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On 12/08/2023 at 09:21, cotterless45 said:

Then “blue flash “in Delphinus. NGC 6905 and it does flash .

Nice report, have to look at NGC 6905 that one is new to me.

Hello,

It had been a while since I sat behind the eyepiece, it may have been over 2 years since I had a proper observing night.

But last night it seems to be a clear night, so I went out to do a garden session and visit some old acquaintances. Also a good chance to test out my new scope as I sold my flextube and went back to a 10'' solidtube dob. I only took 2 eyepieces with me, my trusty 2" 26MM and 13MM both SWA. Keeping it simple with 46X and 92X magnification.

M13 and NGC 6207, saw the propeller in M13 easely but the spiral galaxy NGC 6207 is a little fuzzy in the eyepiece.

M92 much smaller but also a beautyful GC.

M57 the Ring Nebula.

M56 GC

M27 Dumbell Nebula, always amazing big in the eyepiece.

M71 GC really nice view with this GC, I remember it much harder to see in the past.

Then heading for the NW skies and Cassiopeia.

NGC 7789 Caroline's Rose, big OC

M52 OC

NGC 457 the Owl cluster one of my favourite OC's 

M31

heading back south, as the sky is getting more and more filled with moisture.

NGC 6934 GC in Delphinus

And last but not least the majestic Saturn.

Had a really good time out in the garden.

Clear Skies all

Main question, what are you guys using.

Greets

Hello All,

I'm looking for some help.

I have a 10"dob SW flextube and want to protect it against foging up.

Whats best to use for the secondary mirror?

Can I use a heating strip for that and if so which size is best to buy?

Thanks in advance

gr Gert

On ‎16‎/‎05‎/‎2019 at 23:03, Ian-H said:

as I want to find my way around the old way first

Hello and welcome from the Netherlands. To find your way by hand is the best way to start.

Clear skies.

On ‎13‎/‎05‎/‎2019 at 14:47, Littleguy80 said:

Brilliantly sharp in the frac. The Apennine Mountains was the first feature to grab my attention. The sharp detailed view was very impressive.

Great first light, nice report Neil.

nice picture

On ‎15‎/‎05‎/‎2019 at 17:11, lenscap said:

So I've bagged M81, a Galaxy, 12 million LY away, in unsuitable conditions from a Bortle 8 site. A Result !

Can't wait for a moonless night to try and spot the spiral arms of M81 & maybe glimpse it's companion M82.

Nice one!

Nice double set up

Nice little cottage, great report. Some nice double stars

On ‎14‎/‎05‎/‎2019 at 17:14, Nyctimene said:

I love the setup - scope with Seben 8-24 zoom and Baader 2.25x barlow in one hand, small stool and a plywood "T" (as a scope riser) in the other one; just two minutes.

Great grab and go  scope with a zoom eyepiece. Nice report.

On ‎16‎/‎05‎/‎2019 at 23:27, ronl said:

LunarMap HD

+ 1

Some truly amazing picture.

On 12/04/2019 at 14:51, Fozzie said:

which allowed you to see opposite limb slowly encroaching the faintest of stars, until "pop" the moon passed in front, and the star disappeared

Great report, and I've  got to try that someday.

It's there clearly in the picture, I know there is a Lunar K but the L is new to me. Nice one Relpet

5 hours ago, Paz said:

Lunar X and V very prominent also.

Thanks Paz.  Same here, very good views. I completly missed the lunar  X and V.  And is clearly on the picture.  Unbelievable 😬

On ‎05‎/‎05‎/‎2019 at 13:09, Mark at Beaufort said:

I know from experience that the best place to start galaxy hunting in Virgo and the Markarian Chain is to go from star 6 in Coma B. This will give a start at M98 and M99 and whilst in the area M100. 

Great report Mark, and I will keep star 6 in Coma B in mind.

Great report and beautiful area the Brecon Beacons

On ‎05‎/‎05‎/‎2019 at 10:28, niallk said:

I could see beautiful knotty spiral structure with direct vision with a 17E, with teeny foreground stars sprinkled and superimposed on the arms. 

Great stuff, nice report

On ‎07‎/‎05‎/‎2019 at 17:08, Captain Magenta said:

M13 and M92 could be discerned with naked eye. I didn’t try the others.

Great report and nice objects. Must be good skies.

Today finally some time outside with the dob.

The moon now 48% illuminated schould give some nice detail along the terminator.

First up Mare Imbruim, the Terminator splitting up both  craters Aristillus (55 KM) and Autolycus (39 KM). The daylight side showing some spectacular force of nature caused by the impact.  And these two are just small craters.

Down to the south Mons Bradley a beautiful mountain massif in the Montes Apenninus region. Hidden in this mountain massif lies a near perfect round crater Conon. Great stuff, the day light lets it pop out. realy nive crater in the middle of a moutain region.

Next up Rima Hyginus, 220 km long and showing lots of detail, I guess that the the position of the sun was just right tonight.

Just a little bit more south the Rimae Triesnecker, crater Triesnecker (25 KM) is a eye catcher on it's own. So many canals in that area, there's a lot to explore. I really enjoyed that area.

Last object, Crater Walther (almost 140 KM). It has a offset central peak. Only the top was lit by the sun leaving the rest of the crater in darkness, a stunning view.

Great evening following the terminator. Also made a picture to test the focus range.

greets Gert

Great report John, nice list of galaxies.

Welcome from the Netherlands 

After more than a 1000 views and no enthusiastic user reviews I guess I have a answer too!?

Maybe 5 years later? 

I do have the same question.

thanks in advanced