Tut, tut, tut, oh dear...... :(

[kirkster501]

You see, there's this thing called a cooler on a CCD!!!!! Shame I did not turn it on until I realised after doing three hours of Ha capture last night. Oh well, this can be my "play" Ha set, never done Ha before.

Dear me......

[gingergeek]

Dooh !! We have all done something like that including leaving focus masks on for an evening

[swag72]

Yep, done both of those things at various times, and more than once!! And a couple of other stupid things as well!!!

[JamesF]

It seems opportunities for imaging have been so rare of late that I'm considering writing myself checklists so I don't forget things when I do eventually get out.  Last night I had more than one "Oh, I forgot to do X" moment, to the point where I started setting everything up from scratch again.  And then it went really cloudy

James

[Sp@ce_d]

yup.. been there. even worse when the tripple shooters in action.. Try remembering to turn 3 of em on!

[Xplode]

How do the images look without cooling?

You should be happy that you don't have a 8300 sensor because the images would be unusable.

[kirkster501]

It seems opportunities for imaging have been so rare of late that I'm considering writing myself checklists so I don't forget things....

James

Tell me about it.  So rare we get chance to set up.  I went nine weeks nearly without setting up once and one gets rusty with the procedure.  A check list is a great idea.  But blokes don"t "do" lists and documentation/instructions do we!

[JamesF]

Tell me about it.  So rare we get chance to set up.  I went nine weeks nearly without setting up once and one gets rusty with the procedure.  A check list is a great idea.  But blokes don"t "do" lists and documentation/instructions do we!

I have a memory like, ermm, one of those things with lots of holes in.  I write lists

James

[Tinker1947]

Well i just went round the coast to store some completed woodwork in a customer's garage, shame i never took his garage keys. Nice sunny day for a drive or two....

[r3i]

 But blokes don"t "do" lists and documentation/instructions do we!

Don't worry we won't tell anyone.

Things are not too bad now I have the observatory but back in the old days when I had to take everything outside and put it all together, a list was essential otherwise I was bound to forget something in between the long gaps between clear nights.  Even with the observatory I have a heavily annotated list to hand just to be on the safe side.

[Scott]

yup.. been there. even worse when the tripple shooters in action.. Try remembering to turn 3 of em on!

I'd like the opportunity to try and remember to turn 3 of em on

[Scott]

I wrote a list once but forgot where I put it

[kirkster501]

I used to be undecided,  but now I'm not so sure..

[tekkydave]

I did my first imaging session and got some reasonable if small avis of Jupiter.

After I put everything away I remembered the 2.5x barlow I got for my birthday