Show us your set up in action at night.

[faulksy]

me and calv, this is were myself and calv first spotted the HH. been here a lot with dan as well

this place is my local site, myself ,dan and calv love it here, very dark but takes me 30 mins to get there and its usually white or frozen during the season

Edited July 31, 2016 by faulksy

[faulksy]

last night in mid wales

 

Edited July 31, 2016 by faulksy

[John]

My 12" dob on Saturn tonight. Shows how low the planet is from the UK currently

 

[daveb]

On 26/07/2016 at 12:36, Moonshane said:

Here's mine

 

At least it's a dark site!?

[xtreemchaos]

this how i do solar from indoors ,not the best place to do it from but it can be done with hafe decent results. clear skys charl.

120mm and ed80 for full discs.

and AR127L for close ups.

sorry its not night but the sun would of gone to bed by then making my kit redundant....

Edited August 1, 2016 by xtreemchaos

[DHEB]

I like your "observing hut", @xtreemchaos, I guess you get the safety, tranquility and peace of mind that we otherwise only get in our own gardens or far off places. I guess that this is only for summer observing though, unless you shut the radiators during winter  !

Cheers and clear skies!

Edited August 1, 2016 by Cinco Sauces

[xtreemchaos]

25 minutes ago, Cinco Sauces said:

I like your "observing hut

thanks mate, its where i do all my daylight imaging all year round, i have the heating off and the door is insulated to stop heat from getting in , i have a illness which dont let me go out in sunlight, so its a case of needs must, but it do have its advantages like im setup all the time, 78% of the sky passes in front of my window throughout the year so i do a bit of deep sky too but for high up stuff at night i setup outside when its dark. clear skys charl.

Edited August 1, 2016 by xtreemchaos

[ShrewView]

Here's a couple from the last couple of nights. The nasty orange glow goes down a bit after midnight fortunately. Caught the ISS and a couple of satellites on the second one.

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[Peco4321]

49 minutes ago, ShrewView said:

Here's a couple from the last couple of nights. The nasty orange glow goes down a bit after midnight fortunately. Caught the ISS and a couple of satellites on the second one.

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And the andromeda Galaxy, I think??

Edited August 1, 2016 by Peco4321

[knobby]

My old Mak in action ...

 

And an assortment of Cloud Dodgers scopes ...

 

Edited August 1, 2016 by knobby
Added photos

[FenlandPaul]

Well I'm really quite jealous of some of the aspects people have got here! I'd hoped mine this evening would be fairly good at the allotments (about 180 degree uninterrupted view centred on south and slightly raised up) but it's far too windy for that tonight. So here I am set up and ready to go in the back garden.

 

 

[Seafury]

On 7/31/2016 at 21:09, faulksy said:

me and calv, this is were myself and calv first spotted the HH. been here a lot with dan as well

this place is my local site, myself ,dan and calv love it here, very dark but takes me 30 mins to get there and its usually white or frozen during the season

Nobody can be that keen can they?lol

[trazor]

On ‎31‎/‎07‎/‎2016 at 21:09, faulksy said:

me and calv, this is were myself and calv first spotted the HH. been here a lot with dan as well

 

When I saw this picture, Just for a split second, I imagined your Dob in orbit, over clouds, and the Earths horizon on the right.

Then I woke up.........

[wimvb]

My SW 150P on EQ3 just after the action in March.

[Jonk]

This was us last night... (mobile phone pic, enhanced using the phone app so not a great photo)

[Bart]

Got a couple of hours in tonight, bit patchy with the clouds. The transparency wasn't great either. Still, good to get the kit out. Saw some nice Perseids as well, which was nice. 

This is the 10" ready earlier. 

[wimvb]

I like your eyepiece cap.

Btw, us that dew on the grass? That doesn't bode well.

Edited August 7, 2016 by wimvb

[Bart]

Thanks wimvb

yep, lots of dew. Managed to get to  about 3:30am though. The Telrad has a home made few heater which is an absolute godsend. Looking forward to the longer evenings. Thanks. 

[neil phillips]

On ‎26‎/‎07‎/‎2016 at 20:46, Beulah said:

My 12" "Dobmobile" looking thoughtful after sunset...photo taken by my pal when observing with them at a remote site last year. 

The Skywatcher 300p is more portable than the 400p!

 

That's a impressive garden

Must take a long time to do the mowing

[Beulah]

3 hours ago, neil phillips said:

That's a impressive garden

Must take a long time to do the mowing

The sheep takes care of that. 

[iPeace]

With my new, frosty Ercole

[parallaxerr]

Two of my fracs in action under two very different skies...

 

[adder001]

Heres mine. A bit pathetic really when compared to some of the scopes on show here but when you add in an enthusiatic 9 year old and it's brilliant. This was looking at Saturn under a really dark sky and it was fantastic.

[iPeace]

22 minutes ago, adder001 said:

Heres mine. A bit pathetic really when compared to some of the scopes on show here but when you add in an enthusiatic 9 year old and it's brilliant. This was looking at Saturn under a really dark sky and it was fantastic.

Absolutely.

[iPeace]

Ready for another long, dewy session...