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 

2 hours ago, John said:

A friend at Bristol AS (Chris) has pointed out that the feature known as "Thor's Hammer" is nicely on display as well tonight. And he is right !

Worth a look while enjoying the mare Imbrium, it is near Mount Piton (not my photo):

 

 

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

Dave 

8 hours ago, PXR5 said:

Very nice Dave!

I am anticipating taking my first shot of the Moon tonight.

 

I doubt mine will look that good.

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

14 minutes ago, Dark Vader said:

I'd say you were off to a flying start with those. 2nd one in particular is excellent. With a phone mount and remote shutter control? Any processing?

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. 

52 minutes ago, Franklin said:

Looking good Dave. I had a very similar set up a while back and at that time I was using BST Starguiders, I had a 25mm, 12mm, 8mm and 5mm. They all worked very well with the 127mm -1200mm refractor giving 48x, 100x, 150x and a massive 240x respectively, all with a 60deg AFOV. The 5mm BST was pushing it a bit really, so I would use a 6mm BCO for 200x at 50deg. A sensible range of magnifications for a scope of that size. I had some really good views of the gas giants a few summers ago with that setup. Clear skies.

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😁.

10 minutes ago, ONIKKINEN said:

Postman brought 2 very heavy boxes. Didn't include rocks as i first believed!

Feels very solidly built unlike my previous Skywatcher mount 👍.

Unfortunately wont be using this for a while as i seem to have finally gotten the C(not from the postman that one).

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 

1 hour ago, JeremyS said:

But I wish it was this 

 

instead of this

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

53 minutes ago, JeremyS said:

More classic  books

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

5 minutes ago, johninderby said:

I tapped the centre hole in the saddle to M12 and then used an M16 to M12 adaptor so the counterweight bar caould still be fitted of only using one scope.

 

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 

4 minutes ago, LukeSkywatcher said:

Usually. The weather over the last 2 weeks had been very mild. We have the back door open most nights and no heating on. I'm sitting in the kitchen as I type, door open and wearing a t-shirt. 

We'll pay for it in Feb/Mar I bet.

This is our summer 🤣