michael.h.f.wilkinson

The 14mm for me

Excellent choice Michael !

The XW's are superb eyepieces. Steve (FLO) advised me to try them many years back but it was a while until I actually did. Hats off to RikM for going for a set way back when they were not so widely recognised. The XW5 is my favourite eyepiece for the Moon and planets - it's a pleasure to view though !

They are, indeed, lovely eyepieces. I had the 5, 7, 10 & 14, but when no longer able to travel away from my LP sold the 5, 7 & 10 as very little visual being done. They deserve to be well-used. Enjoy the new one, Michael.

C8, mainly. Even bagged me a magnitude 13 galaxy

very nice!

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think some of the objects I bagged with the 80ED where about magnitude 13. How is that possible?

Lol, tell me about it!!

Know the feeling! Viva Open Office.org & Libre Office...

When I use LaTeX, I feel in full control, I never got on with all those menus, type the commands is much easier, or may be I am just old school :D

That's coz its all blown over here

Congrats. My run ended on 12 as today was cloudy at both ends of the day.

Well done, David, great score! My fingers are crossed for this morning, Sol looks beautiful in white light on SDO.

I would estimate it at about 10.8

No much change over the past week then Michael

:)-, seems fading, but very slowly

did you get the tracker battery, be interested in how you find it

I'm loving my Tracer 22Ah. Who would have thought you could like a battery so much :D

i would lol

Impressive

Congrations!

Thanks!

Jelly made from quinces :D

A quince is a rock-hard pear-like fruit. Great on bread and with paté or cheese

:-)

Sounds very nice indeed

7 jars made today (I have processed 26 kg of fruit this season already)

Thanks, going to check out seeing shortly.

Fingers crossed for you.

Just finished a brief session. Clouds and haze rolled in

Didn't get up, didn't go to pool, didn't swim, stayed in bed with my wife with a nice cup of tea.

Well, better than getting up and get glued to your computer for 9-10 hours ...

Lost nearly 2 stone since last summer. It's worth it

Impressive.Very impressive.

Cheers, guys, and yes, there will be a party 4 galaxies later

Seriously - you have to stop and leave some for me. :) But in all seriousness, this is actually impressive. When did you start the count?

It is looking very promising out Michael :-)

Ditto! :o)

Consider the bandwagon fully jumped on :)

Looking bad now :(

Keep changing the forecast here. Was clear, then cloudy, then cloudy for a bit longer! Scope still out, but black clouds. :(

Just packed in after a very short session

Congratulations. :)

I would love to bag 1, it just needs to be a bright one for the 6".

Thanks. Another SN2011fe would be nice, got that in my 15x70 bins at peak brightness

Well done!

What does it take to see a supernova? Would it be possible in an 8" dob?

nice, what university is it? are you a student of teacher

University of Groningen, the Netherlands. I am senior lecturer in computer science

Haven't you a bad back that prevents you attending??

Nice one Michael.

These work a treat on the APM 107, as I remember it worked as well as my riccardi I replaced it with much to my disappointment :D

Works a treat on the WO 110 Megrez also..

Enjoy..

Cheers guys. Grey nights are here! I will have to wait until my vacation in France to test the thing in earnest

Neat, it's now on Wikipedia.

Congrats. I managed to pick it up last weekend. Glad I did as weather has taken a turn for the worse now.

Cheers guys!

:-)

Clouds just rolled in

Congrats Michael :)

Diito! Looking forward to imaging and observing the moon.

Cant be botheted when it is almost full moon...

Got some Jupiter snaps in dreadful seeing

Infuriating weather here, clear one minute, cloudy and raining the next.

Very frustrating, indeed

starting to think its a government operation. Clear dalight hours then bam, clouds show up during dark

Aaah nice. Wish I could just see M13 :P

NGC 3642 and NGC 3646 were bagged

Good work! :-)

Ten here too Michael. I was hoping to beat you!! :D But heavy rain forecast before, during and after my diddy little imaging hour tomorrow! Good luck for turning it up to Eleven!

Cheers Luke. Fingers crossed for good weather. Hope you get a chance

No luck for my slot, Michael, all out for Ten in the pouring rain! Hope to see your Mosaic Eleven!

Well done, Michael! Look forward to seeing it.

cant wait to see the final product!

show off :D

Don't forget to share the meal :-)

Of course I will

Lucky you getting some action yesterday! My chance has come this morning, Sol ain't looking bad, the AR was stunning!

Our last cat was named "Zwarte Piet" for this reason!

Chris

We used to get the pair visit the house when we lived in Belgium.Kids loved the sweeties.

Off to take the kids to see him tomorrow. At least there'll be bubbles.