MarkyD Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 (edited) First dark sky and clear sky forecast coming up this weekend down south - be it only for 30 odd minutes and a full moon Edited July 14, 2016 by MarkyD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey-T Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Don't get your hopes up Mark, I waited until 2am last night for the forecast clear sky but it never materialised Dave 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floater Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Not at 57°N there isn't ... ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzostar Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 1 hour ago, Davey-T said: Don't get your hopes up Mark, I waited until 2am last night for the forecast clear sky but it never materialised Dave like wise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gina Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Same here - in fact we had rain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saac Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 I saw the moon yesterday Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockystar Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 On 14/07/2016 at 12:08, Floater said: Not at 57°N there isn't ... ? not even at 53N... It will be back. We've got to have a good august after ask this cloud and rain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveS Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 I saw the moon last night too, in between the contrails which magicaly appear whenever the clouds depart. It'll be another week or two before we get dark here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey-T Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 22 minutes ago, DaveS said: I saw the moon last night too, in between the contrails which magicaly appear whenever the clouds depart. It'll be another week or two before we get dark here. Oh good, that means I've another two weeks to get the 10Micron mount working Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveS Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 He he, next week my DDM60 is due to be installed, so guess what..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkyD Posted July 17, 2016 Author Share Posted July 17, 2016 Still looking promising here. A cloudless sky now after a day of 100% cover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Looks good for tonight, IR satellite says no surprises lurking, at least for southern GB. But nearly a fool moon. In a week or two there will be some astro dark here (52.75N) and no moon so a good test for the 130P-DS. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gina Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 "fool moon" - I like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveS Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 All I'm planning for tonight is getting the focus on the Meg 90 and Hotech ready for the DDM60 incoming. No point in doing anything more yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveS Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 I hope people are having a good night as even with a near full moon it's still pretty dark. Having checked focus I've found tilt in the csmera I think. May send it to SX to see if they can get the tilt out. Ah well, off to bed as I can't do anything more ATM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey-T Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Just going to have another go at plate solving using the 10Micron, still haven't made it work yet so good use of a nice warm Moonlit night, would have started earlier but forgot to charge the power pack. Could be a late one. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkyD Posted July 17, 2016 Author Share Posted July 17, 2016 Well for some reason I'm struggling to aliign. Plus I had a motor stall so I had to start from the beginning again. Finally got to align to M51 and it's ticking away atm taking 60sec exposures - not sure if it'll be any good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Still practice with my GOTO. It found M13 from Vega, then to M92 and now the blinking planetary. I couldn't find the BP on the camera preview, but I looked through the finder and came in to see if the pattern of stars would be anywhere near it in stellarium - it looks like its found it spot on. Unfortunately it doesn't appear to be a particularly good photographic object, but although smaller its brighter than Dumbbell and Ring so it should come out. Will have a desperate attempt at the Pelican after 12, or might move - I think one corner of the garden will let me do Bodes galaxy over the trees if I am lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 The moon IS bright, and the skies are clear, typical, but at least the moon is pretty low in the sky and the juicy stuff at this time of year is pretty high. All I can say is, thank goodness for narrowband imaging! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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