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New to sky watching
Phillips6549 replied to Johnygail's topic in Getting Started General Help and Advice
There is a free version of Stellarium for Android phones at least. -
New to sky watching
Phillips6549 replied to Johnygail's topic in Getting Started General Help and Advice
Hi Johnygail, and welcome to SGL Jupiter and Saturn are both visible in the early morning at the moment - you'll need to be looking at around 4am to see them at their best. Even then they are very low in the sky so unless you have an unobstructed view below 12 degrees from the horizon, you'll not see them. You won't see Jupiter in the evening until August. Any views of the planets will be small. Don't expect to see the wonderful detail you see on the internet! Nevertheless, seeing the planets with your own eyes is always worthwhile - and the first sighting of Saturn will be a -
This forum has an excellent thread to set expectations of what you can see with different types of scope: Don't be underwhelemed by what you can't see, celebrate what you can see! If you've seen that Venus is a crescent then you have seen something which 99% of the population are entirely unaware of. Swing South from Venus you'll find stars in he constellations of Gemini, Cancer & Leo. You should be able to make out the Beehhive Cluster in Cancer even with your scope and under light polluted skies - it will be faint but visible. Get yourself a good (free) planetari
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COMPLETED - Alethiometer
Phillips6549 replied to Captain Magenta's topic in Sold / Expired Classified Ads
It'll turn to dust eventually -
Heq5 PRO - Division of tasks
Phillips6549 replied to woodblock's topic in Getting Started Equipment Help and Advice
So what's the answer in case anyone else is searching for it? I'd certainly be interested to know and have a link to those manuals if they're online. Thanks & keep well Mark -
Cosmos Possible Worlds - Sequel to the Carl Sagan Original.
Phillips6549 replied to johninderby's topic in The Astro Lounge
Nat Geo is no longer available on NowTV but is available on TalkTalk Ch317 There will be more nefarious ways of watching -
Smart Phone Holder Question...
Phillips6549 replied to a topic in Getting Started Equipment Help and Advice
In space, there is no up or down!!! -
Smart Phone Holder Question...
Phillips6549 replied to a topic in Getting Started Equipment Help and Advice
Merlin You need to rotate the phone clamp so that your camera lens is on the centre-line of the adapter (see green lines). It's fiddly and requires a lot of adjustments up-down-left-right to get the camera lens in the best position. Just keep at it. Mark -
iphone app for viewing quality?
Phillips6549 replied to daslolo's topic in Getting Started General Help and Advice
My guess is that the 2 things (Cloud Cover and Seeing) are calculated independently. If the clouds were not there the seeing would be excellent! A prime example of S*d's Law in action! Mark -
Polemaster on a phone
Phillips6549 replied to Grierson's topic in Discussions - Scopes / Whole setups
This from Wikipedia: "Although marketed as a converged platform, and as with Windows Phone 8, using a Windows NT-based kernel, Windows 10 Mobile still cannot run Win32 desktop applications, but is compatible with software designed for Windows Phone 8." So the chances are you'll not be able to run Polemaster Mark -
iphone app for viewing quality?
Phillips6549 replied to daslolo's topic in Getting Started General Help and Advice
Not an app but a website https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/outdoorsports/seeing/sheldon_united-kingdom_2638071 Set your own location obviously! Mark -
Yes absolutely. But if you want to, for example, GoTo an object which is barely visible or invisible in the eyepiece then choosing alignment stars which are close together and close to your target does (in my limited experience) give the best results. If you then move to another target, you will need to re-align close to that one. The 'rules' are recommendations intended to allow your GoTo system to get you close to #any# target. Rules notwithstanding, choosing close stars really helps for one specific target.
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You can check when the Starlink constellations will be visible here: https://findstarlink.com/#52.5,North,1.83,West;3 Use the 'Change Location' option to correct for your location. Mark
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That's really sad. She was a great ambassador for the science. Mark
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Been there, done that!!
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Swings & roundabouts!
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Both options will balance the scope but 2 weights weigh more and so will load the mount more.
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Weird star shapes. Any suggestions?
Phillips6549 replied to Phillips6549's topic in Getting Started With Imaging
This forum is great. Such an obvious way of making things easier but I would never of thought of it without prompting. Thanks Happy-kat. -
My attempts on AP without guiding
Phillips6549 replied to Pankaj's topic in Getting Started With Imaging
Pankaj Great photos. You should post those in the Imaging with the 130PDS thread.