The South Wales Lounge

[garethmob]

hey guys, just finished a 16 hr stint in work but this came to me

a welsh lounge for us all(basacally a thread) for us all to talk to each other on with out imposing on any other threads

is any one out tonight, if so whatcha looking at?

[thegoatboy]

Sounds like a good idea to me.

Didn't go out last night, I have a job interview today, so it was an early night for me.

Although it didn't happen like that my baby girl is ill and kept us up most of the night!

I did take the bins out the night before, but it was pretty bad really.

The light pollution in my garden is pretty poor

[Matthew]

I've been nights all week(12-8),so I havnt had chance,it would be a good idea gaz

[garethmob]

i got out last night (missed the posty with my megrez :'( ) so it was just imaging with my 135mm lens but they do look like their pretty impressive pics i got so we can see! the sky was beutiful crystal, hardly any wind i wish i could of trusted my car to go to a darker site to be honest

[kev 102 42]

I set up last night then my bastardo cancer pain kicked in and spoilt my fun,its not fair,i will have a go again tonite not looking good at the mo tho///////////////peeedoff kev

[bcfcciderhead]

I will be setting up later for tonight, going to try my hand with the cam on Jupiter.......should be fun

[Matthew]

I gotta find a new job!!!!!!!!!!!,Everytime im nights the skies are clear.Dont forget to bring the coronado to the meet gaz,do you need a lift on the weekend?

[garethmob]

im going to be out 100% tonight with the megrez might get the video cam out too

i wont forget taffy_2 it be going into my car before i come! my car is "fixed" now, the altenator cable wasnt attached very good to battery so 1 of cells buckled, but all is not lost new battery for £40 and i got a 12v battery for my telescope nw

[kev 102 42]

my mount is set up for tonight. so let us all have a good nights viewing........kev

[garethmob]

are you videoing kev?

[kev 102 42]

im using my 10 d on the ED80 Andromida will be my target....................kev

[Nillchill]

tonight .... I will mostly be ..... Taking pics of Jupiter

[garethmob]

oooooo i bet jupitor will be nice tonight, it was all sparkly last night!

@kev one thing to think about kev, the kson remembers the date AND time after its imputted once, even when no power attached great as it saves sooooo much time afterwards one thing i had the idea about for your ED scope, once you find the focus grab some tipex and mark it on the focuser slightly, might help next time

[Helen]

Hope its good for you over there Kev! I was out late last night (got to bed at 3:30!) so as its supposed to be clear again tomorrow I might just have a short run doing some polar alignment tuning of the pier and maybe some Jupiter and then get some sleep!

have fun guys!

Helen

[kev 102 42]

Pain stopped play again,to say im upset is an understatement the only thing i can look forward to is Bleanavon saturday,have a goodnight Helen..........................kev

[Helen]

Sorry to hear that Kev

Take care

Helen

[Mr Flibble]

Managed to get out last night after work for the first time since spring :-) Worked through much of cygnus until about 1.30 when the skies clouded over.

I had a major dew problem which was a pain. My primary was fine but my eyepieces kept clouding over and were constantly wet all night. By the time I finished everything was just dripping.

Does anyone know how to keep the eyepieces dew-free? Or is it just a case of using an appropriate cloth to wipe them?

[garethmob]

basacally thats what i do, and make sure i leave them open with the box with some sillicone packets too

[Mr Flibble]

basacally thats what i do, and make sure i leave them open with the box with some sillicone packets too

Cheers Gareth.

I'll try to remember to keep the case closed tonight as well so everything else doesn't get a soaking :-)

[garethmob]

something iv noticed in a few pictures online is sillicon bungs for the scopes so it drys them out

[Matthew]

Gaz, is the next meeting still on the 22nd ?.

[Nillchill]

It's been 2 days with cloud and occasional showers, and I fed up with it already, please bring back the clear nights!!!

[garethmob]

hello guys.......im going to follow with pats current meeting dates, but as we did last time, if another clear night is forecoming earlier or slightly later we'll pick that too

im going to pop up to the farm at some point this week, ask for promission, for obvious reasons.

i still havent had chance to go to paneltta

[valleyman]

Let me know when you are going Gaz and I will meet you there. I can intruduce you to the boss then.

[Nathan_Pembs]

Wall to wall cloud down here again, so grey and miserable