wakefield area

[mapstar]

Had a good hour out last night up at winscar but the clouds as always ruined it. Good to see Kieran and Soupy too and i wish every one a happy new year 

[Soupy]

Yes it was a very good session.

Happy new year to you all as well.

[Astronomer69]

Happy new year to you all. How long did you both end up stopping.

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[Soupy]

About another half hour or so.

Gonna have to get a more powerful battery and spare for the computer so I can last longer. :-)

[stonemonkeylives]

Happy new years guys, hope everyone had a good Christmas and new year.

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[crashtestdummy]

Just looked through my diary and last observing session was an hour in the garden on the 4th of December.need a session before the moon comes back up but not looking good with the weather for the next week.

[Astronomer69]

Here is a time lapse of my recent imaging session up at winscarr on 30/12/13 with Soupy and Damian.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomer69/11730187545/

[Astronomer69]

Here's a part done M45 that im working on, so far got 4.15 hours data on it hoping to add more.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomer69/11739872256/

[Soupy]

Nice work there Kieran, looking forward to the completed image with more nebulosity, but it looks great.

[Sammyb]

That's a great image Kieran.

[crashtestdummy]

Decent looking local forcast tonight!was clear last night but the wind never dropped enough so holding hope for tonight but only be a garden session

[nicks90]

Same here, bit of a garden session with Jupiter. Although I am hoping we get a break in the cloud this afternoon or tomorrow at lunch, as I fancy having a look at the super thin crescent moon with Venus just under it.

[Astronomer69]

Here are a couple of Jupiter pics that i took on 19/12/13 just got round to processing them.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomer69/11757706314/  Jupiter and the great red spot.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomer69/11756264625/  Jupiter with 3 of the moons.

[Sammyb]

Good one Kieran. Difficult to do planetary imaging with a DSLR though.

[Astronomer69]

Thanks Sammy. It wasn't too bad.

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[Soupy]

Looks amazing out there, just got back from hosp with little boy, he's fine, so thinking of going out to the garden for a few hours. See if I can catch some good images.

[crashtestdummy]

First clear skies for a month for me so got 3 hours done in the garden.not great sky quality but some more targets ticked off

[Soupy]

Just in from a very frustrating night.

Set up scope in clear skies then when I was ready to align clouds came over. Waited 20 mins for a clear spell then got scope aligned successful but it was miles out! Lined up Jupiter but wasn't in scope so had to manually align it. Looked amazing when I got it. Then attached both guide camera and Titan. Focused them on Jupiter then swung round to try to get M82, try as I might just couldn't get it. Took another 20 mins. Finally got it and started guiding calibration, just as clouds rolled over it. Took another 15 mins for these to go so I could calibrate it when I did finally do it, they rolled over again, but M45 looked clear so I slew scope around there, only to be met with some high clouds again. They were coming and going I finally gave up and took everything down. Guess what skies cleared again!

Just not my night!

[crashtestdummy]

Get a dob and be done with all this alignment lark!!!!

[Soupy]

That would be too easy Rich :-)

[Astronomer69]

Check out the new Stargazing live Event page on the website http://wakefieldastronomysociety.co.uk/bbc-star-gazing-live-event-jan-7th-2014.html

[nicks90]

You're a clever sausage kieran! Some lovely and slightly spooky photos there, and a great write up!

[Astronomer69]

Thanks Nick.

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[crashtestdummy]

Was hoping to get out somewhere dark Saturday morning (moon will set about 2am) but the humidity is showing 92-94%!how is it always clear when the moon is getting fuller?grrrrrrrr

[andyman]

Hi lads......Been looking forward to attending this stargazing live event for over a week now and meeting everyone..But at the last minute the gaffer needed me to work....wasnt very impressed to say the least.Sounds like you all had a great night wish i could have been there.... maybe next time.Will be trying to get to the next meeting work permitting and meet you all there if its ok

                                                  Cheers andy