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Marvin Jenkins

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  1. Yes that's the one. Sorry I should have explained it better. M
  2. Atrocious weather today with storms building in the west. A great big sunny break mid afternoon but you could clearly see what had been and what was going to come. After months of cloud and no proper chances of observing anything except by chance I saw the sky was still clear to the west. This mornings APOD had a photo of P12 P-B showing it in relation to M31 so I grabbed the 10x50s and to my astro starved amazement, there it was! Due to the heavy rain and strong winds the clarity was amazing, I have never seen the Andromeda Spiral look that good in binoculars. I spun round and looked at M42 just to test my eyes and that too was breathtaking. 12P core appeared quite large and bright and I swear I got some elongation with AV which I cannot say I have had with bins. A couple of surprising moments whilst observing the comet is the sky being lit up in a flash by an anvil building out in the distance. This has been one to remember not just because I have been astro starved, or getting into double comet numbers but it proves I have been getting lazy and I need to use those small windows. In the time it took to record this in my astro diary the clouds are in and the storm is on its way. Marv
  3. How about "The tears of clouded out astronomers" but I fear I would drown with how bad the weather has been. M
  4. Nice, you got the Garland galaxy in there as well. Marv
  5. Indeed welcome. Great scope for getting into astronomy. I hope you enjoy it and keep at it. Marv
  6. No time like the present. I had that odd thought when renewal of the house insurance came up. If the house caught fire and you had time to grab just two precious material items, what would they be. I thought for a while and realised they would be my observing diary and my Burnhams Celestial handbook. I would of course look ridiculous outside my flaming house house clutching some books. My biggest regret would be chosing between the BCH and my first OTA that got me all those first pages in the diary. I may have to re think this back in a minute. Marv
  7. For planets it's beer. Wine for double stars and Drambuie for Supernovas.🤣
  8. I know how you feel. Roofing work today in the sunshine and I happened to glance up and said aloud in fake cockney accent, "allo darlin" for reasons I can't explain. Packed the tools away and bang full heavy cloud cover! Marv
  9. #Beardy30, you nailed it first shot. I was sitting there thinking what a great fundamental question from #Second Time Around. I am by nature an optimist, and an inquisitive social person. But I do find that day to pressures, work, money, etc tend to stretch my patience and astronomy is that total peace to deflate and move away from all the 'noise'. It is my guilty pleasure that I guard closely and rarely if ever share the moment. Perhaps it is a behaviour trait of mine but as a comparison I love the idea of Golf. But it becomes unappealing to me when it would seem that to play 18 holes it is done in pairs. Now that is a good walk ruined! Marv
  10. I just looked this up. You have an entry level, and to some below entry level refractor. Personally I think you should just get out there and use it on the moon, planets and large nebula. The small amount you gain from those first outings will be invaluable to you when taking on board future equipment advice. Don't forget that when you upgrade you can pass on this refractor despite its limitations and perhaps spark another young mind down the path of astronomy. As to standards of equipment that is a wide open question. No one telescope and mount does it all. Marvin
  11. Some one posted a photo of it on here this morning right next to Aldabren and it sure looked faint to me. Wide field imaging section I think. M
  12. Now we know what Skipper Billy really looks like.
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