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Pete Presland

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  1. Good to be up and about, posting again after my recent hernia op! 

    Still a bit sore, hoping to use the next week "recovering" to test my new tilt adapter with the asi290mm

    1. orion25

      orion25

      Welcome, back, Pete! Take it easy, buddy ;) 

      Reggie

    2. bottletopburly

      bottletopburly

      Easy does it Pete thought you’d been quiet 🤫 👍

    3. David Smith

      David Smith

      Speedy recovery Pete

  2. wow what a change in the weather!

    1. Uranium235

      Uranium235

      Yep, next couple of days are looking quite astro friendly! Even the Moon is doing us a favour and staying low.

  3. Liking the new forum look!

  4. Happy new year everyone!

    1. orion25

      orion25

      Happy new year, my friend!

    2. xtreemchaos

      xtreemchaos

      happy, clear, new year mate.

    3. bottletopburly

      bottletopburly

      have a good one pete

  5. Merry Christmas to all, hopefully some clear skies during the break!

    1. orion25

      orion25

      Thank you, and same to you, my friend!

  6. everything ready for tomorrows 3am planetary session, followed by some solar imaging!

    1. Drop Of Sun

      Drop Of Sun

      Good luck, Pete! I am hoping for some solar if the clouds keep away long enough!

  7. colder weather on its way, about time!

    1. David Smith

      David Smith

      Unfortunately that means my better half will insist on having the heating on in our house. Best break out the shorts and T shirts again then.

  8. well the noctilucent clouds are long, roll on winter!

  9. Solar imaging all the way till August i think, apart from those noctilucent clouds

    1. David Smith

      David Smith

      That's the spirit. Look forward to seeing your images. Just hope the weather plays nice!

    2. Luke

      Luke

      What can possibly stop us, apart from wind, cloud, awful seeing, illness, ... Hehe looking forward to your images Pete, good luck for a decent solar season :)

    3. Pete Presland

      Pete Presland

      those noctilucent clouds really are something to behold if you get a chance to see them.

  10. well its nearly here, please let the weather be kind for once!

  11. great to see SGL usings its profile to warn about eclipse safety.

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    2. Ant

      Ant

      Got to do your bit for safety haven't you? :)

    3. Pete Presland

      Pete Presland

      yes deffo, can you do something about the cloud gods as well? :-)

    4. Ant

      Ant

      I'll give it a go fella. No promises though :)

  12. jupiter transit well under way and its clear!

    1. orion25

      orion25

      You are so lucky! It was cloudy and rainy where I am during the transits. Did you get any images?

    2. Pete Presland

      Pete Presland

      i did not too bad early on pretty horrid by the end though

  13. happy new year to everyone!

  14. merry christmas to everyone

  15. done the improvements to the obsy roof just in time, raining again!

    1. Luke

      Luke

      Good timing :)

    2. Pete Presland

      Pete Presland

      lucky it wasnt suposed to rain untill the evening

    3. Knight of Clear Skies

      Knight of Clear Skies

      Glad you got it sorted in time.

  16. witnessed the green flash this morning, what an amazing sight!

    1. JB80

      JB80

      Excellent, still not convinced I have caught it.

    2. tingting44
    3. JB80

      JB80

      The green flash that is sometimes associated with a rising or setting sun. It makes a lovely bright green flash.

  17. what a week, no internet! laptop has died! back online now and this years astro-images to try and recover from the old hard drive

    1. Knight of Clear Skies

      Knight of Clear Skies

      Sorry to hear that, good luck with recovering the files.

    2. Pete Presland

      Pete Presland

      bought a SATA USB adapter, it allows you to acces your old hard drive like its an external hard drive so hopefully should be ok.

  18. looks like solar imaging is to be taking a back seat for a while

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    2. Pete Presland

      Pete Presland

      weather, dark early. mind you got some in today!

    3. Pete Presland

      Pete Presland

      weather, dark early. mind you got some in today!

    4. David Smith

      David Smith

      Yeh, gets tricky this time of year. I may need to "work from home" more often :-/

  19. 1st Jupiter images of the season this morning

    1. bottletopburly

      bottletopburly

      Can't see them pete

  20. Jupiter is quite high now in the mornings!

    1. ghostdance

      ghostdance

      I know, I keep telling him to just say 'NO!' Will he listen? Tsk.....

      (Looking good tho innit? )

  21. YES! its proper clear tonight!

    1. David Smith

      David Smith

      Looked clear here last night but as soon as I got the scope out the haze came down.

  22. so much for the aurora?

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    2. Pete Presland

      Pete Presland

      i did exactly the same, my images confirm this!

    3. Ant

      Ant

      It's also a possibility for tonight (and might even be clear).

      Last night Aurora was seen well into Norfolk (according to bbc this morning).

    4. Pete Presland

      Pete Presland

      i did see a image of aurora off the norfolk coast

  23. just pulled the plug on a Hotech collimator !

  24. cmon clouds go away, new AR regions to see?

    1. Luke

      Luke

      They took there time to shift our way, Pete! And then there was a strip that was just over the Sun for a while! Hope you got a decent session in.

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