BUSMANMARK Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Got a clear blue sky here in Dorset today.hope it lasts in to the night seems like an age since the scope was out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiggy 67 Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Yeh, clear here to, forcast to stay clear till midnight, so I'm out tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnakeyJ Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Clear over here to - scope already out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planetesimal Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Fingers crossed in Glos... It's (relatively) clear at the moment and I'm hoping to get first light with the TAL 100RS this evening! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike73 Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Looking good in Cornwall.Just about to load the car up and get to my dark site! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiggy 67 Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Well I had a go....Had a few problems with alignement, sorted it, though, for some reason, my GoTo wasn't anything like as accurate as it has been, got no explanation for it, but I perservered for an hour then the clouds rolled if....100% cover!!!! couldn't believe it, so 20 minutes ago I packed up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnakeyJ Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 That was a nice treat! I had clear sky til just gone midnight and nice and dark too. Seeing was a little turbulent at times, but Id say 8/10.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planetesimal Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 First light with the frac! I was out till 1am, but transparency wasn't great for me even from the start (about 10.30), and by midnight it was really getting hazy up there. At the start I could see the stars in ursa minor easily but by the end only stars better than magnitude 3.5 or thereabouts were visible. I did manage to add M65 and M66 of the Leo triplet to my observed list... In total I had a look at 2 nebulas, 4 galaxies and 4 open clusters, plus Jupiter - I missed the Io transit though...Most of my time was spent working out how to use a refractor - it really is a completely different animal from a newt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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