Dave scutt

I ordered the other one , dimensions are alot bigger,  need to buy more ep's now to fill it😁

I've clicked on the link and get this. Maybe they won't deliver to my area

Found this one , a bit bigger then what I needed lots of room for more ep's 

54 minutes ago, cajen2 said:

How about mine: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B08KDPQ31S?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

Cheap, strong and light.

Would be ideal but currently unavailable 🙄

Hi all.

I need a new ep case, my current collection of ep's have out grown the case I have.

The one's I've been looking at on amazon are out of stock , it has to be cheap I have 100 euros to spend must include delivery to Ireland. 

The dimensions I would like are or something similar are.

Long  400mm

Width 300mm

Depth 100mm

Thanks dave 

35 minutes ago, Mognet said:

Is this a common problem round your way, or were the cows I lived near in rural Suffolk equipped with night vision? 🤨🤣

Only the goats have night vision round here

I live in the countryside the problem I have with light pollution is when the farmers leave the lights on because the cows are scared of the dark 🤣

12 minutes ago, Pixies said:

We need the coke-can / tin-of-beans in shot for size reference!

Wife is out food shopping so the cupboards are quite bare and I would be embarrassed to show what's left so I used a tin of dog food.

16 minutes ago, bosun21 said:

Couple of much needed dew shields for my Dobsonian and Maksutov 

 

What size is the dew shield for the dob

DPD just delivered a new ep with thanks to kerrylewis .

I've been using the standard skywatcher 28mm since I got the dob time for an upgrade, it's very big. Need clear skies now can't wait to test it out.

Not the postman, bargain of the day , one euro in a charity shop unopened. Thought it would look nice in a frame 

Looks like I'll miss it weather don't look to good 😪

35 minutes ago, wookie1965 said:

Thanks Neil when I am closer to buying one I will do just that and get some expert advise.

You could do with something like mine Paul I have Ankylosing spondylitis and can't lift anything heavy but wheeling the 12"dob out of the shed is easy 

Dam I thought I was bortle 2 🙄

I only have the one mount a skytee II with upgraded ADM saddles very easy to use

My 12"dob hardly any cool down time where it's left in the shed and very easy to wheel out and use within minutes 

On 22/04/2022 at 20:37, Victor Boesen said:

As recommended by @Stu in this thread I tried to take some RAW shots with my OnePlus 7 Pro, Evostar 72ED and Daystar Quark and it turned out extremely well if you ask me!! The seeing was very good, and I actually observed with my 18mm Baader Classic Ortho for about half the time and with the 32mm Baader Plössl the rest. The following images were taken with the 18mm while the seeing was quite good

All of the images were shot in color, turned into B&W and edited in Photoshop Express. I have never caught this amount of details in filaments and active regions before, and then through my Evostar 72 You can even see the double limb effect from the photosphere below (not an interesting feature visibly, but I find it impressive that a phone camera caught it).

While observing the western limb I noticed a new AR bubbling with a white glow visible. This region is also visible in the images and can be seen at roughly the 1 o'clock position.

Hopefully you folks also have managed to observe the current disk. Lots to see!!!

Victor

Hi Victor. 

I took some sun images using my phone the other day, yours look alot better, is the daystar quark good or would I be better off buying a solar scope.

Thanks dave 

Great shots Victor   

On 26/04/2022 at 16:32, JeremyS said:

Is that to transport your 36” Dob?
 

Just about fits but I don't think it will float🤣

2 minutes ago, JeremyS said:

Is that to transport your 36” Dob?
 

No the boat is on the grass so I can paint the outside of it, I've done the inside 

First time viewing the sun

7 minutes ago, callisto said:

Nice image Dave 👍

 

Mark.

Thanks mark.

I wanted to use the solar film I got from you but it had a mark on it and with no experience I tried wiping it off bad mistake totally ruined it😪

Baader Solar film worked well to give me my first view of the sun  🌞. 

Opticstar 127mm f9.5, ES82 11mm  samsung a52 

I got my new baader solar film today and I must of measured it wrong just a bit to small and to make things worse it had a small crease or hole near the corner. 

So I used the template and made it smaller and put thick cardboard behind it so I don't burn my eyes would this be ok.

Looks like an on /off switch 🤔