glafnazur

Great image 👍

Super image 👍

That's a lovely widefield image, great to see M53 and NGC5053 in the same image.

Brilliant images 👍

Great shots 👍

4 hours ago, clarkpm4242 said:

Made up with this coverage! 

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/uk/best-stargazing-spots-uk-abroad-b2520202.html 

Well done Paul, and so you should be, they are great images 👍

That's really nice 👍

Thanks for the link, I'll have a go at finding some of them.

I like that second image, it is a really different take on the Rosette 👍

Sounds like a great session. I'm glad you got the scope up and running after all the problems you had.

That's a cracking image, nice one.

From what I've seen and read here I must admit that if I had a spare £500 I'd be hitting the buy button right now. I think with this rubbish weather I'd have got way more sessions in if I had a Seestar.

1 hour ago, DaveL59 said:

 

Likewise the argument of learning the sky, star-hopping etc. Sure if you've the time and patience but when decent goto gear is available you can short that loop and have a chance to enjoy that time instead spent looking at stuff.

 

Whilst I understand people want to jump straight in with goto I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed my time learning the sky, using binoculars and then star hopping with an 8" newt. For me it isn't just looking through an eyepiece or taking an image, it is seeing the whole beauty of the sky. Just looking up and seeing the constellations and greeting them like old friends as the seasons change, giving an 'ooh' as the odd sporadic meteor shoots overhead, enjoying the different colours of  stars with the naked eye and thinking how amazing and magical it must have seemed to our ancestors all those thousands of years ago. 

Hi and welcome Jessica. Nice images 👍

Nice, I think you're right there definitely seems to be a hint of the tidal tail.

Very nice. 106 galaxies, I'll take your word for it 😉

Super image 👍

One of my favourite sights, the moon through a layer of cirrocumulus.

Nice images, the second one is great, it feels 3D, like you are flying over the moon.

Wow, that's a super image. 

That's a super image, the position of the galaxies really help make the image great.

The full resolution image is great 👍

Hard choice, much as I love my 4" SW Esprit and my 8" Newtonian, I've always regretted selling my ZS66 so I I'd probably keep my ZS61.

22 minutes ago, Space Hopper said:

I remember my other half occasionally having concerns about the number of telescopes in the garage Dave, back when i owned six.

My perfect excuse, and 'trump card' was always, "well, i only own one of them........all the rest are society scopes, and i've been tasked with looking after them for a while....." 😉

I wish I'd have thought of that one Rob 😄

Eight for me at the moment.

1. WO ZG61
2. SW ST80
3. Vixen A80MF
4. SW Evostar 90
5. SW Esprit 100 ED
6. Bresser Messier MC-127
7. SW Evostar 150
8. OO Europa 200