Ratlet Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 17 minutes ago, Mike Q said: Thats dark? I wont complain about the darkness we have here anymore lol Not quite as dark as it got, but not a million miles from it. 56°N here so not a huge amount of night for now. Its a night mode from my pixel 6 which is pretty good at lightening the sky. Might risk it for a biscuit tonight. I remembered earlier that my 130pds and superview 30mm should be able to squeeze in the entirety of the veil and I might be able to see it from my garden if I setup in the weeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JeremyS Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 16 minutes ago, Peco4321 said: Bit of local light pollution? 🤔 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markse68 Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 M101 was at Zenith- hard to zero in with starsense and as expected- vain hope of spotting it (anything) with a 6” scope from London skies. Oh well. Moon and Venus were very decent though. Trying out my new focuser- lovely Mark 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 1 hour ago, markse68 said: M101 was at Zenith- hard to zero in with starsense and as expected- vain hope of spotting it (anything) with a 6” scope from London skies. Oh well. Moon and Venus were very decent though. Trying out my new focuser- lovely Mark What is that in the background? looks like an alien ship touched down! you did notice that, right? 😅 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vroobel Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 (edited) Hi, I also hope to take a few pics of the M101 with its supernova. Tonight it's a test if a new child in the family: new ZWO OAG with a helical focuser, new ZWO filter drawer and already owned ASI 120MM mini and IDAS LPS-P2. Of course, ASI 2600MC-Pro is there as well. Recently discovered excellent cooperation of my OnStep controller (based on the FYSETC S6 v.2.1 board) with the ASIair Plus constantly impresses me - it's 1280mm focal length put on top of the home-made mount. 😳 Or is the mount so good? 🤔 P.S.. The Evoguide and ASI 224MC is there just in case of poor guiding by the OAG, warm and ready. Edited May 26, 2023 by Vroobel 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markse68 Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 4 minutes ago, Sunshine said: What is that in the background? looks like an alien ship touched down! you did notice that, right? 😅 i didn’t- pretty sure it wasn’t there- only revealed in the photo 😱 Nah it’s a chimney they had to “decorate” for planning permission i think 🤣 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15Rules Posted May 28, 2023 Share Posted May 28, 2023 After a 5 day family visit, we are alone again now and it's looking good for a (all too rare recently) look at the moon a bit later.. Trinity the FS128 out cooling under a just-past-1st quarter moon, loaded with Maxbright IIs and a pair of Meade 4000 32mm and Tak Ortho 12.5mm..no barlow or OCS needed to get focus.. Dave 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted May 28, 2023 Share Posted May 28, 2023 Not a great photo of a nice moon showing off to the 100mm refractor. I won't try and capture what the Pentax XW 3.5mm is showing because I know that an image won't do it justice either. I'll stick to observing 🙂 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 Tonight I have the 130mm F/9.2 refractor out. Super lunar viewing 🙂 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertI Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 11 minutes ago, John said: Tonight I have the 130mm F/9.2 refractor out. Super lunar viewing 🙂 Always jealous when I see your T-Rex John. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garryblueboy Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 TEC 140 last night great views Moon and Venus 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vroobel Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 Hi, It's a 4th night of the M101 (nearly in a row) and my first approaching the multiple-nights imaging. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 Supernova spotting with my Vixen ED102SS 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyctimene Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 My "medium-large" setup - the 12" f/5 Hofheim Instruments traveldob (with added counterweight) on the EQ platform, ready for observing the third-quarter moon this evening: It's always stored in the shed at ambient temperature, so very convenient to carry out and observe within minutes. The sturdy astro chair adds to the comfort. Stephan 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M40 Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 Got all arty with this picture 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franklin Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 Not quite night but remaining patient. 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyS Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 Spending some time with Dizzy. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 Took a trip to a galaxy far, far away to see a cataclysmic stellar event that happened 21 million years ago. And all from my back yard 😁 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratlet Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 I will title this image seconds from disaster... Very light up here the now and couldn't get sufficient stars to polar align until about 23:30, however the mount had a dodgy zero position lodged in it from the last time I used it so when I asked it to slew to Vega, it slewed to try and look at the core of the earth, fortunately I was sat beside the mount before anything collided. Managed to figure out the issue, but by then the clouds had arrived. Still, not a complete waste. Setup was very quick as I've adopted @Elp technique of having everything ready to go, just move the mount, pop the imaging rig on and connect a couple cables. defo a winner that. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vroobel Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 9 minutes ago, Ratlet said: I will title this image seconds from disaster... Very light up here the now and couldn't get sufficient stars to polar align until about 23:30, however the mount had a dodgy zero position lodged in it from the last time I used it so when I asked it to slew to Vega, it slewed to try and look at the core of the earth, fortunately I was sat beside the mount before anything collided. Managed to figure out the issue, but by then the clouds had arrived. Still, not a complete waste. Setup was very quick as I've adopted @Elp technique of having everything ready to go, just move the mount, pop the imaging rig on and connect a couple cables. defo a winner that. The imaging rig is a good thing, I also have one based on my Altair 102EDT and Evoguide. But another setup based on already owned gear is just tested... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vroobel Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 Yeah, this is the new setup based on old stuff. Not bad, if we take into account that it's OAG @ 1284mm fl and over 18kg OTA with accessories. I really like the CGX together with ASIair Plus. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 6 hours ago, Vroobel said: Yeah, this is the new setup based on old stuff. Not bad, if we take into account that it's OAG @ 1284mm fl and over 18kg OTA with accessories. I really like the CGX together with ASIair Plus. And no wind 🙏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vroobel Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, Coco said: And no wind 🙏 Maybe I don't have the best views and unlimited horizon around, but I don't have the too strong wind as well. Also, I have two extra counterweights from EQ5! Edited June 3, 2023 by Vroobel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recceranger Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 A few! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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