Sunshine

It’s beautiful!

Welcome! Not sure if you’re joking about the eight scopes or SGL members contributing to it but either way we are all responsible for each others empty pants….pockets! pockets here on SGL.

4 hours ago, DirkSteele said:

Last night was the BSIA star party in Regent’s Park. One attendee lent me his NV device which was a lot of fun but I did some transitional observing too! Took my APM LZOS 115 f/7. 
 

Here with the NV device.

And with the Televue 24mm Panoptic. Likely pointing at NGC 457 or the Double Cluster when I snapped the pic.

Beautiful telescope! I have always had an attraction to LZOS telescopes. What is the FL on the 115? I’m guessing around 800.

Thanks, I love anything Paul Dirac I’m buying this biography.

9 hours ago, John said:

We will call it a dead heat then 🙂

https://stargazerslounge.com/topic/421727-telescope-setting-up-time/?do=findComment&comment=4482814

 

How did I miss that? I guess we’re a part of the three minute club!

Welcome to SGL, glad you’re now a member!

Oh I have everyone beat, about three min to put my scope out and get an eyepiece in it. Visual astronomy is a beautiful thing!

Amazing work!

Beautiful image!

Amazing! your first observing experience vould not have been smoother and more rewarding, to say you are well on your way would be an understatement. 
 

Welcome to SGL!

Welcome to SGL! Though I cannot be of help regarding imaging, I can say that we host a vast imaging section where you will find threads on the subject for days on end.

Another WOW! Not sure what advantage a moonless night would be, considering this image is killer.

This makes me want more TV items, my wallet will never forgive me!

Thank you FLO for posting this, in this image I see a group of great people beaming with passion for what they do, fantastic!.

8 minutes ago, Naughty Neal said:

Could be an interesting talking point esp as an April 1st story.

When I just zoomed in on it I was surprised at how much it does look like a UFO with some sort of glowing propulsion system.

5 minutes ago, Naughty Neal said:

What's the UFO playing at,  at 2 oclock ?

Lol, I was waiting for someone to mention that, that pesky lens flare always shows up when pointing at a bright object.

Nice topic, I was looking for a place to share my love for astronomy, when I signed up for SGL I was afraid It would be a fad from which I would slowly withdraw from as I am a huge procrastinator and seldomly finish what I start lol. But once I was in I felt welcomed and engaged, you all were interested in what I had to say and It gave me a feeling of family. It was impossible to forget or become lazy about participating.

Wonderful image!

Early bedtime meant I couldn’t wait for moon to be visible in my back garden so the driveway it was. Good thing lunar observing amd street lights aren’t an issue.

This should be reversed, as much as I love my refractor I’m pretty sure that in terms of resolution it cannot reveal more than a larger scope, i don’t care what design. Having said that, my refractor reveals things differently, but that is a whole other thread.

3 minutes ago, Elp said:

It's been discussed, see:

 

 

 

oops, thanks.

Hmm, this is very interesting! those with better knowledge of cameras related to AP would be able to make a better judgement.

Pegasus Astro SmartEye (ontariotelescope.com)

5 hours ago, IB20 said:

Huge amount of activity today. Prominences on both limbs, a huge arched prom jettisoning off huge amount of material into space. Counted 7 sun spots, some with brigh plage surrounds and a giant u shaped filament. Amazing, hopefully going to be a great summer’s observing. 

Right! I was out with darling Lunt about same time you posted this, huge proms, again.

Wow, at that rate we should only have about an hour of daylight! 

Amazing! how long will this supernova be visible? and how fortunate you are to have access to this observatory.

Great image! this is such an odd object, it seems so out of place, like something you’d see in an original series Star Trek episode.