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It was lovely and clear when I got home, I had something to eat and just looked out and now there's a layer of high cloud.

I can't remember when I last saw that much green on CO.

Wall to wall cloud here in Derby despite what Metcheck thinks.........

Truly an amazing image Olly. What I really like about it is that it puts everything into perspective, it shows where objects, that we know so well, are in relation to each other and their size. It always amazes me how big some of these objects are.

For many years I didn't have goto so I used to star hop or I'd use the 'point it in roughly the right direction and move the scope about until I find it' method. There was always a feeling of satisfaction finding an object manually, however over the past few years my sessions have been few and far between so I mainly use goto when I do manage to get out.

Great image, as good a rendition as any I can remember seeing of this galaxy 👍

Nice image, great to see this region in widefield 👍

Excellent images Paul and I love all your video journals. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you too 🎄

Great set of images 👍

I'm going to miss the newsletters, many thanks Steve and all the best.

Superb images Paul.

I would have said purple, but as I am notoriously terrible identifying colours and shades of colours, I googled indigo and I'd say you are spot on with that.

My first astronomy book love it

Great image, the detail is amazing

The paragraph below interested me. I used to do this and then read that quite a few people leave the lens cap off so I started doing that, maybe I'll go back to cap on. When bringing from a cold environment to a warm environment, put lens caps on for the scope and eyepieces, and put them in their case if possible. Close the case to trap in the cold air, then bring the cases inside and let them slowly warm up over 12-24 hours. This is to prevent frost from forming on a lens surface (even on the inside of the tube

Growing up with images similar to these in the Larousse encyclopaedia of astronomy is why I have always loved mono images.

I was thinking the same thing, way better than all the trees and houses that surround me

Hi and welcome Pete. The best way to avoid GAS (gear accumulation syndrome) is to stay out of imaging, it's a rabbit hole that gets deeper and deeper 😄 Seriously though, if I were you I'd just enjoy taking my time under the stars for now, get to know the sky using a sky atlas and get to know your scope and eyepieces and every now and again just look up with your naked eye and take it all in. When I've been observing recently I've been taking little 5 or 10 minute breaks from the scope and just enjoying the stars and working out what constellations I can actually see from my back garden. So far I've been lucky to see half a dozen or so meteors in these breaks and 2 or 3 of them were really bright ones.

Baader diagonal also are very good, I've got the 2" Dielectric and it's the best diagonal I've used.

Nice, it is almost looks like it is in 3D

I started counting down at just over 10 years and now here I am with less than 4 to go, it has gone quickly, possibly too quickly now I think about it …..

Now you're just rubbing it in

Wow that's a fantastic image, so much detail 👍

I'm patiently waiting until I retire in just less than 4 years. Then when a clear sky does crop up I won't have the dreaded 'but it's work in the morning' thought putting me off. And as someone else mentioned there'll also be early mornings to consider. I just have to survive that long 😁

I've always fancied the 8" classical cassegrain, the reports are very good. Don't forget your c6 will have a sizeable obstruction too so I reckon you'd still notice the difference with the CC.