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Today Suffolk County Council swapped an all new LED lamp for the old high pressure sodium lamp outside our house. Looks very bright but luckily our house is in between the lamp and our backyard from which I stargaze. Let's hope in my lifetime, the Council continues to turn the street lights off at midnight. I will let you know how I and the new lamp get on!
George from Lumenstoft.
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They have been changing them in Lowestoft the last six months George, they have erected a number of new ones in place of the old on the road. What I did notice over the Christmas period come midnight they switched the sodiums off but left the LEDs on, at the moment it is back to normal midnight switch off of all light on minor roads. I have a sodium light at the end of my garden and when I asked the council if they could shade it they done it within 24 hours, that was six year ago and the shade is still there, am happy as I am reopening the garden observatory
Jim
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Can anyone help with the slewing area required for the Celestron CGX 1100 Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph I have a telescope working area of 1.2mtrs depth x 1.7mtrs width which my Celestron SE8 is currently set up in in my observatory but wanting to upgrade to the RASA 11. I have tried for days searching the internet for the overall area required.
I know the width of 1.7mtrs will not be a problem but desperate to find out if the 1.2mtr depth will be sufficient to operate comfortably before I invest in a new set up!
Cheers
Mick
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Can anyone help with the slewing area required for the Celestron CGX 1100 Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph I have a telescope working area of 1.2mtrs depth x 1.7mtrs width which my Celestron SE8 is currently set up in in my observatory but wanting to upgrade to the RASA 11. I have tried for days searching the internet for the overall area required.
I know the width of 1.7mtrs will not be a problem but desperate to find out if the 1.2mtr depth will be sufficient to operate comfortably before I invest in a new set up!
Cheers
Mick
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Can anyone help with the slewing area required for the Celestron CGX 1100 Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph I have a telescope working area of 1.2mtrs depth x 1.7mtrs width which my Celestron SE8 is currently set up in in my observatory but wanting to upgrade to the RASA 11. I have tried for days searching the internet for the overall area required.
I know the width of 1.7mtrs will not be a problem but desperate to find out if the 1.2mtr depth will be sufficient to operate comfortably before I invest in a new set up!
Cheers
Mick
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Can anyone help with the slewing area required for the Celestron CGX 1100 Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph I have a telescope working area of 1.2mtrs depth x 1.7mtrs width which my Celestron SE8 is currently set up in in my observatory but wanting to upgrade to the RASA 11. I have tried for days searching the internet for the overall area required.
I know the width of 1.7mtrs will not be a problem but desperate to find out if the 1.2mtr depth will be sufficient to operate comfortably before I invest in a new set up!
Cheers
Mick
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Hi Mick, this is something I will be trying to check out next week, I already have the RASA and it's BIG. I am taking delivery of a CGE Pro over the weekend, what I will do is put everything together and then rotate the mount in all is axis's and find out what I can and cannot do. If you don't get your answer by next week I will be coming back and let you know what is what.
Jim
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Another clear night until 23.00 when according to Lowestoft BBC Weather "The Fog" will come rolling in off the sea by 'Spivey Point'.
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Well I think I captured an image on the 20th Jan 2017 of the asteroid Vesta with my Canon DSLR at f=45mm mounted on my Star Adventurer, but it is one small dot amongst many! I will collect a few more images towards the end of the month to see if it has moved against the fixed starry background.
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Well I think I captured an image on the 20th Jan 2017 of the asteroid Vesta with my Canon DSLR at f=45mm mounted on my Star Adventurer, but it is one small dot amongst many! I will collect a few more images towards the end of the month to see if it has moved against the fixed starry background.
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Well I think I captured an image on the 20th Jan 2017 of the asteroid Vesta with my Canon DSLR at f=45mm mounted on my Star Adventurer, but it is one small dot amongst many! I will collect a few more images towards the end of the month to see if it has moved against the fixed starry background.
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Well I think I captured an image on the 20th Jan 2017 of the asteroid Vesta with my Canon DSLR at f=45mm mounted on my Star Adventurer, but it is one small dot amongst many! I will collect a few more images towards the end of the month to see if it has moved against the fixed starry background.
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Ha ha yes, I made sure I had good orientation and slew to a number of targets close to Vesta and was spot on then I star hopped to what I seen on Stellarium as Vesta. Now believe it or not my Vesta is as follows:
Two bright stars at an angle in the photo then up to two lesser bright stars which are straight and just over the right angle star then go straight up to a bright star and that is my Vesta ans on Stellarium. Is quite bright which gives me some doubt it is it.
Jim
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Well I think I captured an image on the 20th Jan 2017 of the asteroid Vesta with my Canon DSLR at f=45mm mounted on my Star Adventurer, but it is one small dot amongst many! I will collect a few more images towards the end of the month to see if it has moved against the fixed starry background.
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Well the BBC Weather forecast for Lowestoft tonight is set faiir and at the moment I can see stars through light cloud. I've set up my DSLR on my Star Adventurer and after I've had a bit of tea I'm going for imaging the asteroid Vesta which is currently tracking through Gemini. I have never knowingly imaged an asteroid so thought I would go for it. If I get some wide-field frames of the constellation tonight and a few more towards the end of the month I can hunt for the star-like/asteroid that has moved.
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Well the BBC Weather forecast for Lowestoft tonight is set faiir and at the moment I can see stars through light cloud. I've set up my DSLR on my Star Adventurer and after I've had a bit of tea I'm going for imaging the asteroid Vesta which is currently tracking through Gemini. I have never knowingly imaged an asteroid so thought I would go for it. If I get some wide-field frames of the constellation tonight and a few more towards the end of the month I can hunt for the star-like/asteroid that has moved.
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Spent a happy fifty minutes in our backyard before the clouds rolled in. Used my 66mm Altair Lightwave refractor on a camera tripod. When it cools down its a great little scope. When you spend most of your time messing about with your kit to obtain an alright image you can easily miss the beauty of the night sky which straight through the lens observing delivers. I enjoyed some wonderful widefield views of Auriga's open clusters, the Hyades, Perseus, the Andromeda Galaxy, Orion's Dagger and best of alll the Pleiades. I reckon I could clearly see nebulosity around several of the larger stars in the Seven Sisters group. Not too shabby for a small scope with some light pollution and all done and dusted inside an hour.
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Snowed here today. Too cold for astronomising - if you are a wuss! So I've had a lot of warm bread, molten cheese and the best part of a bottle of Chardonnay for dinner. Now sitting happily twixt sleep, a bar of chocolate and TV.
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Snowed here today. Too cold for astronomising - if you are a wuss! So I've had a lot of warm bread, molten cheese and the best part of a bottle of Chardonnay for dinner. Now sitting happily twixt sleep, a bar of chocolate and TV.
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Snowed here today. Too cold for astronomising - if you are a wuss! So I've had a lot of warm bread, molten cheese and the best part of a bottle of Chardonnay for dinner. Now sitting happily twixt sleep, a bar of chocolate and TV.
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Weather wise today we have had a tiny bit of snow, some rain and sunshine. Plus, one of the most striking rainbows I can recall in Lowestoft. At least a double bow and at best and momentarily a triple bow. Physics can be breathtakingly beautiful!
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Weather wise today we have had a tiny bit of snow, some rain and sunshine. Plus, one of the most striking rainbows I can recall in Lowestoft. At least a double bow and at best and momentarily a triple bow. Physics can be breathtakingly beautiful!
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Nearest I've been to 'imaging' for some time. Balancing my little Canon compact camera on top of my barbecue and getting a shakey mov. video clip - converted to avi and then Registaxed and manipulated to remove any direct relationship with reality. I give you my technicolor version of last night's Moon Venus conjunction, which was a very pretty thing to witness!
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Lovely starry night in Lowestoft tonight!
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Lovely starry night in Lowestoft tonight!
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