Dave scutt

A nice sunny day to receive a Baader Solar sheet, can do my first Solar observing now.

Alot smaller then I thought. 

5 hours ago, LukeSkywatcher said:

About an hour ago, I arrived home from an Ed Sheeran concert in Dublin. When I got out of the car I saw 3 white light in the sky roughly traveling in a SE direction. They were spaced out from each other. 

As I watched, the central light kept going in a straight line, while the outer ones on either side veered of course (one to the left, one to the right). They didn't do 90 degree turns. They just slightly changed trajectory in a curve and went their separate ways.

Definitely wasn't birds being lit up on their bellies. 

It was pretty cool.

 

I saw it a while ago and caught it on my phone

If you push the back buttons does it fire🤣

47 minutes ago, Stu said:

Hope you put it back!

All the fish are returned so my son can keep catching them 

Excellent image kon

6 minutes ago, Sunshine said:

That looks like a mini shark!

It's a bull huss member of the shark family 

Not the set up your use to but my son wanted to go fishing. 

And we were off to a good start. 

25 minutes ago, PeterCPC said:

Ann Franks house is a must.

Tried to see Ann Franks house but fully booked out so took a picture of outside 

9 hours ago, Pixies said:

I love Amsterdam. It's a great place to just hang out and take in the (relaxed) atmosphere. And I'm not talking about THAT

If you want museums/history, the Rijksmuseum has enough to keep you busy for the 5 days. There's also the Van Gogh Museum and the Anne Frank House. The latter can be a bit harrowing, obviously.

Get some Malaysian food too. Kantjil & de Tijger in Spuistraat is great. The fantastic Cafe Hoppe (pub) is nearby, which is a must-do, in my opinion.

I just like hanging-out in the canal area to the east of the city, on to The Jordaan further east. Lots of cafes, quaint shops, etc. The INK hotel is well placed for all that.

 

For sight-seeing tours, there are lots of boat/canal tours, which are are loads better than the usual open-top bus tours, which get stuck in traffic-jams in most European cities. A bike tour is good too, if that's your thing.

 

Note - it's been 5 years since I was there last, so things might have changed.

It's very nice other here, there mad on there bikes though.   For my 50th today we went to a nice restaurant called senses for a 7 course meal food was outstanding would recommend it .

Having a great time  dave.

25 minutes ago, HollyHound said:

Yeah, they're being sold as fast as they appear and mostly appearing marked up on eBay etc.... your wife did well to get you one, as it's a lovely piece... enjoy, and happy 50th 😁

You might see it on the classifieds swap for a tak😉

33 minutes ago, HollyHound said:

Wow, someone actually managed to purchase one of these... I'm sure you're away of the frenzy that occurred a few weeks back when they launched... crazy 😬

These look really nice and look like a faithful rendition of the originals too... enjoy 😁

The watch feels really nice, l feel very lucky to have got one. The price has gone up x4 since this morning. 

Not the postman, wife got me this for my 50th birthday today.

My first telescope was the 12"skywatcher dob in August 2021 seeing Jupiter and the moons and Saturn for the first time I was blown away

Really nice image, I would be very happy if I could ever produce something like that 

Congratulations on your new dob

Hi all.

It's my 50th birthday Thursday, my wife has just  said she's booked a table for 2 at Senses Restaurant ,and need to pack today because we're leaving in the morning.

Feeling confused about having to pack and leaving in the morning, she says I've booked 5 nights at the Ink Hotel and the restaurant is in Amsterdam. 

How nice is she  to arrange all this ,friends are coming round each day to look after the horses, dogs, cats and chickens and the boys are staying at their nans and she's taking them to school. 

Has any one been to Amsterdam any tips on museum's etc. 

Dave 

Nice report Peter. 

Wish my sons would take any interest instead of playing on their X box and PlayStation 

Happy birthday, hope you have a great day

I'm glad I don't have to travel with the price of petrol these days. 

My garden is fine at SQM at 21.8

Great report kon. 

I too was continuing the fuzzy hunt last night found alot of fuzzys in Markarians Chain in groups of 2 and 3 . Finished with the Sombrero galaxy very low in the sky.

There's so much more you're mentioned I haven't seen but after a few nights out in the freezing cold I think I need a rest.

Dave 

Belmullet is a lovely area just a cross the water or a long drive round is achill island stunning place to go

If you make it down to mayo give me a shout you could pop round for tea or coffee 

2 minutes ago, Mr Spock said:

Like this? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Max-MAX002S-IP67-Rated-Accessory/dp/B0192P6994/ref=asc_df_B0192P6994/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=226152056294&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=17544379630550890618&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9046358&hvtargid=pla-422098894248&psc=1&th=1&psc=1

I see someone has commented that they put eyepieces in it. I'll have to look at the range and do some measurements.

Double layer of cubed foam.

The max cases from amazon are what I use very good and cheap 

4 hours ago, ScouseSpaceCadet said:

Been too ill to concentrate on reading or anything else. Cough and chest has not been too bad but feel like I had the bejeezes knocked out of me. Dizzyness, aching legs, extreme fatigue, fever, shivers, night sweats, slightly abnormal oxygen and high blood glucose. ☹️ Feeling slightly better today. I'm thankful for three vaccine jabs. Imagining the potential illness effects without that protection makes me shudder.

Thanks for the good wishes. 👍

Hope you get well soon @ScouseSpaceCadet