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  1. Pete Presland

    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 :)

  2. Pete Presland
    Loving the images in this thread great evidence of whats possible without tracking/guiding, well done to everybody who has contributed.
  3. Pete Presland

    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

  4. Pete Presland
    Hi welcome to SGL from Pete in Bedfordshire
  5. Pete Presland

    happy new year to everyone!

  6. Pete Presland

    merry christmas to everyone

  7. Pete Presland

    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.

  8. Pete Presland

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

    1. JB80

      JB80

      Excellent, still not convinced I have caught it.

    2. tingting44

      tingting44

      huh?

    3. JB80

      JB80

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

  9. Pete Presland

    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.

  10. Pete Presland

    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 :-/

  11. Pete Presland

    1st Jupiter images of the season this morning

    1. bottletopburly

      bottletopburly

      Can't see them pete

  12. Pete Presland

    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? )

  13. Pete Presland
    more info needed about your capture settings. are you using the full 1280x960 format or ROI format, what exposure time?
  14. Pete Presland
    its been a while since i used firecapture, but i think the USB traffic setting has been there for a while, it is certainly on my older version. i normally have mine set around 55-60% high enough to allow a good frame rate, not too high to start dropping frames. 13 fps is pretty slow, what are you imaging?
  15. Pete Presland

    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.

  16. Pete Presland

    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

  17. Pete Presland

    just pulled the plug on a Hotech collimator !

  18. Pete Presland

    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.

  19. Pete Presland

    the morning eastern horizon is pretty special at the moment!

  20. Pete Presland
    what a great resource, well done to all involved!
  21. Pete Presland

    clear skies and a last crack at Jupiter, Mars, Saturn

  22. Pete Presland

    conditions tonight are the best of the year!

  23. Pete Presland

    the seeing really is pretty at poor at the moment!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    1. David Smith

      David Smith

      I was out last night, seeing was shocking here too. Gave up in the end.

    2. JessicaFaye

      JessicaFaye

      I went out last night around half ten... clouds started to roll in, seeing bad and then the scope dewed up! Really successful night :D

  24. Pete Presland

    Mars i am coming to get you!

    1. Scifigirl

      Scifigirl

      Here here !

  25. Pete Presland

    looks like clear skies for the Mars opposition

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