AllanK

Is it the “Dark Sky Web”?

I misread initially and thought you had written 2:45am. I subsequently thought that either the binoculars were “hot” or “Jesus, these guys take their nighttime activities extremely seriously….how am I going to get some decent, cut price kit if the exchanges all happen in car parks around 3am?” 😂😂😂

Fingers crossed…we’re relocating to The Mallaig area later in the week for a few days which is also a dark sky area. I’ll just suffer with the good seafood, beer and whisky until then…it’s a tough I know, but I plan on soldiering through somehow.

Brought my scope on holiday thinking “it’ll be great to get away from all this light pollution and see things!”. Meanwhile in Torridon The weather clearly has other ideas. Don’t get me wrong it’s beautiful, but a tad frustrating.

Bought di-electric star diagonal for a fair price and it seems to be decent (to my extremely newbie mind anyway).

I feel that I’ve bought in haste and now get to repent at leisure. I was late getting the astronomy itch scratched and only got my Celestron C5 and starter mount in the spring…just in time for the nights to get lighter and also to realise just how not dark my garden is! Anyway, enough about that…we’re hopefully going to get away for a week in early July to near Applecross in Scotland. There should be none to low light pollution, but obviously still lots of natural light until late. I’ve got my TLAO good to go, but what should I be looking to see (clouds permitting) to keep me enthused until the darker nights return?

https://youtu.be/LFrdqQZ8FFc For some reason this post reminds me of this scene.

The Newer model to pre-order is £2000 cheaper? Bargain!

Ihttps://vaonis.com/stellina I wonder if they’ve taken inspiration from the above? I knew I ad seen a similar idea with better execution somewhere before. Not much difference price wise 🤢🤢🤢

In all honesty 4 months ago I would have seriously considered something like this and be drawn in by the gadgetiness of it all. Having spent time doing some research on forums like this, I have a better idea of what to look for and expect. So SGL collectively take a bow, you have collectively helped me and many others dodge bullets such as this.

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/dwarf-telescope-a-portable-digital-telescope Thoughts? No intention of buying...unless somebody says it sounds absolutely amazing! 😂😂😂

Those are a couple of good suggestions. I know Tinto area well from cycling (a shame the tearoom won’t be open of an evening for a coffee and a scone) and, in happier times my commute took me to both Sanquhar and Thornhill so the Leadhills and Wanlockhead make sense and they’re not far off the motorway. Need to check out these and Loudon Hill and will definitely do a daylight recce after yesterday’s hijinks.

It was stronger than that I think. It’s a Celestron C5 on a Starwave Mini-AZ Mount.

Just took a daytime reconnaissance run...which is just as well as I may have offended the farmer down the road who was fixing the potholes in his road that I was driving over...😣😣. Anyway, after lots of apologies he very kindly directed me to tight part of the reservoir which was busy (due to it being a nice day) which looks like a good spot for future reference. I’ve also been advised to check out Loudon Hill which I will also do.

My wife came with me and sat in the car reading her kindle as it was a concern for us both - especially as this was the first time outwith my or a friend’s garden. I’m just not sure of the message this was putting out 😂😂😂.