todd8137

hi well i did manage a hour and half on the 6th but the things i had drawn were hard dodge in the cloud as well will post them later

hi Isabelle nice to hear you back at homeand get in back in with the big dob,i got about a hour in last night a bit of moon and then a bit of thering neb,i tried to draw it and its stars it came out ok and will post up later with the bit of moon video i got the wind was crazy last night about 20mph ,when it was gusting for a while am just gonna draw what i see pics are ok but they take up most of the night and i never see any thing take care both of you

HI all pic below if you had nothing planned this may or may not help do not forget the commet in the coathangar ,i seen it last night was easy not to miss it may be easier to right clik and save as ect has i did not want to upload as a large image thanks

lol it turned out to be cloudy and it rained

hi me to i will post septembers things soon good to se you back

hi Isabelle ,glad you back and you both are well,i have come to terms with my lp here and have to wait for my dark site to see some things the rain has had me a few nights now ,but lots of new things to see has the months zoom by herethe clocks change here soon so we may get some early nigt view in,but till then hope those baseball lights do not spoil to many nights for you

sorry here First Light Optics - T Rings and one of these First Light Optics - FLO 2-inch T mount camera adapter you will soon be takeing pictures

or just look here and buy one of each for your camera

rather than ramble check my adapters out here adapters pictures by todd8137 - Photobucket i got mine with some great advice from flow cheers

well looked at a few sites today to see if i get a chance with the reducer 0.5x that a sgl mate as gave me to try for a few sessionshope this wether site as got it right update 02:10 28th well went with a freind to do some wide field shots finished about 01:00,nice and clear ,milky way nice and clear put reflector out go back out,cloud

hi there thought a would post a few maps as september is nearly here and these few maps might come in handy to some one

hi every one heres some to read and things to find if your board in august just keep kliking the image for full size to read will post septembers soon

heres the link i put the post in the lunar images ect on here ,heres the link its sgl http://stargazerslounge.com/imaging-lunar/152420-moon-stills-avi.html#post1916388 if ya get time have a look the stills are not half bad (i would say that i took the vid) cheers pat

hi and thanks

some moon drift from the other night thanks pat

yes some great widefield shots of the sisters is cool a may try my self tonight fingers crossed

yes some great widefield shots of the sisters is cool a may try my self tonight fingers crossed

great news neil

amdom is a bout now if you look later on ,pleaides is back as well but its a late night job do not be fooled by the winter nights being better either

i have never tried to video the moon with it be in day time but gave it a go thanks pat

yeas take the chance when ya can as the rain wind heat clouds all kill 5 days out of a week

m13 is a killer cluster aint it did you have a look for m92 whilst you was there,m27 is a pain a bet you have passed it by loads a times with see in it i did that but yey on all the others

great news neil did you get callisto as well,its about 3 times the distance as the other from jupiter just up and to the right was out last night took a few wide fileds but not many will save them and get some more another night hows the lpf filter?they are great for pics as well but yamay wanna try a higher or lower iso setting hope its clear this weekend pat

in a word no with ceres what i did was get the goto out and thengot the cables out and ussed starry nights which guide the frac to it then i went to the general area and found it in the end with the 12"dob took me about 30 mins in the end mars was easy and looked mega

hi wanted to vid the moon positions ,this morning try in to get a video every day for the month if you watched the 3rd august video this one is a must as the 3 moons, io,gan,euro form a lil triangle tonight was brill was hope in,for the same tonight.but a think we all have the wet stuff today for a change http://www.youtube.com/user/todd8137?feature=mhee#p/a/u/0/uZUsMX0z5lI heres the link try and sit a few feet away from the monitor for better view in and watch in HD thanks pat