Uranium235

I have the 71 up and running now on 1499

also being a slightly greedy chap have the C11 with reducer on NGC7662

Heh   theres no kill like overkill

LOL

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.

blue sky here !

completely clear here now, bloomin cold too. Just topping up the new Rosette

yup im heading out at about 3am to capture venus for when it pops up at around 5am :D

Out and guiding now. Its one of the few occasions where my scope is already cooler than the ambient temp...lol. No cooldown!

Me too, did you see that meteor 5 mins ago!!

Nah, missed that one! Must have had my head down at the time :)

Grrrrrrr.

Heard it a couple of days back and just checked, apparently every second between 16 and 17 million tons of rain fall every second on the earth.

Most of that seems to be in the UK.....

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

lol yeah... carrot cake nebula in Ha :D

Makes me wonder if narrowband cake would have fewer calories. ;)

Is that the tricky Cream Cheese Topping that is hard to get even with the 3nm Astrodon filter?

First time its been clear for ages, but the sky quality isnt great.

I guided the car through the fog!

Yep, it did go a bit soupy in the end - not sure if the OIII data was much good TBH, needs a better sky.

Yeah, why not! :)

Scope has it Ha shades on, so anything goes!

how did it go with the 71

Went well mate :) But found an issue that needed to be ironed out (slighty rubbish thread on the FW). All fixed now.

not here, cant remember last time it was clear, think i will call it a day

Hmmm llooks like I spoke too soon, got a load of high cloud now. I'll have another look in an hour or so.

'Believe a forecast'... Will I never learn?!

Lots of red clouds and now the forecast is pretty pants...

Apparently Tuesday is going to be clear all night.

Just done 2 hours on Stephans Quintet. ATM im attempting the impossible - the Helix nebula. PHD is dancing all over the shop at that one.

You brave man - I'm beginning to see a constant here... If it's a mad crazy idea, Rob's on it!!!! Good luck - fab target and one that I would love to try one day, but too many 'easy' ones to pick first!

Ran out of sky on the Helix, so im now on the Pacman for the rest of the night.

Already done that mate, its really struggling with a 383+FW+FF/FR. Especially at the zenith.

Don't bother with the sw upgraded one either they look ok but move with a nats fart

Think Ive improved it slightly now, there is more than one adjustment bolt, ive tweaked em and it actually defeats gravity now!

Excellent. Guess what... I've had that email too, about an M31 pic I posted back during Star Gazing Live. I look forward to sharing some screen time!! Fingers crossed!

Congrats Gav, will keep a look out for your pic. It will be a case of me pointing at the telly while my better half wonders what all the fuss is about...lol.

Thank you and big congrats to you too! Absolutely - let's just hope it's not a complete 'blink and you miss it' moment...!

Same down here, but solid cloud and quite gusty wind at the moment - I'll review after a cup of tea ;) Good luck up country!

It was 11pm before it started clearing, and still too much light. Might go into summer shutdown for a few weeks.

Good idea as the light evenings and cloud want annoy you then. I went into summer shutdown a few weeks ago and wont be getting the scopes out again until I visit a friend on the edge of the Brecon Beacons at the end of August.

It maybe clear but what about the wind?

Stop eating so many radishes then! ;o)

I think the wind has died down a bit, but will still need to keep an eye on Sat24 in case it rains.

Grim, its a moonless night too. Phone home and ask your wife to set up...lol.

Times like this you wish for a remote control obsy.

Time to see whether M45 has cleared the tree... if not, its the california neb.

Cry! !! I could do with more data on m45 as well! !

Good luck... Got a target?

Yep, going for something new (Sharpless) - but ive had a few gremlins tonight so its only just got going really.

SH2-171 (NGC7822), its quite big.

But the one you are thinking of has your name againdt it, and it needs a good home that would appreciate it, you have the same thoughts, the same ideas, the same aims in life. It was meant to be. Or take the Borg approach "Resistance is futile."

It's that or a Tak...!

Me too :)

Dave

Fire is usually a bad sign with electrical devices.

oh no! that does not sound good

yea, good job I was just in the living room - otherwise it might have gotten out of control.

I've packed up after one 10 min tester sub and a 5 minuit tester on a new target. Due to cloud

Almost exactly the same here, just 3x5min.... then cloud.

I did a bit of processing on the 10 min sub a small area of the crescent nebula appeared so was pleasedish for my first nebula

Not using CDC Rob, it took me a few sessions to get used to it, mainly navigating with the mouse. Click and drag, really missed that.

Tried CDC, but couldnt get on with the navigation, felt a bit clunky. Stellarium is fine now I have updated the comet list (having a go at c/2014 e2 next week).

13 refused to run on mine, said a missing file so had to revert to 12. Will live with the older one, but finding I do not use it much.

lol

why??

The 71 is going to be exchanged (collimation), so I've put it all back in the box now. Tis but a minor setback :)

Excellent news! I'm testing out my little baby and it seems a thing of great sweetness! Much Victory Dancing across the country tonight!

glad to hear you have it right, for a while i thought you might have to go back to the 130pds

Ahhh, the 130 will never die ;) I'll find a way to get those two working together - even if I have to build my own adjustable saddle!

Grrrr... left the preview box ticked in Artemis! Thats just cost me 30min. Doh!

owch i felt bad when i just deleted a 400sec sub by accident!

mine was 2x900, my fault for not keeping an eye on the images coming back. It probably wont be the last time I do it!

were was this when i had a wanted advert out ! :(

Sorry to see it go though, but I definitely wont let go of the other one until the replacement has proven itself.

been there, done that :)