Show us your set up in action at night.

[melsmore]

Some lunacy for me and the APM140 too

[Mr Spock]

From yesterday. Just looking at the moon with the 4", with the 12" waiting patiently for later.

[Vroobel]

1 hour ago, Mr Spock said:

From yesterday. Just looking at the moon with the 4", with the 12" waiting patiently for later.

 

It's also black and shiny.

 

[josefk]

Dewey dusk till dewey dawn was a whopping four hours (just barely) and damp throughout. Astro is a smash and grab activity these days 😞. 

Sticking at it was rewarded with a finish on Saturn at about 04:30. The narrow rings look great.
 

airing off now before packing up. I was hoping for a bit of white light Solar before calling it a night for the “full house” in one session but rising cloud is currently beating the sun to the tree line. 

Looking west:

looking east:

with a dawn chorus soundtrack:

Edited June 2 by josefk

[Vroobel]

Waiting for the clouds to go away. 

 

 

 

Edited June 8 by Vroobel

[TiffsAndAstro]

37 minutes ago, Vroobel said:

Waiting for the clouds to go away. 

 

 

 

same here. was looking great until 1030 now it looks bad

[Mr Spock]

Nice and clear. Just about to go out now everything is ready.

[Mr Spock]

The keen eyed will notice the RDF is back to front...  Now fixed.

[Ags]

Been there, done that! I guess it can be expected if you insist on mucking about at 2am in the dark  

Edited June 8 by Ags

[bosun21]

Out getting first light tonight and thankfully the clouds stayed away. The Jetstream was directly above my part of the UK which played havoc with trying to check the optics properly. 

 

 

Edited June 9 by bosun21

[josefk]

Just posting this while finishing up on Saturn again after a long run of doubles overnight. I think I may have made some progress on the (otherwise stalled) AL programme and enjoyed some dainty pairs in Lyra towards the end too.  3 clear nights in 8-days. Have we turned a corner just in time to enjoy the 7 whole minutes of dark we get at about 1am?

 

Edited June 9 by josefk

[Paz]

I've been experimenting getting a good easy set up based on a porta 2 and a 72mm f6 refractor. I can take it straight out at  a moments notice with no set up required other than to lift it out of the house and take the caps off.

 

[Sunshine]

One advantage of lunar observing is streetlights don’t really matter, and as I store my dob inside the garage it makes for quick setup.