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Blimey you've put some work into this Gina. Well done. Sorry I'm a bit late to this thread, but some of the images you've captured looked good. You could see the milky way clearly in some.

Good stuff.

15 hours ago, CraigT82 said:

Could use a flap wheel in a drill to smooth out the top hand hold

I'd never heard of a flap wheel so I looked one up. Yeah that would have helped! I might get one and finish it off a bit better one day. Although I was determined not to buy a new drill bit which I desperately needed so who knows!

Hi all,

I've been looking at all the wonderful home-made cats-perch observing chairs on-line and on here, and after getting a stiff neck and shoulders when sketching I decided to have a go myself last weekend.

Big thanks to anyone who has ever built one and posted their own photos on-line. I've probably looked at them and found them a massive help in helping me put mine together. The BBC's Sky at Night's article was also brilliant help.

It was satisfying to find a use for an old piece if board that's been sitting around in my garage since the day we moved in for the main back board. (Up until now I'd been using it as a board to stand on when I'm sowing seeds in my vegetable patch. It cleaned up ok!).

Sorry it's nothing new or original, and it's not the best I've seen by a long way; but I can't wait to try it out when doing some more sketches of the moon.

Cheers all.

So is this a new telescope? Are you going to upload any photos?

(Sorry if you've already posted about it somewhere else and I've missed it).

I do love the large dobsonian telescopes. (Never had a look through one but they just look like works of art).

Hi all,

I've been wanting to post this on here for ages, but never had an opportunity to get a decent photo.

(I hope I've posted it in the right section too).

The Turner Contemporary in Margate have an exhibition on at the moment called "A Place That Exists Only In Moonlight" by Katie Patterson. 

I loved seeing Caroline's Herschel's own notebook of observations from 1782 to 1787. It was open at the page recording the first comet she discovered on the 1st of August 1786.

I've attached a photo of her notebook, and her copy of Flamsteed's Atlas from 1729.

The exhibition runs until 6th May.

Looking absolutely brilliant. I like the wording you've added. I hope it continues to go well, and I look forward to seeing more updates.