Uranium235

Grrr.... Flex!!

Which is worse than Cloudy/Cloudy/Wet/Windy/Cloudy/Cloudy - Discuss...

Well the stars are not going anywhere so there is always next year, glad i'm not trying to make a living from it..

Yeah, it'l be ok Guy. Thats the beauty of the Universe, always unchanging (well... mostly!).

Groan.... here come the fireworks...

And erm... just found out CTB1 is really hard!

And now its gone cloudy.... well, thats it for 2015!

Frustrating isn't it? - had my scope out barely 5 mins before it clouded over last night!

Einstein Moths. They occasionally eat small holes through the fabric of space-time and radiation from the CRB gets through. Space-Time is self reapairing so the holes disapper fairly fast.

Dark Forces Rob

Seriously, I wish this flamin' jet steam would sling its blummin hook, its just a non-stop conveyer belt of cloud!

Got a chocolate sponge cake in mind =P Already got the ingredients, bar the topping.

out once in last month, lucky you, cant remember last time i got scope out

1 hour with bins in the last month here

my favourite! have you got a bullet proof recipe, i seem to struggle everytime i try it?

Yeah, it went quite well :) Except the drizzle topping doesnt stay crunchy for long, its best served fresh.

Please email me a hefty slice. :)

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.

good luck :)

your be a pro in no time, with uk cloud time lol

Finished it, and just scoffed a slice... cor blummin eck, this cant be good for you! (feeling stuffed)

Its worse when you have new kit to use :)

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!

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 :)

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.

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

The Star 71 has a very tasty 350mm FL its a perfect bridge between camera lenses and small scopes methinks

Yeah :) I did the maths on this and it should work out to be faster than a binned 130 over large areas. It should even make the DSLR look good!

You will like it, I have the TS version, works like a dream.

I tried. was up until 1am but it was just to windy :(

How did it go?

It went very well indeed! Scope was behaving and the sky was perfect... shame I had work the next day!