Moonshane

£23...that's brilliant!! Ok, I'm outta here... :)

LOL. I can see the benefits of fracs and why people like them, I just prefer newts and see no reason to change my view. I am easily confused and the left right reversal of fracs drives me mad.

I swap my eyes...this works for me :)

it does Jules but I have had to sell quite a bit of gear (mostly non-astro old moth stuff) to get to the £900 selling price!

ouch

Created a thread with pics

clear skies mate...can't wait for the first light report.

what new scope?

Don't worry Jules, it's not a frac! Believe it or not, another dob

:( working nights has cost me seeing ISON. maybe i will still get lovejoy but not holding my breath.

well done had ago but could not find it

Lovejoy is easily visible in my 7x36 bins. If you get clear sky, even with the moon it's very bright.

It's only for visual... Yeah I've heard that before. :)

Sounds like a great combo! We have definitely had more use from our solar gear than the night time astronomy over the last year.

No seriously i have (literally) no interest in imaging unless you count sketching :0)

Had my best EVER views of Jupiter last night using full aperture!

Jupiter is lovely when it's out. Mind you, so is the Moon, I'm really enjoying it in a way I never did with my Heritage.

as hinted at by Mike above, I use full aperture when possible on all three scopes. often with the 16" though the view is better masked off to 170mm. if I can use full aperture though I do. that certainly allows for more moons to be detected with e.g. Saturn. also the detail when the seeing pops is just staggering.

i use my frac for solar and its great Shane.just wondering,do you plan to PST mode it or its gonna be white solar??

Those fracs sure do work nice for solar :) The detail you can see in white light with a Herschel wedge is bonkers.

Nah just going to use it as a white light solar scope plus maybe doubles etc as a change from my 6" f11. it will mainly sit on the giro opposite the Lunt 50 when this arrives.

classic !

I don't get this one :-(

you'd have to watch the clip Rob. unfortunately, I cannot find a link

Too right! im so keen to get there

jammy gets. Here it's been strorms and rain for the past week and it won't let up till after the weekend. Anyway, usually around winter things calm down again.

I am sorry to say Rob, I am struggling to feel sorry for you :0)

Im about 25 miles north and its not looking good for you,sorry.

If you guys from the Peak Party are reading this I did a little asking and found tha the best clear skies for your guys will be around 4am this 'evening', that is Saturday early. Should be great to catch some of those winter joys. Hope you all have a great time.

Well Rob

you were absolutely spot on mate. best skies certainly (Friday) Saturday 2-6am with the best at around 4am

Good to hear you're on the mend! when you're fully recovered, these pesky clouds might have dispersed!!

get better soon shane! the sky can wait, go out slowly with bins while your getting better! :)

cheers guys. here's hoping things settle down soon, my brother in law is bringing his scope later this week (or maybe moving one of mine for me) I think if the weather looks any good for the asteroid pass.

nice one shane,clear skies mate

If it matches anything else that is conjured from the Moonshane laboratory, it is going to be amazing...

Fitted all bearings and a couple of coats of black stain. Just adding the clear top coats (x3) and it will be usable at last.

Nice one, Shane. I managed it a few weeks back but no more than a smudge. No detail as such.

Good stuff. What was your scope?

cheers guys :0)

It was with my 12" f4 dob. hoping it will be pretty nice from a dark site with the 16"

I knew you would end up with a TAL one day, just a shame you dont use it at night lol

100mm h-a is just bliss :D Must try and get a look through a Tal one day.

Great scope.