Show us your set up in action at night.

[Telescope40]

16 hours ago, JeremyS said:

Now that is one great looking setup John!

Hello Jeremy.  Many thanks for the kind words. Had a major sort out of equipment since the turn of the year.  My two big scopes were sold off with a view to getting the Evostar.  Also my chunk  of a mount, a NEQ6 PRO, with it's erratic Goto antics also parted company with my good self.  Was getting to be a real struggle lugging it to the garden. I'm not getting any younger.

New mount sourced and all is good.  Must also note the Geoptik observing chair in the picture. Got it a few weeks ago after getting recommendations off a few SGL'ers. As good a piece of kit as the scope and mount.  It's helped tremendously. I no longer have to make the scope and mount suit my viewing position or vice versa. I am much more comfortable with the adjustments the chair gives.  It's a gamechanger as I can now be relaxed when my eye hits the eyepiece. 

Long may it continue.    John 

[Sunshine]

[paul mc c]

Dob out viewing Venus, lovely thin crescent, waiting for darker skies.

[John]

Could not decide tonight so went for the Tak for Venus and some binary stars and then the dob for some DSO's later

[Stu]

6 minutes ago, John said:

Could not decide tonight so went for the Tak for Venus and some binary stars and then the dob for some DSO's later

A fine looking pair John, have fun. The skies look like they should be ok for you, so have a good night.

[col]

Here's mine, a Russian Tal 4inch refractor my wife got me about 20 years ago. The first light and my first look through any telescope with this was jupiter and saturn, a memory I'll never forget. 

[garryblueboy]

Set waiting for the dark to arrive 

[CCD-Freak]

Having a great summer night at Ft Griffin State Historic Site in north central Texas.  "Ft G" is one of my favorite dark sites.  I have to drive about 3.5 hours to get there but it is worth the drive to get under Bortle 2 skies.

 

John Love
CCD-Freak
WD5IKX

[CCD-Freak]

Same place...different trip.  My little Casita caravan is named the Moonlight Manor. (^8 

Makes staying out at the dark site for several nights very comfortable.

 

John Love
CCD-Freak
WD5IKX

[Stu]

Having fun with two very different, but lovely 4” scopes. My finderscope, the Genesis with 56mm plossl giving a 5.6 degree field, and the Vixen Fluorite for higher power. Lovely views of the Moon, Mercury and Venus, although the last two were quite shimmery in the heat from the day. Took me a while to pick Mercury up through the hazy cloud down low.

[mikeDnight]

Not an action packed night time scope pic, but more of a sleepy sunny afternoon observing Venus when high in the sky. I kept the obs'y roof half closed in an attempt keep myself cool, but not very successfully. 

[John]

This was my Vixen ED102SS in action last night with the 21mm Ethos looking for Comet C/2017 T2 PANSTARRS up by M81 and M82. I'm having a night in tonight

The Vixen R&P focuser does a rather good job of holding nearly 3 lbs of eyepiece and diagonal steady and sharply focused when the scope is pointing high in the sky !

 

 

[Ags]

16 minutes ago, mikeDnight said:

Not an action packed night time scope pic

It's always night in space 😃

[Sunshine]

Had a great session Saturday night, lots of double’s hunting was loads of fun.

Edited May 26, 2020 by Sunshine

[Stu]

19 minutes ago, Sunshine said:

Had a great session Saturday night, lots of double’s hunting was loads of fun.

Lovely setup! Bet you had fun!

[garryblueboy]

Here we are again set up and waiting 

[Anthony1979]

Me and my daughter ready for darkness

[Stu]

1 minute ago, Anthony1979 said:

Me and my daughter ready for darkness

Looks fun Anthony 👍👍

What targets tonight?

[ScouseSpaceCadet]

14 minutes ago, Anthony1979 said:

Me and my daughter ready for darkness

Brilliant. 👍

[Anthony1979]

23 minutes ago, Stu said:

Looks fun Anthony 👍👍

What targets tonight?

Probably M57 again.. Or whatever comes into view 

[Marvin Jenkins]

All set up ready to go. Won’t be dark enough for the EP till eleven but it is 20 deg and the deer are calling in the fields.

Just had a great view of Venus through the bins.

[Sunshine]

On 26/05/2020 at 15:12, garryblueboy said:

Here we are again set up and waiting 

Oh boy, that is a beautiful scope/tripod/mount combo, look like they were made for each other, stunning, and a Starfire to boot! i'm available for adoption, i don't play musical instruments and, can cook very well.

[garryblueboy]

Big boys turn tonight waiting quietly 

[CCD-Freak]

I found another night shot from Ft G.  The summer Milky Way was looking good under the Bortle 2 skies there.

 

John Love
CCD-Freak
WD5IKX

 

 

[CCD-Freak]

More shots from Ft G.   Needless to say it is one of my favorite dark sites.

John Love
CCD-Freak
WD5IKX

 

Edited May 28, 2020 by CCD-Freak