Dave scutt

Very nice kon, the details look very sharp Can't wait for another clear night to try and get some more images. Dave

Hi Chriske. Have you thought about buying a phone mount. I have this one and works quite well. Dave

Thanks for letting me know about Thor's Hammer I didn't know I captured it in my photo yesterday. Dave

What phone adapter have you got and what phone are you using

I used snapseed on the second photo

Thought I'll try and take some photos of the moon. First ever try any help would be appreciated Using opticstar 127 , ES 14mm and Samsung a52.

Just got my new scope out for the first time Crystal clear view of the moon in between clouds.

I'll be using ES 82 6.7 ,8.8,11,14 will they be just as good

Dpd arrived this morning with a few bits , with many thanks to Franklin. Everything now completed and ready to use😁.

Sorry to here about getting the C. Hope it's not too bad and get better soon. Dave

Back out after tea and warm again. Orion was rising so first was m42 and the trapezium even though my skies are bortle 2-3 and seeing conditions are the best I've had I still see no colour (maybe being coloured blind don't help ) stayed there for a while taken it all in. Then moved over to the open clusters m35, m36, m37, m38 for a quick look. Then onto m81 and m82 still love looking at these in the same fov onto m97 the owl nebula using uhc filter I've only looked at this a few times couldn't find it for ages till using the filter, while in that area found the whirlpool galaxy m51. Moved on to m57 ring nebula already had a look early this evening but had to have a second look kept swinging the dob around up to the veil nebula the OIII filter seemed better then the uhc filter. Finally m31 and m10 for the first time found m33 but forgot to look for m32 which I've never seen. By now it's 0 degrees and real feel -4 fingers felt like they where going to fall off, so going in to warm up. Hopefully when sirus gets higher I'll try and see the pup. Dave

Just got the dob out for the first time I months. Quick look at the moon ,and then moved to Jupiter and easily seeing the belts never seen the red spot though 🙄. Moved to the ring nebula find it better looking with averted vision then m31, m81,m82 in for tea and warm up then going out to see orion. Can you see the horsehead nebula with a uhc filter or an OIII filter. dave

You don't need them when your observatory is like the tardis

I found a picture of your new house🤭

Hi Paul and welcome to SGL

Hi and welcome to SGL. Have you ever been to Oak Island. Dave

Hope you get well soon

Hi johninderby. I have holes to put the top saddle on the side if I do that would it be safe to put the counter weight underneath the top saddle to keep the scope balanced. Dave

I don't know what makes the saddles bad or I know is most people change them when I brought my skytee it had ADM saddles on it.

Hi stu. I asked a similar question the other day about mounting my scope on the side or top. Best to stick the large scope on the side, John just beat me too it.

Very nice I can only dream

Just been outside totally clear skies not one cloud but my apps say different. Quickly getting the dob out.

My amazon prime has just ran out😪

Hi d-s-m and welcome to SGL. Your get a lot of good advice on here to what telescope to buy. Dave

This is our summer 🤣