Neil H

I saw the bright flare so grab my phone when I looked back in the eyepiece it had shot a prom out in to space it was about 10 mm from the surface the prom was about 5 mm in size and over the next few minutes went out of the FOV I was using my 60 mm DayStar solar scout with a 25 mm eyepiece with 62 deg wide field of view

About 1 hour ago there was a large CME off the sun the prom looks to be about 30 degrees away from the surface and may be heading this way .Sorry photos are not great the cme is so far away now can't be seen

Ash if you go into the BBC web site they have a few sky at night program's old and newish

Yes it is very sad one less option to look at

There is a video on you tube I can't link it here

Hi all I hope none of you have orders with Orion telescopes as from the 1/8/24 they have gone Web site is closed as well

The only thing with new software is it goes directly into imaging so you need to stop it if any adjustments are needed 🤔

Paul there is no setting up the dongle is powered off the hand set you link to your phone the same as any Bluetooth device , then you go into settings in sky safari and tell it to link to telescope by Bluetooth and that's it mate all good

About 30 mins later my camera did focus on mars and Jupiter, I think it was on the news that there was a chance of northern lights

This morning I tried to take a photo of Jupiter and mars getting closer but my camera would not focus on them but it got this

Poor Karen , get a tripod for your phone then you can set up the shot lol

Don't get me wrong they are ok but there are things if you do by accident they need replacing after, the celestron lithium power packs can be run to flat and will charge up again also be left flat for 6 months and will still work after, the power tanks won't if you run them flat and can't be left flat also the lithium power packs are so lite I can put 3 and a bag and still don't feel heavy

Poor Karen I bet when you got married you didn't tell her she had to be camera lady and hold this for a minute

Hi I would not bother they are not very good to start with , I think there was a thread on here about these power packs , I binned mine I now use celestron lithium power packs

Hi am not going to tell you about the scope to get ,you have some great advice given already , just wondered if you know about Astro hopper it's a free programme on your smart phone that will show you were your target is all you have to do fit your phone to your telescope and away you go I have the 180 MAK I keep it out side so it's cool and ready to go your get amazing views from a MAK I like you love lunar and planets