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Managed to get out for a short Luna session last night, but the battery on the canon 1000D was in the red, no time to charge it, so a race before it shut down, so basically i goofed up and got a pretty bad image, no big deal always next time, i also did a little observing and really enjoyed the view using antares 40mm plossl with the 127 maksutov

stunning vintage scope, still waiting for your Luna reports on this, i just know it will be good

Ron, hope you make a speedy recovery, keep your chin up mate, and the best xmas you can

I guessed Tal would get mentioned in this interesting thread, and its such a shame that the 100RS is no longer for sale in the UK, it was an iconic scope that packed a punch well above its weight and always seemed to deliver sharp contrasty views

On 29/11/2020 at 00:46, John said:

Must try and find somewhere which gives me an uncluttered view to the SW. Saturn and Jupiter will be really low down from here on and around that date / time.

I have the open  view but will it be clear, not likely here in queensbury, but if it is then scope will be out

Welcome back, i dont visit so often these days, not like i used to, glad your back

Having owned a very large amount of scopes, i had the chance to buy back a Mak 127, got it and love it they really are good scopes

There was a revelation focusser  for this scope, i think any crayford for SCT should fit and regarding dew shield why not make one, stick with the 150 mak, they are a good scope, i have owned 2 of them

So all this bad weather is your doing lol.......................lovely scope

On 10/09/2020 at 20:52, LeeHore7 said:

Great image, how do you rate the cannon 1000d I'm looking at getting this camera 

 

sorry for late reply, i dont log in so often these days, yes as a budget dslr i rate the 1000D pretty good, i have been using mine for years and still like it a lot

David, enjoy your new scope, sure looks nice

On 09/04/2020 at 11:07, banjaxed said:

Had a few clear spells last night and did a comparison between the Dob and the Mak and was surprised that the clarity of the images were not that different. Thinking back on my short astronomy observing sessions I realised that for one reason or another I have not actually observed a full moon. The crystal clear sights with my Dob have all been of crescents so my disappointment with the Mak is not really a fair comparison. It is just another reminder that we never stop learning new things about this amazing hobby, and would like to thank you all for your help and advice.

By heck this thread really got hi jacked with "how big is your mak"..........so what if its 118 or 121 or 127, by an large the skymax works well.

good to hear your one seems to be good, seeing conditions really come into it with Maks and they dont tend to lose collimation

Just to chip in after owning a huge amount of scopes including some rather nice ones, i settled on a SW 127 skymax and really happy with it

Grumpy, i think you are in the lead over me for what telescope, and lets be honest, i have owned a lot over the years, way to many, i was like this looking for the holy grail, and now i find it in the skymax 127, though im not saying it would be what your looking for, but a case of choose a scope that can deliver and work to get the best from it.

A raised observing platform could be a good investment, and could be  a nice feature in the garden, maybe it could double as a place to have the garden table an chairs during the nice weather, good luck finding what you are looking for, maybe a 6" F4 newt would be a good fuzzy hunter

20 hours ago, Revs said:

Thanks guys

Jules, not setup at Digley res before, lovely spot though. Was thinking a little further along the road and a little higher; Holme Moss, 527m asl. Prolly a bit breezy up there though.

Digley is best its sheltered from a lot of wind and sheltered from a lot of LP as it is a natural amphitheatre, kinda surrounded by taller hills, set up in the upper carpark, the tarmac one 

Welcome back mate, re the LP just do what you can from home till we can move around a bit more freely and then get up to Diggly res above meltham really good dark site, i used to go there on a clear night when i lived in Hudds, good to see you back again

On 01/05/2020 at 19:43, Alan White said:

Sadly Shane has not been on SGL for sometime, I truly hope he is OK and that the project continues.

I checked in with Shane a few weeks back and he is fine just very busy with life and learning (degree)

Cheers Fozzie, yes keeping safe, been on furlough for 5 weeks but back to the slave camp err, i mean life on the open roads Monday, yes seem to be in a right ice place with my Astro these days, if its clear and moon is out i might take a few snaps, if not i just forget about lol

Stay safe, all the best to you and yours 

After posting a single frame i did a basic stack....24 frames in pipp cropped to 2400x2400 then stacked in registax 5, little bit of wavelets

Glanced outside and though "wow" clear and a rather pretty 50% Luna nice and high up, this is just a quick single frame with skymax 127 on AZ4, cannon 1000D at prime focus

ISO 200 and 180th speed, a tiny and i do mean tiny bit of wavelets applied and thats it, plenty more frames so may run them through pipp in morning and see if i can stack them

I took this last night, just to see if i could, skymax 127, AZ4, cannon 1000D and x2.5 barlow, single frame

Thought you had dropped of the world, good to see you about, and nice image

Nice images thanks for posting

Stunning set of images, thanks for sharing quality work

Did a re process to give correct orientation and a tidy up