oldfruit

Hi,

I am keen to set un an EEVA rig. Just wondered what camera to use for the best results? I will be starting with an NEQ6 and a 8 inch Newtonian F5 scope.

Also, how long a cable can I expect to run from obsy to house. Currently about 12m. Is this doable?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Hopefully it is a simple as Covid has delayed everything, other suppliers are also seeing delayed dispatch times. Be patient, worth the wait

Many thanks for the responses. Certainly given me food for thought.

I am currently looking to re equip my observatory. I have an ED80 and also sometimes image with an 8 inch f5 newtonian.

I have had an NEQ6 pro before but was wondering if there are mounts out there that do not require guiding? 

Just been out for a few minutes with the 20x90 bins. Full Moon really is making the sky bright, that said, I could still make out the "fishes mouth" in the Orion Nebula and the Trapezium asterism was easily resolved with  all 4 stars showing nicely. There was also limited detail in the main nebula and in the "wings" of the nebula but just a taste of things to be seen on darker nights.

Have to agree, the seeing and transparency was pretty good, had the scope out last night and despite the bright Moon managed to have a good session with well resolved brighter nebula and clusters.

Scopes looking good.

Great images, lovely sharp detail. To think that some struggle with dedicated cameras and yet these shots from a phone are superb.

An excellent eyepiece, one of my favourites since i bought it about 4 years ago. Always first out of the eyepiece case. Reviews are very favourable too.

Nice report, Its really satisfying when you bag a really faint galaxy. Interesting observation re averted vision. Will have to hunt this one out.

The first thing i noticed when I first aquired my 12 in dob was the amount of fuzzies that became visible. You will start to see detail in objects that were otherwise just faint smudges of light. Enjoy the new scope. A 12 inch dobsonian will really open up the deep sky for you.

2 hours ago, mdstuart said:

That is a good starting point.

If you like galaxies then I would have a look at this book for more ideas.

Agreed, great book and has guided me to many object i may have otherwise overlooked.

Nice report, easy to get lost in the NAN as it is so large,

Great report thank yo, will have to visit  and look for myself. One of those areas that we are unaware of until a fellow observer points it out.

8 X 42, 15 X 80, 20 X 90.

1 hour ago, Mike JW said:

Marv - so true and miss my view of it in the 20" Dob I once owned. Mike

I have a 20 and agree, the view is stunning!!

Like yourself, I managed to track this down with the 12 inch dob a few years ago, an unimpressive object until you factor in the distance. A great achievement to track it down with a 10 cm scope.

Please do keep the reports coming as they are always an enjoyable read.

Work restricts my time and I am sure many other also at the moment, so it is always nice to read up on what others are doing. To refer to in future to compare observations if nothing else.

On 06/01/2020 at 15:34, John said:

Crab nebula expansion has been captured:

 

Just out of interest, the earlier image shows a more condensed nebula, which appears slightly brighter. Could it be that when Messier observed it and catalogued it that it was brighter still?

On 25/02/2020 at 20:03, mdstuart said:

Really clear transparent sky with no moon yesterday, yes really! So I had a good session with my 20 inch dob and the new 10BCO eyepiece.

I looked at a mixture of bright objects, a few double stars for Nick but the highlight of the evening was a revisit of the NGC 4005 group in Leo to the right of the Meliotte Cluster.

Here is a picture of the group from Dan G from Cloudy nights.

 

The group is about 200 million light years away. It is rotating http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/1986ApJ...311...25W/0000026P001.html

In the centre is a relatively bright star and NGC 4005 to the right and just above it. This was visible last night in the 10BCO with averted vision but the star made this galaxy hard to see. 

Last night I managed to see more galaxies than ever before (perhaps thanks to the 10BCO but also due to the extra 4 inches of mirror ). In my 14 inch in March  2014 could just see NGC 4005. With my 16 inch in Feb 2017 I managed to see NGC 4015, 3987, 3997 and actually the brightest object to my eyes, NGC 4022 which I could hold with direct vision in the 20 inch. 

Yesterday with the 20 inch I also managed to see NGC 3993, 4018 and 4023 for the first time. The faintest star I could see was mag 15.1 which shows how transparent the sky was. I can see mag 5.1 stars with the naked eye so the 20 inch takes me 10 mags deeper.

So how many galaxies can you see visually?

Mark

Love reading your reports. As a relative newcomer to the large scope collective, it gives me sessions to look forward to when reading experienced observers reports such as yours.

Was out on Thursday evening and loving the views through the big dob.

What a great write up. The sketches are top notch too, giving an Idea of what to expect at the eyepiece. This is one article I will be referring back to again.

A wonderful club meeting observing night 18/01/2020

By chance we all me up at Badger Farm., our dark site in the Lincolnshire Wolds.

The sky was clear and it looked to be a promising night, early on hazy cloud came over and there was a feeling that this could be it for the night but we waited patiently and were rewarded with a lovely clear sky.

Excellent report. I have observed the brighter ark of the bubble nebula with my 12 inch dob previously on a night of good transparency from our dark site in the Lincolnshire Wolds. I would Imagine it should be easier in my 20 inch. 

From what I have seen of M31 through the 20 I can only say wow and that was on an average night. I am sure your view was outstanding, especially as it is so high now.

I would be interested to hear more of your observations of M33.

Not tried the Horse Head yet but your report certainly gives motivation to give it a try.

Some really interesting targets in your report. Can`t wait to give them a go.

Mark

The Saturn Nebula and the Cats Eye Nebula also show colour when I have observed them through my 12 inch dob.

My 20 inch dob. Acquired this year. Proving a great scope so far.

Recent adition is the 80mm finder visible in the picture.

I hope that this will be my forever scope. 

Plus 1 for the Paracorr Type 2, makes a massive difference, I use one in my 20 inch f4 and the difference is astounding.

Enjoy,

Mark