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  1. Mosaic #11 processing at the moment

    1. Luke

      Luke

      Well done, Michael. I have failed in my quest to beat your tally, but can console myself with a view of your fine mosaic when it is cooked.

  2. Data for mosaic number 10 captured this morning!!

    1. Luke

      Luke

      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!

    2. michael.h.f.wilkinson

      michael.h.f.wilkinson

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

    3. Luke

      Luke

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

  3. Animation processing in progress

  4. Mosaic number nine is being processed now

  5. More data brewing at home; 7th full-disk H-alpha mosaic of the week!

  6. 6 days of sun! In the running for a whole week of full disks in H-alpha!!

    1. Luke

      Luke

      Snap! :) Good luck for the full house.

    2. jetstream

      jetstream

      Congrats Michael!

  7. Two new galaxies bagged!

    1. Tzitzis

      Tzitzis

      Aaah nice. Wish I could just see M13 :P

    2. michael.h.f.wilkinson

      michael.h.f.wilkinson

      NGC 3642 and NGC 3646 were bagged

    3. YKSE

      YKSE

      Good work! :-)

  8. Clear skies, new moon, scope cooling outside!

    1. Pleiades M45

      Pleiades M45

      Haven't had that in awhile. During the week it's nice and clear all day and night. Weekends come when I have free time and its cloudy..

  9. totally washed out day, just cloudd and rain

    1. David Smith

      David Smith

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

    2. michael.h.f.wilkinson

      michael.h.f.wilkinson

      Very frustrating, indeed

    3. goose35

      goose35

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

  10. Fleeting sun here. Captured some data, processing them now.

    1. David Smith

      David Smith

      Look forward to seeing them later. I managed to grab some white light data this morning for the first time in a couple of days. Will process tonight after work.

    2. michael.h.f.wilkinson

      michael.h.f.wilkinson

      The data should be stacked when I get home from the boys' guitar lessons

  11. FC Groningen won the Dutch FA Cup!!

  12. Our youngest (11) cooked today, and he ate 4 plates of mussels. Very proud dad

    1. RT65CB-SWL

      RT65CB-SWL

      'Down Under' - Men at Work - "...Buying bread from a man in Brussels

      He was six foot-four and full of muscles." - 'Down Under' - Men at Work

    2. RT65CB-SWL

      RT65CB-SWL

      Should have been...

      "...Buying bread from a man in Brussels

      He was six foot-four and full of mussels." - damn auto spelling.

  13. managed to grab some H-alpha data during lunch

    1. David Smith

      David Smith

      Look forward to a big mosaic later then. Back to infinite cloud again here today : (

  14. gathering some good data on Jupiter

  15. Camera clicking away at Lovejoy

    1. JB80

      JB80

      Me too! :)

    2. michael.h.f.wilkinson

      michael.h.f.wilkinson

      Clouds drifting in now. Still got 4 times the data I got last time. Now doing darks

  16. Stacking loads of solar H-alpha data

  17. Forecast for clear skies tonight! Maybe I can image Lovejoy

    1. Pig

      Pig

      The forecast is also looking good for today and tonight. At last I have shaken this awful flu off so it will be a welcome change to get outside.

  18. Observing Lovejoy with the APM 80

  19. Spangled emperor stock boiling away nicely.

    1. Pig

      Pig

      I didn't know penguins were edible:-)

    2. ronin

      ronin

      I thought they were butterflies.

    3. michael.h.f.wilkinson

      michael.h.f.wilkinson

      Nah, very nice Aussie fish. Cooked the filets yesterday. Made a nice stock from the head and bones today. Nicely reduced, and now in the freezer.

  20. clear sky predicted for tomorrow!

    1. YKSE

      YKSE

      Same forecast up here. :-) Fingers crossed.

  21. Had a little earthquake here, an hour ago or so

  22. Another batch of quince jelly boiling away merrily

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    2. michael.h.f.wilkinson

      michael.h.f.wilkinson

      Jelly made from quinces :D

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

    3. Pig

      Pig

      :-)

      Sounds very nice indeed

    4. michael.h.f.wilkinson

      michael.h.f.wilkinson

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

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