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Some of it made sense yes, and thankyou for such a long and detailed reply. I was looking on ebay for a cheap panel to play around with during the summer while off from uni, click here, this one claims to produce 30w max (i guess thats with a cloudless sky) @ 13% panel efficiency. So am I right in thinking that 3 of these panels could power my laptop's power adapter? 30w x 3 = 90w (adapters rating) My adapter obviously has input for AC and output for DC, and the panel produces DC. But to get a clean steady 19.5v @ 4.62a I would have to construct my own adapter, which is above my abilities.
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Hmmm What I was thinking was that the light energy that natually falls on a 1" x 1" square would be less than if the square was made up of say 10 focused dots of light (5 rows x 5 columns), because wouldnt each dot's energy be equal to the amount of light that entered whatever magnified its's opening?
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I sorry that I haven't been around since I left to go to Uni, but I really didn't realise just how little time I would have to myself! Anyway, drifting into my daydreams while tucking into my sunday's dinner (yes I know the mere thought of having a cooked dinner at 7 o'clock is taboo to many) I suddenly found I had come up with a strange idea. I did a quick look through the top hits on google but found nothing really so I thought I'd come back to see old friends and ask about it. I was wondering if it had been done or if the science just isnt behind it. Some people claim that solar panels work
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When we were in the plane going to Bulgaria, the clouds made a huuuge unending almost fantasy like landscape beneath us, it looked awesome! Very sharp images too, obviously not taken with my digital camera!!
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Did you follow the advice I sent you in a PM about the focuser? EA2007 pretty much covered it in an above post too.
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Was super suprised by just how clear is was yesterday morning @ 5am, the moon was high in the sky beside Orion which I have never looked for before getting into Astronomy, I could visualise the lines linking all the stars together to form the constellation, I really nice sight to see. I wanted to get the scope out and look for the orion nebula but I had to go to work :tearyeyed: Could also see Venus this morning while driving up the M4, the blob of light looked huuuuge in the sky compared to the odd other star up there.
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Stellarium and others such as StarryNight, etc. are great for finding what you want in the sky. Just input your longitude and latitude and it generates a virtual sky that should match the one you can see outside. They are very handy for locating planets and DSO's.
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Kind of depends on what is required from the software.... Stacking? Capturing?
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I shared your same enthusiasm, but gave up before I lost the will to be in the same place as my scope.
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Exactly! The first column says 'Clear' but the last says 'Moderate', so predictions for rain and/or clouds might be on the cards!
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Gaz you have over 9000 posts! and.... Have you consider seeking help to remove that mouse from your hand?
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Sounds like a job I would want!! Well done on reaching such a milestone, and I'm sure the whole forum thanks you for your input, and continued posts.
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How do you manage to spend so much time on here? If you dont mind me asking that is....
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It is alright for some aint it?!
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Post [removed word]!!! You just self confessed that you obviously spend far too much time on the forum!