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Hi Grant, would you be able to send me a link for this talk? Cheers Martin

Cheers Lenscap, sorted!

Hi, I've just been playing around in my profile setting and managed to disable notification settings. For the life of me I can't find a way to reverse this to enable browser notifications. Any advice welcome. Cheers

Good grief, it looks as though we have a break in the clouds on Saturday! Clear skies

Hi All, Thanks Pierre for making this file available, your image of M31 looks really good. I downloaded SharpCap 3.2 pro recently but due to back problems and clouds I've not been able to do any imaging. I've been playing about with SharpCap with the camera pointing around a room to get an idea of the controls. I've downloaded the file, transfered it to SharpCap captures file, in SharpCap I've clicked on Cameras>Folder monitor camera, The camera controls dialogue on the right opens and I can see a source file and browse files box showing the M31 file in png and tif but I can't get further than this. Any advice would be very welcome. Cheers

Hi All, As an observer in a loft I've really enjoyed this thread. Make the best of what you have and though it's challenging it still can be very rewarding! Cheers

That's a really atmospheric image. Love the way the moon illuminates the clouds. Cheers!

Yes the Beacons are awesome!

Just came across this book review: The Human Cosmos by Jo Marchant review – learn from the stars | Science and nature books | The Guardian I've downloaded it to my Kindle (for half the price listed by the Guardian, not sure whether I should be too smug about that!) and haven't read it yet but it sounds like a good punt and wanted to post a link before it disapears. Cheers

Agree with all the comments above. The switches between the earth and planet sequences didn't all seem relevant. As soon as I saw those soaring grazers I was wondering how they'd give birth and the idea that the female would die on giving birth only once seems very improbable. The assertion that there are more exoplanets than grains of sand on the earth? I did enjoy watching though!

Hi Shaun, I view from my loft window in a Bortle 8 area so probably a similar situation to yours. Having said that I just make the best of it. The window faces south so rather than setting unrealistic goals I've settled on mainly viewing the moon and I've had views that blow me away. On the plus side I don't have to set up a scope and drag it around every time I want to view, I'm always comfy and I don't have to consider whether It's worth setting up if the weather looks a bit iffy. I use a Celestron C8 which is an SCT scope and I think that using a scope with a design that you view through from the other end of that which is pocking out of the window is the way to go, so an SCT, Mak or refractor will work best. Hope it works out for you. Cheers

Thanks Steve, looking forward to reading this. Cheers!

Hi Grant, missed this one. Is it possible to get a link to it? Cheers!

Thanks Waddensky! Clear skies

Hi All, Just wanted to check on how to calculate what the "day" of the moon is. Using this site: Moon Phases Calendar | Moonphases.co.uk Would I be correct to assume that day 1 is the day after the indicated new moon, i.e. 15 November and therefore today 28 November is day 14? Cheers

Remarkable! Thanks for posting.

Just ordered a copy. Couldn't get the "reach out to Aston* messaging to work though. Anyone else had this problem? Perhaps his inbox is overflowing!

Hi, Just came across this Christie's auction. Anyone bidding? https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/nov/11/nasa-photos-auction-first-selfie-in-space https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/voyage-another-world-victor-martin-malburet-photograph-collection/lots/1949 Cheers

Seem to remember that in "Imaging getting started" section there's a pinned post referring to tutorials. I think there's one there on lunar mosaics. Cheers

I use Helios Lightquest 15x70 bin with a carbon tripod and a fluid head. I stick a karrymat and an inflatable pillow on the ground, drop the tripod pretty much to it's lowest height. Lying on the karrimat I draw the tripod up to about chest height so there's a leg on each side and tilt the tripod to get to the eypeices. The bins are fairly light though.

Ahh, completely understand and thanks very much for the offer. Cheers

Hi, nice question, my first view of the Plaiedies and Cassiopeia looking through my first peice of kit, a 16/70 bino and later first view of moon through C90 Mak with binoviewer. Cheers

Hi, really enjoyed watching the videos on Youtube. Would it be possible to get all the videos posted there? Cheers

Hi guys, thanks very much for this video. Interesting stuff about filters. Cheers

Wow! Candy apple red. Moon Raker make the most exquisite scopes. Their website is well worth visiting.