PaulM

Sold both my dobs in the spring and been on the hunt for a 14" dob recently which i collected today cant wait to try it out Thanks to woodblock for selling this to me and for the coffee and chat

Welcome just up the road enjoy SGL

I use this Ironing Chair - does the job

Played\watched the Apollo 11 on my PSVR coincidentally at the weekend was pretty good and was only £3

Ended up ordering this off amazon so hopefully will do the job : Conqueco Men's Heated Vest Lightweight Warn Gilet Jacket with Battery Pack for Outdoors https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07GZFDHZ6/ref=pe_3187911_185740111_TE_item

Anyone using heating clothing to keep the cold away while out observing? if so any recommendations as I'm struggling to find a reputable source

1.25" H-beta filter and Dual-Speed Low Profile 1.25/2" Crayford focuser

thanks for confirming

Which mounts are being used with the 130P Is the EQ3 PRO mount sufficient for AP\imaging which is the mount FLO sell it with : https://www.firstlightoptics.com/reflectors/skywatcher-explorer-150p-eq3-2.html It looks like a lot is people posting images here are using EQ5\HEQ5 or higher mounts?

my 300p flexi goto dob nx to my 200p

I use a tablet to control my synscan\goto using Sky Safari Pro 6 over bluetooth, I found using a mobile phone is too small and the layout it better on my 8" tablet for reading about objects of interest Also with a mobile phone you run the risk of the phone showing a message\alert and flashing a bright screen\message at you, with the tablet and Sky safari in night mode (red) I don't have that risk

Skywatcher 12" collapsable dobsonian telescope Recently acquired one of these, its big, heavy and cumbersome I have the synscan\goto version so will be heavier than one without, the base is heavy and unless you can put wheels on it or similar I wouldn't want to carry it too far, great scope though

Few things delivered over the last week or so

Wow simply wow - thanks for you time and effort doing this so we can all get lost in this image

cannot wait to get it to a darks site Im just waiting now for a clear fri/sat night. im honestly amazed what i can see now from the back garden in suburbia

A pic of my somewhat standard 8" skywatcher but its my first scope in over 30 years and enjoying the sights its giving me Some amazing dobs on this threat

September - what I have observed with comments and rating out of 5 stars by constellation for this month Hercules M13 ***** Quite open globular cluster, can make out individual stars around the edge and center, looks to be thousands of stars and seems very dense almost nebulous at the center. Best in 15mm EP and 2x Barlow M92 **** Dense globular cluster, can distinguish individual stars around the edge, nice in the 8mm EP and barlow Lyra Epsilon Lyrae **** - double double Nice to view and easy to distinguish the binary stars M57 ***** Ring Nebula. Easy to locate and you can see the ring clearly and also see the red and green. Very nice object to observe, cannot see center star Cygnus Alberto *** Double star. You can clearly see they comprise of a bright yellow and a dimmer (but bright) blue companion Vulpecula M27 ** Dumbell Nebula - very faint and hard to distinguish but you can just make out the dumbell shape and cannot see any colour but looks brownish Ursa Major M81 & M82 *** Can view both galaxies as fuzzy hazes with brighter centers at the same time using the 15mm EP. M81 (below M82) looks bigger and looks to be edge on.

Looks good full index of constellations, objects by type and the charts are very detailed. Charts are organised in 8 ascention sections each by when visible in the evening, midnight and morning so all in all very logically set out. Has a telrad finder symbol for star hopping which is a nice touch Was hoping it would contain what to view guides etc but there is no such info but can get this elsewhere to plan observing sessions Hope the pictures are useful as I never came across any when researching which sky atlas/guide to buy