to, which would have helped the chromatic abb. 

wow.  well done

Bit late but had to rebiuld the laptop!

Cannon 450D Vixen 102M

This thread is really a) worrying but b) hilarious!