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A new member @Flakmunky mentioned that he had named his daughter after a star and it reminded me of something. Back in 2006 one of my boys and his family named a star after me using and old cb name I used mid 70's "rustbucket". I wondered if anyone else has a star association? Ps. I do understand that this is a novelty 😉
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Pick 2 from 5 of these scopes:
M40 replied to Flame Nebula's topic in Discussions - Scopes / Whole setups
Of those telescopes, the only one I have and use is the skymax180. It is a very fine telescope for solar system and doubles and even fully loaded would sit well on the eq6. Just to add, have a close look at a stellalyra 8" cc. May be one to add to your list. All the best -
Without even blinking, stellamira125mm. Reducer and a barlow and I have a lot of bases covered. Strangely, I would miss the seestar.
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I have four, skymax180, stellamira 85mm, stellamira 125mm and a seestar s50 which interestingly nobody has listed
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Just to confirm that the sm125mm will sit very nicely on your heq5. Due to the weather, I have only had a brief moment to compare the sm125mm with the skymax180, which was the other telescope I was going to suggest as it also sits nicely on an heq5, but using a 5mm and barlow with the sm125mm on Jupiter was quite impressive. All the best.
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I tend to use a pair of disposable gloves with fingerless gloves over the top. I then just pull the tip off the appropriate finger and all is good. I've tried the conductive tip type glove, they work but I just can't seem to get on with them.
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Hello John A and welcome to the site.
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Hello shinebug777 and welcome to the site. Please don't frighten us by saying you point your telescope at the sun; to align your finder scope find a distant object during the daytime, center it in the eyepiece then center your finder scope. You will need those eyes of yours to continue painting, so please, as RT65CB-SWL says, unless you have a solar filter or leave the lens covers on, no more pointing telescopes at the sun. Just for information ignoring the obvious damage you could do to your eyes, should you point your telescope at the sun, temperature build up within the telescope could melt plastic components and render your telescope useless. A great painting, please do start a topic within the astro lounge, it would be good to see your work. All the best.
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The red dot finder is, imo, a bit of an essential. I have three types but this is the one I prefer.... https://www.firstlightoptics.com/finders/astro-essentials-red-dot-finder.html It needs aligning with your telescope, wookie1965 videos give a few clues. Basically, during day time, find a distant point, center it in your telescope eyepiece then center the finder cross hairs. It will be out when you look at stars but it will be close. At night, set your telescope and mount up as normal, goto your first alignment star which will be out, then use the finder to get closer to the star, this hopefully will put it in the fov of your eyepiece. Center the star in your eyepiece then center the finder. I tend to leave the finder in place at end of play so it's ready for next time, but being clumsy, I manage to knock it so have to do it again anyway. All the best.
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Hello Hans, I've found that the input colour is white on yellow and is difficult to see, is this because I am viewing it in "sheets" as opposed to excel?
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May be worth a visit to have a look. This is a car park associated with the strawberry line, it would be worth seeing if they have other car parks that offer better all round views. All the best.
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I must admit, I am enjoying this. The pictures will never win prizes but that is not my aim, standing outside, getting on target and watching that picture build up is me all over 😁
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Camera. Quite how it got there is a mystery as I leave the camera, flip mirror and eyepiece all in one lump. Hey ho.
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A similar spot is the Axbridge picnic area. Very high with excellent views to the south, no lights.
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Spotted that, the telescope and associated bits have got somewhat moist recently. My guess is its on the objective. I shall find out tomorrow 🤔 Just checked yesterday's pictures, nothing on them. I've not tried flats yet, some more reading to be done on that score, darks seem easy enough with the asiair but I literally just scratched the suface with those.
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I was thinking of asteroid belt items only. Designations are interesting aren't they, it seems that minor planet Lutetia is also asteroid 21 and minor planet Vesta is asteroid 4. So will you be including things like Lutetia in your list? I think tno's are somewhat out of my league.
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Very misty night but had to play. All taken with Stellamira 125mm, zwo asi290mm, heq5 and asiair. Simple screen grabs. M108, 50 x 10 seconds. Distance about 28 million light years away. M109, 30 x 10 seconds, distance about 67 million light years away NGC 3718, 60 x 10 seconds, distance about 52 million light years away. Complete with a few satellite trails.
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In your list of asteroids, have you included some of the minor planets in your list? Noted you mentioned Vesta in an earlier post.
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Now there's the challenge. Have a drive through Lympsham, I know there is parking by a sports club there and hopefully you can get in there when it's shut.
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We're near Brent Knoll and it's dark enough there, but parking is a bit thin on the ground. Have you looked at the top of Cheddar Gorge?
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Hello Hans and welcome to the site. Any chance you could do a screen shot of your spreadsheet as the phone doesn’t want to open it. All the best
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Mine just go everywhere, but the best I have seen was someone who had an asiair on the ota then mostly very short cables between device and asiair. If you can mount your equipment on the ota, this is definately the way to go. All the best.