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That's really well done, the colours are lovely 👍

That's a really super image Peter. Well worth browsing on the full res image.

Same here, after a good alignment I never need the finderscope.

That's really well done, I love the colour

I am slowly going through some images I took hoping to catch some Perseids and I thought I'd got one that was quite bright. /unfortunately when I looked closely at the images before and after there was a very faint trail on each so I reckon it must have been a satellite

Hmmm, my wife has a few of these amongst her craft stuff. I wonder if she would miss one 🤔

They're really cool Just seeing them makes me want to read the books again.

Super image

Wow super image Peter 👌

Thanks, I thought it'd be ok with the mount saying 5kg and the scope being 4.1kg, I'll have to rethink whilst I try to get some money together. Maybe a 102 instead

I just want it for widefield, I was thinking of mounting it on a Sky-Watcher AZ GTi WiFi Alt-Az.

Very nice, I am thinking of getting an SW ST120 as a grab and go scope when I can scrape up enough money.

I had a fair bit of luck, it was lovely and clear on Friday night and I saw 7 and 1 sporadic between 11pm and 1am and 15 and 2 sporadics on Saturday evening between 11pm and 2am. There was a lot more cloud on Saturday night but there were a few good breaks. The best one I saw was the very first one of the night on Friday, it left quite a trail.

Nice capture 👍

That's fantastic and as you said it is amazing that you can do this from your backyard.

Another + for Telescopius

Love that second image

Love the Davis Dinosaur, I'm going to have to hunt for that once the skies clear 😄

I think that's really good. I've not tried sketching any craters but if I did and they came out like that then I'd be pretty chuffed.

That's much better, nice one.

Super image, love the colours Peter 👍

Agreed, it is one of the loveliest PNs around, a beautiful object.

well done

Things will get better, just hang on in there, the nights will be getting darker and longer soon. I don't get out anywhere near as much as I'd like due to work and family caring commitments and, like many I'm limited mainly to weekends, but the sessions I do get bring the magic back. There's nothing like looking at old favourites and discovering a few new gems. The first thing I do when I leave my house is to look up at the sky, I always have and always will, and giving up completely will only happen when I'm too unfit to continue. A quick grab and go setup alongside the main kit is probably the answer. I've taken my 16x80 binos up to the bedroom (my wife sleeps downstairs now due to her health) and I have spent a good few hours observing from my bedroom window. I got a great view of the moon amongst some cirrocumulus last month. I set them up by the bed and if i am woken up in the middle of the night I have a quick look to see if its clear and spend a bit of time observing before going back to sleep. It isnt ideal but it is better than nothing. In fact I'm thinking of bringing my ST80 up so I can at least get some observing in without the hassle of setting up and riskinn disturbing my wife in the middle of the night once I'm finished. Dave

Just viewed this on a larger monitor and it looks way better than on on my laptop. I'd agree that is one of the best, if not the best, Elephant's Trunk I've seen. Would you mind if i downloaded a copy for my desktop background?