Uranium235

Yep I noticed that too, 2 or 3 nights ago they were going off here.  Christmas adverts too hey, started a week ago.  You do realise Uranium235 you can have a sofa delivered in time for xmas

Yes, and hardwood furniture too it seems....lol. 

My meteor camera is starting to pick up loads already.  Aaaargh! Bah Humbug!

I feel your pain, some monkey up the road from let a air bomb, off last night at 11.40 scared the c*&p out of me

The mount just exploded

youneed one of those fishing coveralls

Only just got back mate... the trip home has really knocked the the stuffing out of me. I left the site about 10:40, didnt get back until gone midnight. The main route back was closed for roadworks with utterly useless diversions set up that went nowhere. Had to pull over and resort to the sat nav to get me home via an alternative route.... good practice for night driving anyway.

opps as you say good practice

hope the data is good

It turned alright! Another pane done in Cygnus, I need at least one more but im not sure if I have the legs for another late one... we'll see!

your not caving ROB! suck it up son and get out!

lol.... ok, drink more coffee!

One week, just one week.... then the nights start drawing in! :-)

Cant wait mate!

don't forget the mascara 

lol!!

Well its now pimped up a bit... the inside is now blacker than a miners black bits! (flocked the tube and focuser) with more bits soon to arrive.

A nice coat of yellow paint would make a nice TAK like party dress.

Alan

good luck

Cheers Im continuing my cygnus mosaic again tonight, probably wont have time to process it - maybe because its now a 50mp 8 pane mosaic the finished article will be knocking on the door of 100 megapixels.

oh wow, just from the sound of it, it sounds like its worth waiting for   mind you, your computer probably isn't too happy

Hooray! So am I. Bit much moon for anything but testing though.

Pants ?

as good as that

Actually, the following night wasnt that bad! I got a couple of hours in on the Crescent pane of the mosaic and the soap bubble is starting to show now

All I need to do is do the same for the other 5 panes.... groan!

lol keep at it
I must get the 694 hooked up as its come back from its hols

also tweak the 71 with the DSLR on it, the beehive should be ideal

and as if by magic after spending 40 mins polar aligning after adjusting my pier to bring down the height of the bolts to reduce vibration, a bank of cloud rolls in.......

Doh!!! Thats grim John

Oh well, at least youve got it set up for next time! Give it an hour or two, it will probably clear up... fingers crossed.

Same here!

I'm on NGC 1893.

Just mopping up some OIII (3x2hr panels) while the going is good

Cool. No narrowband stuff for me yet...

Just happy to get a decent clear night.

Teemo is a scout so he is good at guiding and navigating

And he has a telescope

<<Waves wand and cloud appears>>

Excellent job! I'm beavering away at M101, gathering luminance. It's been a while, but things seem to be working. Fingers crossed it stays clear for a bit longer...

did it go well?

Sort of.... its the usual problem with DSLRs, the colour is never quite the same as you get with a CCD - even at ISO400 star colour suffers in exposures of 600s.