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    Moon stills from avi

    By todd8137,

    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
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    pens and paper

    By todd8137,

    heres the link for a nother sgl post i did
    http://stargazerslounge.com/imaging-sketches-unconventional/154847-pens-paper.html#post1939432
    will try and do a couple of hours soon as this cloud clears
    thanks :)
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    hi all had a great night last night got the 12" reflector out and spc900 ,ir/uv filter and st to work it was about 01:30 when i started i got great focus the x 1.5 teleneg barlow worked a treat the crayford dual speed focusser i got from FLO is mega nearly 6 months since a brought this and worth every single pence
    hope you take a look at the video i was fighting with the bright moon so the gain ect was needing to be tweaked all the time ,i was going to get the goto and track but the views with the 12" last night wee great i never even got any thing with Jupiter the moon took over again i pray to the tree god that it stays clear tonight so i can push to a x2 barlow or may be three but dreams are just dreams cheers

    my best video todate ! :evil6:
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    my roman coins for sale

    By todd8137,

    hi all want to sell/ swap my roman coins i found over the years with the club i used to be in ,i had days out to lincoln and essex and no longer am into it any more they can be seen here if any one is intersted to swap or buy them so i can buy a new EP or swap a decent ep or what ever,i have a book on roman coins a can throw in with more info on the coins and what they worth ,i can not be bothered to put them on e bay cheers
    coins can be seen here
    http://s473.photobucket.com/albums/rr93/todd8137/roman%20coins/?start=all
    would consider any thing as a swap or make me a decent offer includes a gold 17th century gold ring ,and a silver coin
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    M101 Yes+dened pics

    By todd8137,

    at last its has been seen by me last night i could not be leave it ,but there it was the first time from my own back garden have seen it so many times ,but never from the back garden .
    i also did a bit a video of Jupiter i think i have pushed the none tracking 12" dob to its limits and may now have to be happy with what i have ,ive tried to barlow the 90mm on the goto mount but the planets are still small even at x2,3, 5i`ll post the link for the pics on photo bucket ,and later will put the videos on youtube so ya may have to come back if you interested in that cheers as always
    todd8137
    pics
    http://s473.photobucket.com/albums/rr93/todd8137/19th%20Oct%20jupiter/
    video

    clear skies always
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    i intend to have a good look again tonight that depends on the moon of course, and the clouds i will take a few wide field shots shots as well and get the pens and black card out .
    but i fear dew may be a problem not on the scope but the camera even with the home made plant pot dew shield but will give it ago the temp at the min is 5 c ,so the camera may stay in the house we will see will finish this blog later
    epic fail
    i did a bit of moon and Jupiter with the webcam,came in the house watched a bit of tv when i next went out35 mins later it was foggy and every thing was covered in dew what a pain here is one of Jupiter and the first time i decide not to put the dew shield on the 300p i had a foggy mirror
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    27th nov 2011

    By todd8137,

    Hi all well been do in all sorts since me last adventure,i finished the barn door tracker works great pics will follow when the skies decide to clear,i set about make in a fan after spend in months with tube currents and reading endless amount on this subject ,i got a group average on the pros and cons of a fan,i cut a circle out of clear plastic cut the notchs out for the col screws and glued the Velcro to both parts and trimmed up that all done the cloud came down for weeks till the 27th,i gave it a whirl when run at 12v the was some shake not sure if it was the wind or the fan i dropped it down to 9v wich gave me a steady picture,but when i put the webcam in the vibe was obvious
    so whilst recording i left it on by mistake which gave me not great pics i have put the links in the planet section on sgl
    i used the 12" heres the link to the other post i did with links for the pics and video thanks for looking
    http://stargazerslounge.com/imaging-planetary/165354-jupiter-27th-still-not-got-perfect-night.html
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    Moon 9th dec

    By todd8137,

    Moon
    hi all just got every thing out side so the moon is nearly full tonight, so filters and web cam at the ready and waiting for telesto to get here with is 200p flex-tube auto track, i have the 12"reflector at the ready my filters tonight will be red ,blue, ir,and may be if its real rough the nd94 ,purple also is great for the web cam gives real deep black and whites mono all the way
    i had a great view to the north east and east so should get some great shots from tea time tomoz,
    any way will update this later,with pics and video of Jupiter and the moon web cam and dslr
    update
    well telesto came up with in minutes of him getting here the clouds opened up and snow rain and sleet came down i have a gortex sheet about 9 feet by 9 feet ,i had that on prior,so after a hour we gave up,so yet again beat

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    Tonights view in x2

    By todd8137,

    hi all
    well Clive (Telesto) is coming up with 200p at reflector tonight and the 12" and 90mm will be out as well ,hope to image the moon and hopefully Clive will able to get the tracking go in and get some good moon avi`s.Pleiades is what i want to draw and a few other
    clusters whilst Clive gets the video and may be some ,images with the moon and the d10 and 12" reflector,update to follow
    update
    well what a night last night was,crispy cold ,and it was nearly minus four at one point .Clive arrived (telesto) and set up prior to Clive get in here ,i had a look at Venus which was still in its current phase,Neptune was just there and was more than a dot it was not white,may have been me but it looked a lightish blue and just above venus no good with the 90mm frac i was use in the 300p 6mm tmb.
    well after we had a brew and had settled down out side 20 mins later we started to view M35 was the first thing we looked at Clive had not seen it before most of what we seen tonight was for clive ,is first time the amount of double stars tonight was great oranges blues lots of bright stars
    i used a 20mm uw for all tonight`s view in, apart from mars we we looked at a lot in Gemini split the double and moved on to cancer ,m44 of course Clive loved it it did look nice tonight and i stuck the 32 mm in for a quick look lovely cluster, the owl cluster was next Clive had a blast to with the 300p and he could clearly see the blue and yellow gold stars easy to fins and see
    Orion for a while m78,the neb of course ngc 2175 split Rigel very nice double clearly seen,
    sigma Orion errm, Ursa major next mizor was naked eye with alcor,m81/82 where hard to find at this point as the moon was above the trees and its massive glow proceeded it 30 mins before,then seen Clive was really pleased his glow from seeing the clusters was keep in me warm he seen all but m81/82 with his scope as the moon was shocking ,we then looked at Andromeda and its galaxy, which filled the 20mm ultra wide both me and Clive noted how bright the center was tonight .
    but the high light for both of us must have been M33,have in a telrad makes this great galaxy soooo easy to find and theres a lot to be said about the guy who made these possible genius,m33 wow at a few points i did see the dust lanes the 32mm ep was needed for this ,and averted vision, and a little tap on the side of the scope,and a mean little taps ,on the scope and the dust lanes popped in and out of my vision the shivers were not just from the minus 4,either the scopes were covered in ice at this point ,but may i say the fan was running all night and the dew shield on .i was taken with this for a bout 25 mins on and of and clive was busy relocate the other targets we had set up for the night he was star hopping to them and have in a great time with is 200p truss tube auto track his diy skills with a light shroud and dew shield out of a camping mat he had made a few days before were excellent .
    the quote of the night goes to Clive,
    "pat is that mars just above the trees","yes mate" ,"pat i have it in the ep, with a 6mm and i can see a white bit at the top and a brown line and a dark L shape near the bottom" i was still on m33 blinking my eye lids and tap in the tube this method for any galaxy always brings out loads of detail for me ,i was in the shed and have in the dew shield on it was not possible to drop the scope down that low as it would have hit the sides of the shed, i sneaked a look with Clive`s 200p and is 6mm ep wow wee no wonder he was smiling away , he was right the polar ice cap was so obvious there was a dark feature running just below it and there was a prominent L shape feature ,my first real view in 2 years and from the back garden,at this point clive legged it to the kitchen and got the camera and laptop, a few avi`s got we went in for a drink seeing was not that great for video and you could see features on mars on the vid but the stacks would only stack 50 out of 500 ,
    what a night great all round Clive ticked of plenty of doubles,clusters nebs,double clusters and every thing in between ,i did not write every thing down as the wow moments did not stop all night thanks for reading
    todd8136


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    M94 FAIL

    By todd8137,

    Hi all well set every thing up test shot done checked on pc fine put dew shield on.for some reason i put the dust cover on as well went in the house come back ,and started to snap away i did it in 3 sets of 20 ,did i mention i left the lp filter in as well.
    any way i have 60 x 30 secs good darks to save i ended up getting about.10x30 it was late at this point so i gave up
    put them in DSS, They small as well i feft the 2" tube in which took the d10s chip a little to far.all the same will try this again with just the fr and camera
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