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thank you very much for all your comments, very appreciated.
thank you also for those who place photos.

I would like to thank you all for your good advice.

hi all ,

I would like to have your opinion on this mount.
i want to put a 120mm ed of skywatcher, for visual only.
thank you .

good morning or good evening .
I would like to know what is the prism in a binoculars apm 100mm 90 degrees?
bak 4 or bak 7 or ...

thx .

2 hours ago, Viktiste said:

The Horsead Nebula.

Because I saw that as a youth in one of the books my father read. He tried to get me interested in Astronomy theory, but he did not manage to get the youngster into it. He never owned a telescope, but was an educated man and read a lot of science books.

If he knew that I have now photographed the Horsehead Nebula  I think he would turn in his grave and smile 🙂

 

he might be proud too.

very informative thx.

I must say that Taurus fascinates me at the moment, very pretty gems hidden there.

I have to add taurus.
wow there are several things i didn't consider before.
but i have to say, wow.

On 26/09/2020 at 09:15, paulastro said:

I actually compared the Contrast Booster and the Neodymium last night for the first time on Mars.  Unfortunately the seeing was poor most of the time and this made the comparison more difficult.

I did tentatively come to some initial thoughts, but I wont say anything yet until I've some more time with them under my belt - I'll then post a full report.  The weather doesn't look good up here for  next week, but I expect the week I'm spending at Kelling will enable me to post something meaningful when I'm back home.

 

and then, how do the filters behave?

7 hours ago, PXR-5 said:

For me, I really enjoyed the Transit of Venus in 2012

lots of clouds, but I got some good views anyway

 

The solar eclipse of 99 was pretty awesome 😎 had to drive an hour south for Totality, found a little park with a fair amount of friendly folks 🙂

 

Jeff

hi jeff nice to see you here , stay safe .

i am very happy to see you like this thread.
thank you for your fascinating sharing.☺️

On 07/11/2020 at 16:32, Matt61 said:

Seeing the Northern Lights in Iceland . Had 3 nights staying in a log cabin in the middle of nowhere. 

very nice thx .

On 07/11/2020 at 16:51, John said:

I've been in the hobby for around 40 years now so there have been quite a few great events

Of all of them though, none is more precious to me than the total eclipse of 1999. We had rented a cottage in Marazion for that week and we were able to be be on the beach there with the BBC film crew as the eclipse unfolded. Yes, it was largely clouded but the atmosphere was fantastic and experiencing the darkness sweeping in and across us as the lights winked on on St Michaels Mount and around Mounts Bay was simply magical. Being there with my family was even more so and my kids still go on about that experience today.

I had read about the 1999 total eclipse in "The Observers Book of Astronomy" when I was around 12 years old. I waited 27 years to see it, and it was largely cloudy. But that's the way sometimes with this hobby and I would not have missed being there for the world 

We are somewhere in this photo:

superb photo thx .

super capture .

very very nice .

only three hours, wow.

amazing shot .

very beautiful .

splendid shot .

very nice .

I am happy to see all of these replies to my post, thank you very much.
I learn a lot from your answers, from your personal experiences.

Once again thank you .

another memory comes to my mind, many here have talked about it. the aurora borealis.
I remember 1989 in March in the middle of the month.

a magnetic storm hits Quebec in its entirety, its happening overnight so no one knows yet. in the morning no one has electricity.

electricity comes back little by little in the evening.
suddenly I look at the sky and the show begins, shapes of all colors appear, green, blue, mauve, red.

it was by far the most beautiful spectacle of the northern lights that I have seen for life.
I remembered this while re-reading passages from this thread.

pair of binoculars, celestron made in japan in the 90s.
8x50 bak 4, 8 degrees of fields.

I enjoyed seeing Hyakutake comet.
hall-bopp comet.
but the gift of a lifetime Shoemaker-Levy 9.

WOW,

When for the first time I heard about this comet, I was captivated by the fact that it could perhaps enter into a collision with Jupiter.
there it is in 1993 and they predict that it will be on the way to colision in July 1994 with the giant jupiter. I immediately bought a telescope to see this phenomenon. So from July 16, 1994 to July 22, 1994, I was in the front row to see this show with my telescope.

the spectacle of a lifetime, nothing has yet captivated me so much.  voila

23 minutes ago, reezeh said:

For Spring you forgot Hercules and his globular clusters!

That's as good a reason as any

yes I agree with you .

which astronomical event struck you the most.

there may be more than one.

as for me, I will tell you a little later.
 I'll give you the floor first.