Dave scutt

Hi Murray06.

Welcome to SGL. 

Have you a budget for what you want to buy and is it planets and the moon all would you be looking for dso's aswell. 

I'm sure you will get some great advice lots of knowledgeable people here to help,hope you enjoy your new hobby. 

19 minutes ago, Nigella Bryant said:

Will people stop buying stuff, the weather is awful, ☔🌧️☔🌧️

I thought it was because I live in Ireland 

13 hours ago, DMH said:

Hi all, I thought that maybe a useful topic to have could be recommendations for Android and iOS Camera Apps in case new people come along.

So far I have used:

Native Android - Works well but no manual controls

ProCam X Lite - I have used this to capture videos and photos, shoots RAW and seems ok. Feels a bit clunky and slow sometimes.

Toying with getting Camera FV-5!

I downloaded deepsky camera beta haven't had a chance to use it yet could you have a look and let me know what you think 

1 hour ago, david_taurus83 said:

Your not too far from Bolands bar then?!

Have you been to bolands bar

Just up the road live by fairly mount post office 

Just checked weather for tonight, hoping a might get an 1 hour or 2

Next clear skies (hopefully) I let the dob cool down and might have some time to study closer, is it best under low or high magnification. 

Thanks for all your replies 

29 minutes ago, Stu said:

Nice opportunist session Dave. Did you spy the trapezium of four stars in the centre?

The most I’ve managed is a green tint to it. I believe that with very big scopes and very dark skies you can start to get pinks and reds, but it will never be anything like the images I’m afraid. Most DSOs are grey smudges of varying shapes and sizes!

 

Hi Stu did you use any filters when you saw a green tint

19 minutes ago, Merlin said:

What’s the aperture of your ‘scope Dave?

12"skywatcher ,  I live in bortle 3 area

Hi everyone. 

As still new to this and only got my first scope  in the summer,  I haven't had a chance to see Orion rise in the sky yet.

I couldn't sleep last night and at 3.30 decided to get up ,looking outside I could see clear skies, quickly getting dressed rolled the dob out of the shed not having time to cool down I could see clouds coming in from the west.

Using the 28mm ep to find the Orion Nebula it looked magnificent, added a uhc filter but it didn't look any different, I changed to a es 82 degrees 6.6mm and was very pleased on how good the ep was, at 4.15 the clouds covered everything so rolled the dob back in and it started to rain as usual 😪. 

Can you see any colour in Orion Nebula with any other filters or is it always going to be grey I know you won't see it like the way it is in books.

Thanks dave

7 minutes ago, dweller25 said:

Dob - horizontal, all caps off, fan on.

If you don’t have a fan you can make one……

Do you get any vibration from the fan being screwed in I have mine hanging with hair bungees 

Home made fan and kept in the shed but I take the caps off.

Don't have it pointed upwards just incase a bird poop's  into it 

On 16/09/2021 at 19:08, Stu said:

That works a treat, and really helps reduce vibration. Voice activation works well for this too, particularly on Android phones, although you can feel a bit daft shouting ‘cheese’ at your phone in the darkness!

Got one of these from amazon works a treat 

Don't know why I always add multiple photos he only got the one phone. 

Help mark at Beaufort.

Not much to do with astronomy. 

But thanks to callisto for help funding a new phone for my son

Thanks I didn't know about the clear outside appo

Have you won the lottery mark🤣

I have no problem with light pollution living in the middle of nowhere. Moving my dob around the garden is easy , the only problem I have where I live is it's always raining or cloudy 

I agree love  that 3rd shot looks like your actually flying over moon

Hi and welcome to SGL 

Do you see any colour when looking at the Western veil with the 0III filter .

I was using the uhc filter last night and it was just grey 

Hi John welcome tothe lounge 

Not the postman but DHL 2 nice ep's

You know when you buy ep's it's going to rain.

If you buy books would you get clear skies if so I need to get a library 

Only in Ireland 

Looking out of the window  I noticed the skies were clear,  so I rolled my dob out of the shed to let it cool down before observing. 

So I started to find the objects I know I could find ring nebula, m31,m13 ,m81,m82 found the veil nebula for the first time using uhc filter.  The skies where still clear and very dark could see the milky way stretching across the sky but it started to rain without a cloud in sight so had to roll the dob back into the shed but it was good while it lasted. 

Dave