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  1. JB80
    The thing is in Spain, it can be an absolute minefield to buy any property and even more so a nice rural one. In the end we chose not to buy a rural property in Spain even though we found many we liked simply because of the legal situation surrounding the land and such. There is so much that needs to be considered and the market is already flooded with cheap properties so it is going to be difficult even before you start. That said any extra selling point can and will help so definitely worth adding the extra info. Short of taking an ad out in an astromag or maybe even ABS I don't know what else you can do.
  2. JB80

    So Leonids peaked last night? How did that get by without a mention.

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    In the end I got a few opportunities early on but the clouds dominated. Still what I could see on screen was stunning, I saw the Venus transit but not through a scope and this well and truly made up for it. Tomorrow I will process the few avis I grabbed \nd see but early results seem okish.
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    Well I have seen it through haze and have 2 avis taken of practically the same shot, looks as though it's a cloud dodger day today which is a vast improvement on earlier.
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    Well....
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    Same here Gina.
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    Ye gads, I think I just did some astronomy

    1. David Smith

      David Smith

      Steady on JB!

  8. JB80
    Wow, it's been a grim year looking back but it's good to be posting some images again. Not a great deal of output compared to previous years but still a tough choice. All the Ha stuff taken with a PST stage 1 mod with either a ASI120mm or DMK41. The white light taken with a skywatcher 150PL and ASI120mm. I think I finally started to come to terms with mosaics, one of my better ones. This one shows the evolution of a prom, from memory it was 45 minutes or so. It lifted off completely after I stopped imaging. lol If I can find the data I may reprocess this one eventually. Loops AR2367 AR2339
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    Wow, I can't believe I missed the showcase threads until now. Lets see what I can dig up. Actually it was my best year so far in terms of getting better planetary results which I put down mainly to the ASI120mm being a better performer than my other cams. Shame though I don't have a lot to choose from but here goes...... All imaged with a Skywatcher 150PL and ASI120mm, possibly a DMK41 for one of the images, maybe. Possibly my best ever Jupiter, not sure. Sorry about the cropping. Obligatory Saturn, tougher than I remember. So here is a double moon transit in 3 channels, I think it was probably taken on January 2. This one is not the best pic but it's of the triple transit last year, conditions were not optimal.
  10. JB80

    Getting fed up with this humidity, 80% every night for two months. Arrgh!

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    Going to need an arc if this rain keeps up.

  12. JB80
    Yeah I saw this last night too and thought the last lot they did were hard to get hold of so I want in on this. Just trying to look now for delivery to Spain. http://www.build-solar-system.com/solar-system.php Edit: Looks like they don't do mainland Europe, shame that. I may have a solution though.
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    It's clearing up, yay!

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    2. JB80

      JB80

      Well, 1 Perseid and that was all, nothing on camera I think either.

    3. Luke

      Luke

      That is one more than me, Jarrod! Forecast went downhill for us, it was looking good at one stage, moon tucked out the way for later as well! Hoping for some weekend Sol now, just rain and rain here Thurs and Fri! Look forward to you being back in business. Hope all has gone well!

    4. JB80

      JB80

      I saw two the night after but dozed off towards the end. Things have gone pretty good with the move, messy but good. Looks like cloud and downpours though this weekend.

  14. JB80

    Moving house Friday and without realising it I think I may have had my last astro session here. :(

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    2. JB80

      JB80

      Cheers guys! That is true Gutross, I actually think the LP may be a bit better there. Time will tell.

    3. JB80

      JB80

      Thanks Jules, glad you have settled in now. It's a bit chaotic at the moment here but I think we are on track. Not panicking just yet.

    4. tingting44

      tingting44

      whats the problem then mate?

  15. JB80

    My motor focuser is playing up, grrrr

    1. xtreemchaos

      xtreemchaos

      Gremlings.

  16. JB80

    There is a snake in my mail box. eek!

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    2. Uranium235

      Uranium235

      Hate mail! .... lol

      Its probably looking for somewhere to chill out for a while.

    3. xtreemchaos

      xtreemchaos

      we get the odd adder in the garden late springtime when the males are looking for mates,thay seam to do a dance when two males meet,my dogs keep well away from them thay must know thay have a nasty bite.

    4. baggywrinkle

      baggywrinkle

      I can provide a nice recipe.....

  17. JB80

    That was a surprise http://www.aapodx2.com/index.html

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    2. JB80

      JB80

      Cheers!

    3. sooot

      sooot

      Well done jarrod

    4. Luke

      Luke

      Congrats, Jarrod :D Well deserved, a classy disc. Always look forward to your images. Oh yes, we're all dipping in the pools here in the UK cough cough. Actually, it's half decent today, I'd almost dip a toe in the sea :D

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    I just downloaded everything after not having it for a few years. At least my old account is still there but if I'm honest I'm a bit confused by everything, it seems to be running SETI at least and I'm still in the SGL team. Is the SGL team part of other projects or just SETI@home?
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    Is 110km from centre line too far to see an ISS solar transit?

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    Aargh, windows update decided to happen just as I was setting my scope up, took 45 minutes. Then firecapture didn't want to work and now clouds. :(

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    2. JB80

      JB80

      To be honest Ant I didn't do anything, firecapture would read the camera but wasn't running it so I turned it all off and when I started again in the evening it was all fine. I still don't know what was the problem but a restart fixed it for me.

    3. Ant

      Ant

      Mmmm think mines a little more terminal than that. Tried restore point, reinstalling drivers and software, ccleaner. Glad your sorted though :)

    4. JB80

      JB80

      Hope you can sort it out soon, sorry I can't be of much help.

  21. JB80

    Been a big solar afternoon and now time for a quick lunar session and on to Jupiter before a well earned lay down and drink. Possibly some food too.

    1. David Smith

      David Smith

      Hard work all this solar imaging ain't it.

    2. Luke

      Luke

      I think your rain has come here, Jarrod :-o I am bracing myself for a tough summer solar period, sun tan lotion, sunglasses, cold drinks, baseball caps, but you do what ya gotta do :D

    3. JB80

      JB80

      Hard life aint it. :D At one point they were saying tomorrow was going to be 31°c here but that has been revised to a brisk 26° now.

  22. JB80
    This has happened to me numerous times now, I went out and brought a soldering iron to fix it which I have done about 3 times. In fact I ordered a new controller because the last time I thought it was fatal but managed to fix it while it was in transit so at least I have a spare now.
  23. JB80

    Right, now it's sunny and my replacement ITF just showed up. Grrr...

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    2. JB80

      JB80

      Ta Luke! Well it cleared up here a bit this morning after some rain, I got a mosaic in but we will see if that turns out. Hopefully after next week when it clears up we will be back at the lovely spring temps getting a tan again.

    3. Qualia

      Qualia

      Hope you're right, Jarrod :-) I'm getting fed up with this. I've had two night sessions and two Sun sessions this month and February wasn't much better :-)

    4. JB80

      JB80

      Hope so too, it can't be any worse.

  24. JB80

    Moving nearly 19,000 files to an external drive. That's a lot of solar pics!

  25. JB80

    Think we finally brought a house! Pre contract signed and deposit paid, looking good so far.

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    2. Luke

      Luke

      Wohoo, what a day! Congrats and good luck for completion. Lucky No. 7 hopefully.

    3. Amra

      Amra

      Congrats!

    4. JB80

      JB80

      Thanks Luke and Amra. We are at the point now if we pull out we lose our deposit and if the sellers do they pay us double so I'm certain it will happen now.

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