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  1. Earl

    The Rain has clensed the sky, the clouds have parted and the moon is out to play

  2. Earl

    The roof is still on, however the tree in the neigbours garden is trying to touch its roots....

  3. Earl

    The subs are rolling

    1. PhotoGav

      PhotoGav

      Oh yeah! From the new obsy I presume?

  4. Earl

    Tick tock its leaving France !!

    1. Daniel-K

      Daniel-K

      whats coming :)

  5. Earl

    Tick tock the days are getting closer.

  6. Earl

    Tiem to take some flats, and the automation part does not want to play ball, One more for the list.

    1. Earl

      Earl

      Oh and these are sweet much happier :) red looks great now, G and B to go. first time in ages I have done flats, hopefully these will be vaild for some time if i keet the camera in place.

  7. Earl

    tiiiiiiiiiiiick toooooock tiiiiiiiiiiiick toooooock

    1. Coco

      Coco

      You home yet mate?

    2. Earl

      Earl

      not yet this week i hope :)

  8. Earl

    Time to install all the astro related stuffs on the laptop...... come back next year

  9. Earl

    Tonights test, very rough PA, then guide for a bit, disapointed I cant get focus with my "Guide Scope" not enough inward too.... st80 then i guess

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    2. haitch

      haitch

      I had to cut about 1/4" off the back of my finder to reach focus. Luckily I've got another for use as a finder.

    3. haitch

      haitch

      Ps have you screwed the front lens all the way in having backed off the locking ring? (most will reach focus but mine wasn't one of the usual brands)

    4. Earl

      Earl

      I may of solved it, ill try again tonight

  10. Earl

    trying a 1200s sub

  11. Earl

    Tuesday delivery for my new Tak YAY !!!

    1. Coco

      Coco

      What have you bought mate?

    2. Daniel-K

      Daniel-K

      very nice!!!

  12. Earl

    Typical nest predicted clear night is a Waxing Gibbous

  13. Earl

    Uh oh IKI ROR look rather slendid...

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    2. Earl

      Earl

      hummz

    3. Earl

      Earl

      might be able to squeeze a 7 x 7 in somewhere.... ROFL

    4. Earl

      Earl

      Awaiting reply from my landlord... then to slip it past the missus ;)

  14. Earl

    waiting for it to go dark and the clouds roll in .....

    1. Starcluster

      Starcluster

      Yep just happened to me,, had the scope set up @ 7pm,was hoping to view Venus and jupiter with some new colour filters and yep ,,along came the clouds,,.Great british weather.

    2. Coco

      Coco

      Happens here on the Irish Sea coast all the time, temp drops, pressure drops, clouds roll in. Have not had a session longer than 4 hours this year!

    3. Pleiades M45

      Pleiades M45

      This has happened to me for the past 2 weeks. Sunny during the day, clouds at night. I think this weekend may be the first in awhile i get to go out again.

  15. Earl

    waiting for my first abomination of a sub to take

    1. tingting44

      tingting44

      i would not call it an abomination , id call it a master piece! :D

  16. Earl

    We have an MEP in the family :)

    1. Coco

      Coco

      awesome...

  17. Earl

    we have progress training focusmax

    1. Earl

      Earl

      getting a reasonable v curve

  18. Earl

    Well I managed 6 subs of a target i didnt really want to do, but what i wanted was behind trees..........

  19. Earl

    why did i just put milk n my Earl GRey ....

    1. Uranium235

      Uranium235

      Probably the same reason I went to put the kettle in the fridge, and the milk where the kettle should be!

    2. ronin

      ronin

      For the UK I am probably about to infringe to Religion restrictions of SGL. All tea is yuck, pour it down the sink, with or without milk. Actually don't waste the time to make it. Guess who doesn't like tea ? :-))

  20. Earl

    Working from home listening to Radiohead waiting for my new telescope to be delivered.

  21. Earl

    WOW the EF 400 Prime is so dinky vs the 100-400 !!!

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    2. foundaplanet

      foundaplanet

      It will be interesting to hear what you yhink of it..:)

    3. Coco

      Coco

      Thats one ive never owned.. Ive owned the 300/2.8 none IS and used it for air shows.. it was a nightmare, a friend has the 400/5.6 its much friendlier for planes and birds in flight..

      Congrats ... it'll also make a fantastic short scope when you get another ATIK 383 :P

    4. Coco

      Coco

      Ive also owned the 100-400L and my copy was dreadful over 280mm :(

  22. Earl

    YAY 5D MK III

    1. tingting44

      tingting44

      i wish i was you lol

    2. Coco

      Coco

      Congrats!!! Still got your 60D?

    3. Earl

      Earl

      its at work, I have a 7d and this new one at home :)

  23. Earl

    YAY customs paid focuser lands on Tuesday !!!

    1. Luke

      Luke

      Wohoo! Have never regretted getting a better focuser. Whatcha ordered, Earl?

    2. Earl

      Earl

      its a new style FT dedicated to the FSQ106.

  24. Earl

    YAY new mount also incoming :) Happy Days !!!

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    2. Earl

      Earl

      You say that in such a mean way !!! I have an AP900 coming.

    3. baggywrinkle

      baggywrinkle

      And the rest of us will get clouds....

    4. Coco

      Coco

      Hahaha no mate ... Sorry if it looked that way :)

  25. Earl

    Setup... Watch the clouds roll in, I have the East view tonight.

     

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