C11and Dome

[CELESCOPE]

well my first night out in the Dome ,noooo imaging , YES just viewing for change , must say i,m pleased , it feels very comfortable , as there was a wind blowing ,and i could,nt feel a thing ehehheh , ok so thought i would try the scope and mount make sure everything was ok , done my alignment ,that was fine, no problem just moving the dome around ,very light and easy ,popped in my 6.3 reducer , just in case the GO-TO was out , choose M27 as i knew this would be a fairly bright object even with the Moon up , slewed around and placed it just off centre of the eyepiece, in full,view , but just a tiny tweak , sat and gazed for some time , amazing view, , must admit its been a while for me just viewing, anyway went for m57 next , surprised that the scope slewed all around to get there , knew right away there would be a problem, sure enough , no sign of m57 , Darn mirror flop i guess, so thats that then ,needs to be sorted , next i will try the skywatcher 200, that should be fine , but had to finish ,packed in a while ago as clouds came over, so all in all i,m happy , oh and i jumped up and down beside the scope , my17 stone made no difference , not a a wobble still as a mill pond , great news that , so onwards and upwards no i guess ,

Thats it folks

Rog

[peonic]

Got carpet on the floor, and pictures on the wall yet Rog?

Sounds blumming awesome!

Glad it all got sorted in the end mate!

Chris

[CELESCOPE]

yes the carpet is down Chris , all cosy , but i will be imaging from my warm room with TV coffee maker ,Bar , radio , lazy git eh ehehhehehe

[peonic]

I'll think of you next time my back is aching from hauling my EQ6 outside.......

Chris

[CELESCOPE]

[FLO]

Congrats Rog, any chance of a pic of the interior?

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

Tried the jumping upand down trick on mine as well Rog. I get the impression that some of the designs on the net are paid for by the concrete salesmen. Can't wait for the proper images mate.

Kaptain klevtsov

[CELESCOPE]

should be able to steve lol its 7ft inside , think the 350 d should be able to get something in, have to be next week as i,m off to Suffolk tomorrow evening.

Rog

[CELESCOPE]

i know ya did thats where i got the idea from ehehheheeh thought KK done it, i had better give it ago

[peonic]

should be able to steve lol its 7ft inside , think the 350 d should be able to get something in, have to be next week as i,m off to Suffolk tomorrow evening.

Rog

Wondered why the forecast had taken a nose-dive

Chris

[Ant]

Sounds good Roger.

I look forward to seing inside.

Clear as a bell here. After all the changes today - I'm having a beer or two and will not be going out.

Ant

[GordonCopestake]

Sounds like an ideal setup to me! I'm sorely tempted by a C11 when I get around to building my roll off. Thats next years project I think though, there always seems to be something else the missus wants doing that more important, like new kitchens and the like!

[CELESCOPE]

Know what ya mean Gordon , only i do both lol eheheheh