AstroNebulee

Yes Monday also looking like it for me too 🙏

Sorry just seen the link to the app, straight on the download now. Thank you

That's not good for you atall powerlord. What firmware was the one that worked for you previously, I think I have 3.26 firmware still on my laptop just incase.

It is indeed a challenging hobby, I guess it's what keeps up going in search of the inages to help our addiction, it's not for the faint hearted is it. Your weather system sounds like mine down here can be anything and everything, clear skies.

I think next year I'll hibernate in August too. That M5 is sure a killer this time of year especially, I expect it has left you mentally drained, enjoy your moonshine and hillbilly music haha, I expect you can hear mine from there. Good luck with your time off in September and hope clear skies appear. Checking all the apps and a glimmer of hope is on Monday 🙏

Yep I always keeping checking outside just incase as the forecasts are always known to get it wrong sometimes. For me MO tends to the most accurate and take an average from all my weather apps and look outside.

Yep agreed maideneer, I do check over 3-4 apps and keep checking right up until set up time, just this doesn't instill any hope when you see it and had it for this many weeks.

Let's hope so Mike been a right off so far. September is generally good down here isn't it, still 2 weeks to go. Reminds me of the Green day song but change it to Wake me up when August ends haha

I hope you get some good data tonight and enjoy 😊, I did look at the MO video forecast and the area around Norfolk, Suffolk and Kent looking real good tonight. Trouble being in Cornwall we get the brunt of the Atlantic weather and my village being high up gets a fair bit of fog and mist, I'll keep checking through the week incase of a change, it can't go on surely.

Yep, just when I see it go green for a bit it soon changes and MO correlates it too 😒

Yep, all kit set up ready to go, notes written and you tube videos watched

During these frustrating cloudy skies I've purchased this to keep me entertained, got it cheap because of tatty box but all bags still sealed 😊

6 weeks and counting for a clear night and this is the forecast for the 7th week, just hope it changes for the better 😔😔

In the past I owned a celestron nexyz phone adapter and although pricey compared to the budget ones in my experience far better and easily get the target on the screen of your mobile phone quickly with the 3 axis adjustments. I've owned a budget and the celestron and would definitely recommend the celestron. Only sold is as I went to using a dslr with my scope.

Beautiful image you have there 😍, if you wanted to stretch the inage more without blowing the core out you can use layer masking not sure if gimp has layer masking as I don't use it but it's what I do in photoshop with bright core subjects eg M13 here

The great red spot may not have been in view that night. If you had a good view of Saturn it suggests the equipment is performing quite well as Saturn is dimmer and further away dispite just passed opposition. Jupiter is approaching opposition in a week or so time so hopefully you'll get better views of Jupiter. A free app such as stellarium will show you which nights the GRS is in view. Maybe try a slightly more powerful eyepiece 20mm if you have one with the x2 Barlow, this will be the equivalent to a 10mm ep and may bring the equitorial bands into view but don't expect high quality. By using averted vision on Jupiter may help you.

That's awful, I still haven't been able to try mine yet.

Hi Lee Thank you and good to know you suffer no dew with your AAP in a similar position to mine. Yes I think it's best to have a dew heater on the guidescope, just need a clear sky to try it out.

Thank you, I have looked everywhere online but no advice until I drop a topic in here and the general concensus is thst it should be ok on dew or lack of gaining dew.

Thank you for putting my mind at rest with this just wasn't sure if it suffer with dew.

Very nice indeed 👌

Thank you, so your suggesting that when I've finished imaging to put my AAP in a sealed bag and only open the bag once the AAP has been in my home for a while

By the time you've written this or woken up moro there maybe 3.33. Let's hope @GoldTop57 can gleen some information with the 3.32 update if he has clear skies. 👍..... Well I have now upgraded my firmware to 3.32 but as the updates appear to be coming thick and fast and what with the cloudy skies I'll be on update 3.33, 3.34,etc by the time I get to test them haha

Thank you. I did think the heat created from the AAP would stave most of the dew off. I will indeed fashion something from the ice cream tub just to sheild it a bit without letting the heat build up to much. I could probably cut one side from the tub and slot it over the AAP. Will post a pic once the masterpiece is created. The SMA dew sheild sounds great and nothing wrong with a bit of cheap DIY with what's hanging about.

That's awful, maybe why 3.31 was only iip very briefly, let me know how you get on with 3.32,I'm glad I didn't get the chance to upgrade to 3.31. So will upgrade to 3.32 later, I'm glad I've kept all the previous firmware just incase.