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Booked a cottage at considerable expense in Cornwall..... And it was cloudy... That's about it... Sat in garden during a very clear night that followed and watched the persieds... 

You never forget your first saturn.... 😉

very nice indeed. I watched the Io transit but got a little tired and called it a night.

And it looks like another heatwave coming in the next week here in the UK. Less severe temperatures but not great for the already parched earth as mentioned. 

37 minutes ago, assouptro said:

Just chipping in 

I have owned a 12” lx200 gps for about 15 years, I have imaged with it on a Wedge and in the last few years now use it de-forked on a Azeq6 (which it is too heavy for) and I have really enjoyed using it 

It definitely throws up some challenges and I can end up having to be selective with the subs due to any gusts of wind above 5mph 

I have ended up with a small arsenal of scopes and lenses to choose from these days but still enjoy close up imaging on some nights with the old beast! 
 

Olly is probably right in suggesting the use of smaller Pixels allowing the same resolution with shorter focal lengths which will give more consistent results in less time  but I’m not in a rush to part with my 12” scope and get a lot of satisfaction from producing a final image 

That’s all, just had to get that off my chest

Thanks

Bryan 😊

Ah, sounds very similar to me. I got the obsy up and running in 2005 and the faithful 12 has sat on a Milburn wedge ever since. I would agree with Olly that it wouldn't be a choice for AP but it is capable of a lot once you realise its limitations. 

Thanks for the heads up... Just had a quick look with the pst... I held my phone on the eyepiece for this, a bit naff but serves to show its size..... 

Truly bizarre.... 

Considering the angular size, those images are very nice indeed. 

Stunning... 

Really nice those... Well done. 

24 minutes ago, Zermelo said:

Just to pick out one small area as a comparison between HST and JWST:

I think that's just about identical, but the frame is rotated a bit between the two.

You can see just how much more is in the JWST, both in terms of extra detail in the JWST and whole objects that aren't shown in HST at all.

 

 

That's great, a brilliant comparison between the two. Thanks for posting that... 👍

Looks like the glorious 12th a month early..... 👍

https://www.universetoday.com/156539/astronomer-working-with-webb-said-the-new-images-almost-brought-him-to-tears-well-see-them-on-july-12th/

Stunning.... 

Some nice detail there. As I said in another thread, based on early images like this, I really look forward to the coming apparition. 

very nice image indeed for the present apparition. I can imagine there will be some stunning images later in the season based on this effort.

Meteor storm....if I'm pushed on the matter.... 

Nice, real pity it's sooo low for me... 

This company are still at the top of the largest search engine out there. How is this still possible with what I'm reading on this thread? It sickens me to think that fellow astro enthusiasts are being defrauded by a company that is maintaining its trading image in this way. I am not on facebook but surely this is all over social media? Unbelievable in my eyes. 

Good stuff Luke and a bit of education for me, I haven't heard of that object before. Great capture.

1 hour ago, Pixies said:

I was reading somewhere that the water vapour and dust particles that are required to be present in the Mesosphere for NLCs are increasing due to man-made pollution. They are much more common than they used to be, apparently.

 

 

I would certainly agree with that. I don't recall seeing them at all, let's say, 30 years ago. 

Surprised the main stream media haven't picked up on this, perfect headlines abound in these reports. Still time though.... 

Just read this on universe today that I subscribe to.... Haven't heard this anywhere else though, so don't shoot the messenger.... 😑

https://www.universetoday.com/155928/we-may-see-a-tau-herculid-meteor-outburst-on-may-31st/

9 minutes ago, Zermelo said:

I'd like to be proved wrong, but I'm not holding out any hope that councils that have not already taken steps are going to do so now because of electricity prices.

Perhaps, but the sheer scale of the increase could certainly make it a bigger prospect. I also think that authorities will look at all the cost cutting measures that other councils use, and turning off street lights is quite a common method. As you say, fingers crossed. 

33 minutes ago, tompato said:

It's not too bad here, neighbours don't have anything silly and the council turns off all the streetlights after 11.45pm, other than a single light on the corner of each road and on the larger roads through town. I assume cost cutting, but it suits astronomy. We moved in a few months pre-Covid so I'm not sure what it was like beforehand though really.

If councils were doing this already I'd expect a lot more to be considering it  now. I know energy increases are THE topic at the moment but I'm still convinced a lot of people don't know the sheer scale of the economic shock to come. I'm not being patronising saying that either. 

Probably going a tad off topic but it will be interesting to see how huge energy rises make local councils think about their usage. There are a few villages I know of that extinguish road lamps at midnight for example. Perhaps that will become a consideration.