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C90 is a good shout. I really liked mine. Pair it with a SW AZ-GTI and then a decent tripod and you can then start to use it across terrestrial and astronomical objects. You are probably still under budget as well, so maybe even a decent red-dot finder and second-hand camera body / good eyepiece depending on preference.

Great set of images. M45 widefield and the Galaxy cluster are my favourites.

... or if you don't have any of the above, wrap some rubber bands around it for a bit more purchase. Careful not to use too much force in gripping as you don't want to damage the circular integrity of the reducer, that the beauty of a strap wrench. One adapter that had me beat in terms of mechanical force, freed itself up by being in the kitchen with the gentle warming and cooling of the room. Took a few days though !!

Would these equate to the old SW Equinox 66 and SW Equinox 80 ?? or were they triplets ?? @FLO I think there may be a typo on the 80mm Webpage as it says the FL= 400mm and I think it should be 500mm.

That's a good bit of Earthshine. Was marvelling at this walking into work at 7:00am.

Welcome to SGL. A nice range of equipment to get you going and a lovely shot of M-42. The skies under the French Alpes are fantastic. Looking forward to any panoramic mountain star-shots you might post. Sean.

I'll go for a late entry here. Hot off the press, fresh out of the sea. The Hubble Crab Celestron 8HD with Atik 414ex Mono. SHO with two hours on each channel. ( 5min subs). Eq6 with Evo50 guider + Lodestar mono. Taken Sunday night 28th Nov. 2021.

Space themed bar ...... Mine's a double !!

Sorry to hear this Vlaiv. Before going to the nuclear option and digging it out, can you identify any cracks that are creating the movement ? If so, think about injecting some concrete resin whilst the top half of the pier is plumb vertical. It is very strong stuff and may (fingers crossed) lock-in the whole arrangement to the correct and intended position.

Yes. But it does cover a range of optical set-ups, and I imagine it uses a similar technique on all of them. Looking at the 'best' available or 'recommended choice' for certain designs ie. RCT !!!! , then the cost starts to build. Howie -Glatter anyone ??

Do not how suitable this is, but it looks interesting, you can apparently collimate several type of optics configurations ( Newt, SCT, Mak-cass)... and you do not need a clear night or artificial star. https://www.firstlightoptics.com/other-collimation-tools/ocal-electronic-collimator-pro.html

I'm sure the full Moon repels water vapour to lower atmospheric levels where it is absorbed. Less cloud on a full Moon.... simples. As I have said before, you see more full Moons than you do New Moons... and that's a fact.

Well, we are all observers, spotters and checkers of one type or another..... time for this...

Is it evidence of DARK MATTER surrounding the Andromeda galaxy ??

I imaged with my Samyang 135 (F2) on an Atik 414ex at Oiii for 4 hours and did not get a tentacle, so this is great.

I was going to say.. " Good luck splitting those doubles low down on the horizon"........ but, looking at the dome interior , is that gantry designed for low altitude targets ?? Anyway, reckon you will get away with 3 x AA alkalines ??

I find the BBC news forecast (on the website) with the latest stab at the overnight situation is not too bad. You get a feel for general pattern and it tends to be the timing that is out. https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather Add to this the localised met office forecast. https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/forecast/gcwghuyms#?date=2021-11-07 ( oh it's clear tonight up't North 😀 ) but I have found that this might be computed on regional grid square system ( maybe 40Km or so ?? ), because if you are sat on a weather boundary line then you can quite easily be totally out with your own forecast, but somebody just to the East is lovin' it !! This one swings both ways to be fair. Here in Harrogate we are in the shadow of the Pennines and find that we have surprisingly unexpected clear periods when rain and cloud is predicted for Lancs and the hills. The final one I find very useful is this, https://www.netweather.tv/live-weather/radar It actually shows you where the rain is ( within 10mins ). A scope under cloud is one thing, but all that gear under a rogue shower is another thing entirely !! Sean.

Maybe the Pac-man .... NGC281 ???

No probs. I'm now trying to figure out what object you were imaging ??

Could be a satellite flare. This is where a panel on an artificial satellite catches the Sun as the satellite rotates. It looks a bit too symmetrical for a meteor.

Wonderful. I was in a freezing quarry for four hours on Saturday ( the big CME !!) ...... nothing really to report. Last night, I went to bed at 9pm ...... typical !!!!

That middle photo was worth it alone. You tend to see either fantastically detailed close ups of Jupiter ( c/o C14 SCTs ) or wide field over-exposed shots of the Galilean Moon system alongside a washed out Jupiter. but... you do not see very often is a suitably detailed Jupiter with any of the moons in attendance. Nice work.

Right in the Horse's eye !!!!

My local garage has free petrol tomorrow... that what the sign says.....

Glad to see somebody saw something last night. It looked like a 'perfect storm' in terms of the event, the weather , the Moon and it was a week-end, and the clocks went back !! Not much to see here in North Yorkshire.