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Epick Crom

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  1. I had an interesting evening session last night targeting Venus and the waxing gibbous moon. I saw a new to me interesting feature on the moon, the "crater" Zupus and it's un named mountain. While researching this in an attempt to find out if the mountain had a name,I found there is considerable debate as to wether Zupus is actually a crater or not. Alas, it appears that it's companion mountain is un named (Grrr IAU!) Clear Skies Joe
  2. Last night I had 1hr clear from clouds at sunset, enough time to give my just purchased 9mm APM XWA eyepiece first light. Just WOW! Incredibly sharp, well corrected, great colour rendition, comfortable to use and of course the gigantic 100° field. This was my first time looking through a 100° eyepiece and I can say emphatically that I love the experience. It really is like you are floating in space! Now my wallet will cry as I just have to get more 100° eyepieces in the future 😄
  3. Sounds like you had a great time! Thanks for your detailed report.
  4. Hi Magnus, thanks for your interesting observations report. This drives home the importance of clean optics! Speaking of which, I need to start planning on cleaning my mirror soon, which I'm yet to do nearly three years into owning it. Wishing you clear skies. Joe
  5. This is more along the lines of "what did you see yesterday morning", the partial solar eclipse from Perth! Attached is my high tech photo from the event 😁
  6. Thank you for the offer Kostas! I will definitely message you if all goes according to plan, would be nice to meet you in person and get a tour of your northern skies! Likewise if you ever come to Western Australia, I will be happy to show you the gems of our southern skies. Enjoy your stay in Iceland 😊
  7. Yes, I have noticed this too. The northern hemisphere sky is populated by way more bright galaxies (M31, M81 and M82, M33, M51 etc) and bright planetaries ( M27, M76, M57, Blue Snowball, Cats Eye etc) than the southern hemisphere. M81, M82, Double Cluster, M51, Polaris, Cassiopeia region, northern Cygnus, Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, Perseus, northern Andromeda, northern Auriga Lacerta, Chepheus are all invisible or too low on the horizon to be visible here. I look forward to exploring those regions one day!
  8. Hi @dobbyisbest! I'm glad that you had the opportunity to enjoy our magnificent southern skies. Indeed, the area from Carina, Crux and Centaurus is extremely busy! Throw in Vela, Puppis, Ara, Norma, Scorpius, Sagittarius as well as the SMC and LMC then you have an inexhaustible number of interesting objects to observe. That being said, the northern hemisphere has many jewels in Auriga, Perseus, Cassiopeia, Cygnus , Ursa Major and Canes Venatici that I would hopefully love to observe if I make it to the northern hemisphere for the first time next year. There are marvels scattered throughout both hemispheres! Clear Skies Joe
  9. Yep, it's cloudy over here as well😭. Last night I just managed to view brilliant Venus with it's gibbous shape as well as Mars and Mebsuta 24' apart before the sky completely clouded over..
  10. Hi Kostas. Yeah we do have Aurora Australis here but I'm way to north to see them. I would have to go to Tasmania or New Zealand to see them. I might be travelling to England next year, my first ever trip to the northern hemisphere, are the Aurora Borealis visible from northern England?
  11. Wow, amazing shots Kostas! I would love to see the northern lights one day. Hope you are enjoying your trip! Best Regards Joe
  12. Fantastic sketches and report @Ratlet. Agreed, aperture and globs go together like hand and glove. Clear Skies Joe
  13. Autumn clouds spoilt my sessions last night, but there were gaps in the clouds, allowing me to view Venus close approach to M45 through my 10 x 50 mm binoculars. Seperation 3° and a beautiful sight! I used my 10 inch dob to observe both Venus and Mars. Venus a nice fat gibbous at 522x and at the same magnification I could clearly make out dark markings at the centre of Mars tiny 6' gibbous disk. I also caught NGC 104 (47 Tucanae) down low. Best view was as 185x, a profusion of stars seen. This week looks like wall to wall clouds 😔
  14. Nice one👍. Yes, it's a revelation observing Venus in broad daylight against a bright blue sky!
  15. I hope you all get clear skies my UK friends 🤞!
  16. I had a partly cloudy and windy night here in Perth. Checked out Mars lingering 1°49' away from M 35 in Gemini, a lovely sight. Crescent moon looked nice, cruised the terminator with my 10 inch dob and saw a new to me feature, Vallis Capella. It's cuts right through crater Capella! I managed to spot my first non Messier or NGC galaxy, PGC 18437 in Pictor. All up a 1 hr session before clouds and wind became too much. A brilliant way to unwind!
  17. Thanks, that is definitely cooling my beer cheers here, 34 degrees with thunderstorms over here🌩️😀 Joe
  18. G'Day Kimbo! Good to hear you had a break from the clouds. Nice lunar pics👍 Joe
  19. I would say that is Venus. They had a conjunction yesterday which I wanted too see but got clouded out. If this is a recent pic than it's definitely Venus and the waxing crescent moon.
  20. Wow, the northern lights! I've always wanted too see them. You are one lucky man 👍
  21. Fantastic report Magnus from your picturesque location and congratulations on seeing Ceres for the first time 👍 Wishing you clear skies Joe
  22. G'Day Kostas! NGC 3372 is bright, but M42 is more intense. NGC 3372 is larger and more spread out. Also NGC 3372 has several open clusters imbedded with it. I rate M 42 as the skies brightest nebula, followed by NGC 3372. I don't have any nebula filters yet so have never tried them.NGC 2070 in the Large Magellanic Cloud is also a very bright nebula. You must see NGC3372 some day, it looks spectacular, it's nebulosity is bright enough to show hints of colour when high in the sky. All the best. Joe
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