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Hawksmoor
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Metcheck currently predicting clear skies for the lunar eclipse as seen from Lowestoft. Very excited! At the moment it is -3 C outside. Hope it warms up a bit in the next 24 hours or I will be hitting the hot marmite quite hard by the time it reaches totality.
George in preparation, looking for his mittens in Lowestoft
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Stack and crop of 10x 30sec ISO1600 lights using a 66mm.Altair Astro Doublet - 0.6x focal reducer and field flattener and Canon 600D DSLR all on a Star Adventurer mount from our backyard in Lowestoft.
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Whoo hoo! we had stars in Lowestoft last night.
Not sure what was to blame for the dodgy images, was it the bad weather/Christmas lay-off affecting my kit or was the old astronomer using it to blame?
Got out the 66mm Altair refractor on the Star Adventurer and my trusty bins , didn't get to bed until 3:30am. Anyway I have a few more blurry images of 46P/ Wirtanen and I think I managed to capture a smudge that might be 38P/Stephan-Oterma. Could see 46P through my 11x80 bins handheld but very diffuse and cloud like would have missed it 'sweeping' but knew where to look. 38P not visible through my bins even though I knew where it should be, however the mince-pies aren't what they used to be.
Real nice treat - saw a very bright and orange coloured meteor - slow moving in the east comiing from the direction of Orion. No it wasn't a flare or firework!
Nice clear night and dark after the Moon set, M81 and M82 very easy handheld through my big bins.
George tired but quite content in Lowestoft.
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The pictures may be blurry, but the effort was pure and I'm sure very exciting
I am well and doing more observing than imaging these days. I did just get a nice image of M42 (an annual shot) and I'm looking forward to get a few pics of the lunar eclipse this weekend. I'm wishing you the clearest skies for this event. Oh, and how was the cold dive for charity?
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Hi Reggie
Glad you're ok. Hope you have clear skies for the Lunar eclipse, I might try and image it if the weather looks good. As for the cold water dip on Christmas morning; well the good news was we had sunshine and no wind, the bad news was the hard frost and air temperature of 1 degree celsius. It was so cold! My partner stayed in the water for 10 minutes, I managed 2 minutes but she had the benefit of a wet suit.
All the best George
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Weather remains inclement. Spent the day, off and on, assembling 3d printer kit. Off to bed as no stars and have just finished watching Modus, some violence, moderate swearing and a preposterous story line.
Nighty night stargazers from George in Lowestoft
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All Christmas decorations taken down and put away but still no stars in Lowestoft.
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Yes that Lowestoft and it still has Pleasurewood Hills open during the warmer months. High winds and tide today so currently enjoying a bit of local flooding. Our house on high land so not affected. A few stars visible tonight so better weather on the way? Fingers crossed.
George awaiting sleep in bed in Lowestoft.
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In the words of 'Woody Bear' " Pleasurewood Hills is your biggest day out ever"! However, even in the rain, California probably offers a much bigger day out. Glad you enjoyed your visits to Lowestoft in the past. Only been to LA in California once long ago, had an excellent weekend on route to Auckland NZ. As a 'fossil nerd', La Brea Tar pits a highlight for me. Sea lions and pelicans in the harbour pretty special too.
Best regards George
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Happy New Year to all Stargazers and chums around the world. My new year resolution is to try and treat the Earth and all life on it a little better in 2019.
George now back in Lowestoft (it's still cloudy)
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I look forward to reading your posts Gina, always interesting and indicative of 'grey cells' in abundance. As for 'de-cluttering', my artist bent requires a degree of clutter for my brain to function appropriately - but every December even I have a good think as to constructing a 'shape' rather than a detailed plan for the new year. What ever you decide to do - go for it and all the best for 2019. from George in Lowestoft
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Invited by two of our children and grandchildren to meet them, early on Christmas morning, on the beach at Southwold for a swim. Had serious misgivings about this: as I dont do getting up early, I do not have a wet suit and recently have been under the weather. Anyway as my partner does have wet suit and was keen, a few bah-humbugs thrown in my general direction got me out of my 'toastie slumber chariot' before 8:00 UT and by 10:00 we were at the water's edge. There had been a hard frost overnight but by the time we entered the water, the air temperature was a balmy 2 deg C . I managed a brisk 2 minutes before I fully realised why in previous years I had restricted swimming in the North Sea to the months of June, July, August and September. Enjoy your Boxing Day Stargazers George thankfully no longer in the North Sea and in Lowestoft
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Merry Christmas Stargazers
from George in Lowestoft
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you Reggie. I am currently sitting by a fire in our house, eating a tangerine and working up the courage to take a dip in the North Sea on Christmas Day with my wife and youngest son. Swimming in the sea off a local beach on Christmas Day for charitable causes is a local tradition which we have not yet actively participated in. The sea is very cold at this time of year.
All the best George
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I'm hoping that the next object they find, further out than 'Far out', is named 'Almost out of sight'. It would appeal to the old hippy inside of me. Regards George
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46P & The Pleiades - 2018-12-16
Hawksmoor replied to PhotoGav's topic in Imaging - Widefield, Special Events and Comets
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Whilst waiting for my target for the night to get high enough to image and for the street lights to be turned off, I decided to take some some longish still images of Uranus to pick up moons. Not really paying attention to what I was doing but pressed the button and moved on. The following day spent some software time trying to up the gain to find said moons finally realised I had not been pointing at Uranus but a nearby bright star somewhat out of focus and over exposed. Good for my age!
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Hi and welcome to SGL from another sea and night sky lover. Best regards from George in Lowestoft
