Four Green Bottles

[John]

How long will we be able to see views such as the ice caps for ?

You have to wait for the next Martian opposition which is in April next year. The details will start to be visible as Mars approaches opposition and for a few weeks as it recedes. The 2018 opposition will be much better though as Mars disk gets around 35% larger at that one.

[Naemeth]

You have to wait for the next Martian opposition which is in April next year. The details will start to be visible as Mars approaches opposition and for a few weeks as it recedes. The 2018 opposition will be much better though as Mars disk gets around 35% larger at that one.

Exactly the right time to have a large SCT...

Shaun, fancy an upgrade to a C14 by then?

[John]

Exactly the right time to have a large SCT...

Or a 12" F/5.3 1/9th wave PV .987 Strehl dob on an equatorial platform

Actually my ED120 was giving some lovely views of Mars last time around so apertures not everything

[Pig]

I know this sounds crazy but I am getting excited already, you never know what scope I will have by then

[Naemeth]

Or a 12" F/5.3 1/9th wave PV .987 Strehl dob on an equatorial platform

Actually my ED120 was giving some lovely views of Mars last time around so apertures not everything

Perhaps I was trying to convince myself that I need a 14" SCT .

[Pig]

I have never seen a 14" SCT before, the 11" looked brilliant so the 14 must look superb

[faulksy]

Or a 12" F/5.3 1/9th wave PV .987 Strehl dob on an equatorial platform

Actually my ED120 was giving some lovely views of Mars last time around so apertures not everything

when was that john, last time around that is. i can remember the views and the ice caps through my bgos like it was yesterday but the dates no idea. i remember it was cold and in the south west and west when it was high and bright un aided but thats it. had a few vodkas noe==w so thinhs arnt that clear, just like these keys

[John]

when was that john, last time around that is. i can remember the views and the ice caps through my bgos like it was yesterday but the dates no idea. i remember it was cold and in the south west and west when it was high and bright un aided but thats it. had a few vodkas noe==w so thinhs arnt that clear, just like these keys

It was in March 2012 at the SGL star party and Mars had been at opposition a week or so earlier. Actually Mars will be on the agenda of the 2014 SGL Star Party as well of course.

[faulksy]

It was in March 2012 at the SGL star party and Mars had been at opposition a week or so earlier. Actually Mars will be on the agenda of the 2014 SGL Star Party as well of course.

thought it was longer than that. roll on mars then lovely site. thanks for that john. sorry for going of topic pig with it being your post

[Pig]

thought it was longer than that. roll on mars then lovely site. thanks for that john. sorry for going of topic pig with it being your post

No worries, you carry on I don't own it and its interesting stuff

[great_bear]

The thing that strikes me most about this photo is the use of the original eyepiece packing. My "pick-and-pluck" foam is a right old state now, but it never occurred to me to use my original eyepiece packing inserts to tidy the whole arrangement up - nice one!

[Pig]

Than you Jeremy,

TBH it didn't occur to me not to use it, I was lucky that they fit perfectly though.

BTW its 8 green bottles now all stored in their own packaging

[Joves]

You're building quite a nice collection there, Shaun!

[Pig]

You're building quite a nice collection there, Shaun!

LoL

I just tried to count the number of green bottles in your signature   I think I got to 32

[allen g]

the ones on top will eventually go overboard.  keep on drinking!

[great_bear]

Arranged my eyepieces like this, and they did look very nice.

Then I realised I preferred the compactness of having them all huddled together in a camera case instead.