WADAS (Wakefield and District Astronomical Society)

[Soupy]

Gotta get some viewing in. .. got a new head torch!

[Soupy]

Or should I say

[Soupy]

Gonna have to scour eBay in the new year for some bargain after sales

[ddtwelve12]

new 03 and uhc filter but santa messed up while picking up rom flo brought me a bartinov mask instead of the astro zap dew shield

hope you all had a good one and not got too drunk

[Sam Baker]

So I've got my clip in cls filter for my dslr, and I don't think I'm going to be able to use it until next year, when I'm busy it's clear, when I'm free it's cloudy. Happy days or what lol

[ddtwelve12]

while been bored at home decided to make my light shroud for the scope using special material from work and stick on Velcro what ya think

[Soupy]

Looks good Dave

[Soupy]

Hope you're all doing well... Up at Kielder at the minute and the skies are amazing... Shame I don't have scope up. Got some aurora tonight faint red and green, think I can also just see comet lovejoy naked eye... I am looking in the right spot triangulated with Sirius and Rigel. Due some good weather over the next couple of nights so will try to get some pics, but as its so cold the lenses are dewing up pretty quickly.

[nicks90]

Some properly nice skies out there tonight!

Hope you are all making use of it!

[Sam Baker]

I've got a friend over from singapore tonight so earlier on i got the telescope out in the yard -light pollution sucks but i managed to show him the moon , double cluster, pleiades. Then we had to go out to show him one of the bars and let him meet the missus. We got back at perfect time, beautiful clear skies and no moon just a few Street lights and armed with the bins i showed him around Auriga, Orion, the double cluster, the spiral cluster, jupiter, cassiopeia - he was amazed and so was i at how my knowledge of the sky has come on since i met you guys. I saw a fuzzy patch near m36 slightly to the right but when i check stellarium there doesn't seem to be anything i can relate to what i saw. any ideas?

[Vicky050373]

Sounds like you had a good viewing evening. Having a look at the charts I have, I can only think that the "fuzzy patch" might be either M38, or the Flaming Star Nebula C31. Can't see anything else in that area, but I have VERY limited knowledge. I managed half an hour with the binoculars, but the pesky alarm clock was due to go off again at 6am, so didn't want to be too naughty lol

[Soupy]

Glad you are all getting some clear skies... Seems the Christmas purchases haven't annoyed the cloud gods too much

[Mark62]

I had my new mount out last night. That's all I can say I need to do some more work on getting it sorted the 127 slt mount it a lot easier then the eq5goto

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[mapstar]

I've got a friend over from singapore tonight so earlier on i got the telescope out in the yard -light pollution sucks but i managed to show him the moon , double cluster, pleiades. Then we had to go out to show him one of the bars and let him meet the missus. We got back at perfect time, beautiful clear skies and no moon just a few Street lights and armed with the bins i showed him around Auriga, Orion, the double cluster, the spiral cluster, jupiter, cassiopeia - he was amazed and so was i at how my knowledge of the sky has come on since i met you guys. I saw a fuzzy patch near m36 slightly to the right but when i check stellarium there doesn't seem to be anything i can relate to what i saw. any ideas?

May have been NGC1931 (the fly) as its the nearest object or spider neb (IC417) the rest are the same distance away as M38? I've checked heavens above too and there are no comets about? so not sure Sam

[nicks90]

High patch of cloud?

[Sam Baker]

I'm really not sure tbh, part of me thought it was possibly my eyes as due to street lights it would be really hard for me to see anything unless it was really bright

[mapstar]

With street lighting it's doubtful that you would see the nebula as It's so faint and better suited to filters so more than likely M38?

[Soupy]

Another great night last night up until about 11.30 hope you all had the same...

[Soupy]

THis was my final view of Orion, just waiting for Comet Lovejoy to come into view, unfortunately the clouds rolled in to spoil the show, but hey ho... At least I got some nice visual astronomy in.

[Soupy]

Just checked forecast looks like clear skies for you guys at Winscarr tonight if anybody's out.

[Sam Baker]

dislike! I'm working

[Soupy]

That's a shame Sam

[nicks90]

Whats the road condition going to winscarr?

Just come back from poolsbrook (not far from there) and the roads are still sheet ice. Properly sheet!

I'm going to take the cautious route and stay in the garden this evening.

[ddtwelve12]

went out last night trying to learn how to use the new goto software on the telescope + my 11 year old daughter wants to learn as well went out at 9pm came back in at 11 due to cold

my backgarden is Rubbish for observing got a streetlight straight outside gonna have to find my lamppost key and pull the fuse( shh don't tell anyone)

wont be going to winscarr till the roads are safe got 2inch thick ice here so going to be worst over there

[Soupy]

I need a tracking scope up at Kielder or better yet I need to get my 12" set up and working in its own Obsy. The skies are great once more but will have to settle for wide field on the canon again and use the terrascans for visual