todd8137

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

Cheers for another vid! Nice to see you taking full advantage of the amazingly clear skies we've had today and yesterday. Well there were in my part of the country anyway

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

saw ceres last and mars was about 04:15 no luck with venus tho m32 and m110

yes it is abit but its free and its good software give it a whirl

hi its worth take ina few test shots with dif isos then get them on the pc before ya set the iso i always do as some times they may look good on the camera but not on the pc i did the same thing with m13 the other night 50 pics at 45 secs and they looked great on the camera but pants once put on the pc ,do not give up its all part of learning

had a few issues with use in the pluggin to control the scope ,but a hope o cure that today but we will see its a mile of at the min but a great freebie do not forget to download all the star cats

goto configuration,klik on tools,klik on star cat updated theres about 4 to download also put you lihgy pollevels in

hi isaabelle hope ya have in a good trip things are go in well here the M list is go in well about 65 now and comets but take in pics now is spoiling just looking visaul as gone out the window,its getting darker a little quicker every night here and jupiter as joined the vigil,but video is hard to many thermals on these hot nights but autum is just around the corner, hope the rest trip goes well and you have chance to get the scope out

pat

sounds like "the bigger scope" fever is at work already get a spirit level to make sure the base is level always pays,i spent the best part o 3 months just looking arondon a night and loved i .but a little reding and looking for things i esy once you notice a few const`s yo scope will light up with goodies

pat

hi andy, a think most 1st nights out are a it of a heart breaker for a few reasons,ecause we all ways want more than are scopes will show us.ut do not give up yet .

theres plenty to see out there and you scope should and will let you see most of them,you should try a few targets like cassopeia,cygnus they have plenty to see and lots of dif objects to look at and is a good place to start am sure once you start looking around you will start to see more

pat

hi mate what a session i would have bumped the iso up and removed the color cast (the orange ) but its go in well i got a few last night but went pear shaped at one point but 100 pic a bet you was die in for the end ?did you stick some darks and bias in the mix get the iso up.take a couple at 800,1600 and go in te house and load them up see which ones are the best (800,0r 1600)i did 10 last night at 800x 35 secs might post them later but good session you had

ps cloud here again friday mighht be clear hope so

lol you could take them over a couple a days,or take say 50 but rember to keep move in the camera .when i look through the view finder i always try to get a a stars in each corner of the viewfinder and soon as they move get them back in thereits a great pic any way.but more subs will make for a sharper image

pat

its better than the effort i did cool shot mate ,100 would look better but for 20 shots thats nice pic i would be proud to put my name to that am gonna try again that pic as got the juices flowing again

hey you really get in better now keep at it this is 100% better than the last(the other was great) stick at it mate

hi nice to hear about M13 its a nice sight in the 12" i have spent about 20 mins on it last ,lots to see there the more you look at it ya see more was going to get a pic,but it was late. was going for it tonight but as normal putthe scope out at 22:30 and then cloud came in again

well things might pick up today hope the new cable arrives, these blumming ascom drivers and starry night pro pluss 6. all that money and its still a pain, stellarium as it all built and and its free what a pain am spending 20 mins on it once the cable gets here ,and that will be that if it does not works the cables will be in the dustbin by dinner time,hope the trip is going good .

Hey' date=' you're from Tibby! I taught in Sutton forever before baling out...

Well done, get 'em hooked on astronomy. I bet you are chuffed and quite rightly.

Olly (late of Huthwaiete and South Normanton, now in France.)[/quote']

hi olly yes from Tibby ,I asked the local comp school but its one of these new sports school/sports college and they was not intrested to much red tape they said even tho nthe science department would have benifited am sure.

thanks pat

Nice one....now that is YOUR 15 minutes of fame..lol.

to be fair i have now had 30 mins of fame this, and mention in dispatches in 1994,but thanks and it was a great pic most other clouds are just glowing with no color so happywith how it turned out

me to the weather here is horrible at the minute have a great time

pat

hi Isabelle nice to se you pop in ,hows the trip going ? i have the same feelings about the 90mm frac but i still see things all be it a little harder and smaller but still i see m57 and the dumbell neb the veil is imposible i look threw the dob and see it look in the 90mm no chance may be a uhc filter is needed not sure hope the trip is goin well

pat

thanks