Mars 24th half dozen

[Space Cowboy]

Here are all the images taken last night. F31.7 1,5x drizzle. Animation to follow.

[cgarry]

Great detail Stuart, looking forward to the animation.

Cheers,

Chris

[neil phillips]

looking great stuart excellent bunch

[AztecastroMcJ]

Yep great collection there Stuart

[bigal1]

Another great bunch of images Stuart , seeing all these great pics is giving me aperture fever lol

[Clayton]

Beautiful Stuart!

[beamish]

Xlnt haul Stuart !!

[Space Cowboy]

Thanks guys! Just got back from a family gathering and put scope straight out as it looks fantastic tonight certainly transparency wise!

[Ags]

You are in orbit!

[Space Cowboy]

Oh well.....seeing was terrible tonight lol

[neil phillips]

Yep can say that again it was awful worse than the other bad day i had, kept refocussing until my arm nearly fell off, i got a theory noticed the same type of images i got on the other terrible day.One thing in common guess ???????????????

Falling temperatures, didnt look like a jet stream. Peltier cooled mirrors would have coped. I need to talk to Luis, as he will know if this type of image is caused by continually falling temps. Ill bet it is. Me needs a peltier cooler

[cgarry]

It sounds like the seeing was a disaster. I am now glad that I took the night off to catch up on some sleep.

Cheers,

Chris

[Space Cowboy]

Yep can say that again it was awful worse than the other bad day i had, kept refocussing until my arm nearly fell off, i got a theory noticed the same type of images i got on the other terrible day.One thing in common guess ???????????????

Falling temperatures, didnt look like a jet stream. Peltier cooled mirrors would have coped. I need to talk to Luis, as he will know if this type of image is caused by continually falling temps. Ill bet it is. Me needs a peltier cooler

Stars were twinkling away so i suspect scope thermals were not the main cause. For me it was only a couple of hours after daylight so after a warm day I guess there was a lot of radiation going on especially from the house roof etc.

Really thought last night was going to be "the one"

[cgarry]

Tonight may well be "the one". I say that because I am going out for beer and curry and the best seeing always occurs when I am not imaging.

[Dielectric]

Superb images. Agree about the seeing. Last night night it was so bad that if I closed my eyes I could see better......

(ok, a slight exaggeration)

[neil phillips]

Tonight may well be "the one". I say that because I am going out for beer and curry and the best seeing always occurs when I am not imaging.

Tonight may well be "the one". I say that because I am going out for beer and curry and the best seeing always occurs when I am not imaging.

Well if theres two things that are worth missing imaging for is beer and curry,and i dont say that much about imaging, but beer and curry, come on. When i die i hope i go to a place where theres a indian resturant right next to weatherspoons, oh and a obsy next to that.Mental about real Ale and curry. Had a Phall and ceylon the other day, my toilet nearly melted in the morning.Oh and a body part that i wont begin to describe.

Maybe Stuart, but there was little sign of a jet stream here.Im not positive, but ive noticed the same effect both times with falling temps.Bird has done tests on this showing the scope can not catch up. though your dob would fair better, because its more open. How much better im not sure but likely quite a bit, so i dunno maybe im wrong ?

[Space Cowboy]

Cheers Dielectric!

90% sure it was the atmospherics Mr. Curry. Temp was the same as the previous good seeing night as was the day time.

I would definitely install a fan for those curry fumes!