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I have to fund my kayak hobby...so sadly my telescope is for sale: Sky-Watcher Skyliner 250px 10" Dobsonian Telescope + Eye pieces, Barlow, Filter | eBay Will be buying another soooooon I'm sure!
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That sounds a cool subject! welcome.
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Welcome to the forum!
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That was my best meteor shower viewing yet. I was only out a short while and saw about 15-20 meteors, including a large blue one and a big green fireball shooting down towards the horizon at around 11:00 ish. Green fireball #3 this year!
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fireball at 21:33 tonight?
Donny replied to GazK's topic in Observing - Widefield, Special Events and Comets
Could well have been. I spotted 2 last night amongst the 15-20 other meteors A great Geminids shower. I saw a blue one going almost straight down to the horizon and then a bit later a massive green one shooting straight down to the horizon...was big and low this one. -
My world at night impressions
Donny replied to prokyon's topic in Imaging - Widefield, Special Events and Comets
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So I'm trying to get star trails when...
Donny replied to Donny's topic in Imaging - Widefield, Special Events and Comets
I'm in Northamptonshire. Yeah I might just send it over -
So I'm trying to get star trails when...
Donny replied to Donny's topic in Imaging - Widefield, Special Events and Comets
Thanks for all your comments. It was very lucky that all this happened in front of the camera. I think once in a while we capture something unique...and the other 99.9% of the time we miss it! -
Northern Lights in Iceland
Donny replied to 26Left's topic in Imaging - Widefield, Special Events and Comets
That's great! I love that first photo especially -
My first clear night
Donny replied to Dark Infinity's topic in Imaging - Widefield, Special Events and Comets
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Hi I saw a couple last night. One quick normal one at around 9:30pm last night...and then at around 10:20pm also in southerly direction a massive green fireball too!!! It had a great burning trail. This is my second green fireball sighting. My previous one was the best, but this one was sill amazing. I'm in Northamptonshire.
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...the Police come rushing in! SO...tonight was interesting! I chose a location to capture 1 hour of exposures. I planned to get a mix of star trails and cars driving by on the road. Just something new. What happened turned out to be more interesting! The police arrived as a "suspicious character" was sitting on a bench in the dark...Me! The police chaps were very friendly, and discovered I was just taking photos. We chatted briefly about photography and such, and apologised for getting in the way of my shots! Really I was excited to see what I had captured. Upon flicking through my shots to
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The Merry Dancers
Donny replied to saturn5's topic in Imaging - Widefield, Special Events and Comets
That's amazing.