Show us your set up in action at night.

[JeremyS]

1 hour ago, garryblueboy said:

Big boys turn tonight waiting quietly 

Yet to see anyone in that hot tub, Garry 🙂

 

[Marvin Jenkins]

1 hour ago, JeremyS said:

Yet to see anyone in that hot tub, Garry 🙂

 

I would worry about the effect of the thermal finger print so close to the scope!😂 Heat source like that and the water vapour, serious anti dew kit👍

[garryblueboy]

2 hours ago, JeremyS said:

Yet to see anyone in that hot tub, Garry 🙂

 

Here you go Jeremy  😆

[wimvb]

4 minutes ago, garryblueboy said:

Here you go Jeremy  😆

I thought this thread was "Show us your set up in action AT NIGHT". 😉

[garryblueboy]

2 minutes ago, wimvb said:

I thought this thread was "Show us your set up in action AT NIGHT". 😉

Well it was early evening 🙃 The girls won’t allow me to show you the night time set up 

Edited May 28, 2020 by garryblueboy

[Sunshine]

5 hours ago, garryblueboy said:

Big boys turn tonight waiting quietly 

That is one certified beautiful dob you have there!

[Stu]

Not used the Mewlon 210 for a while, so thought I would have a look at the Moon with it for a while. Looking fabulous.

[JeremyS]

I wanted to catch the rare outburst of PQ And before dawn this AM. It's very low down, too low for my obsy, so I decamped with the Tak TSA 120 to a field a mile away. Caught PQ arounf 02.25 BST by which time dawn was breaking. You can see how low down it was from the angle of the scope.

I think I'm going have to put some black tape over the power LED on the AZEQ 6 🙂

 

[Alan White]

That LED is bright Jeremy, see why you need to tape over it!

 

[ScouseSpaceCadet]

On 28/05/2020 at 22:03, garryblueboy said:

Here you go Jeremy  😆

 In best gangster voice, "Can't you see I'm busy? Tony, take him out and I don't mean for dinner". *gulp*

[Saganite]

On 28/05/2020 at 18:52, CCD-Freak said:

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

 

 

Wow , I would love to be under that sky with any scope John !....

Nice set up.

[garryblueboy]

Early evening Moon watching ready for another late am for the planets 

[John]

Still pretty light here but the scope is in action on the Moon anyway

The 5mm Pentax XW gives 318x with this scope and really, really sharp views this evening

 

[R26 oldtimer]

Imaging ngc6888, from dusk till dawn...

[Stu]

14 minutes ago, John said:

Still pretty light here but the scope is in action on the Moon anyway

The 5mm Pentax XW gives 318x with this scope and really, really sharp views this evening

 

Could be a Plato craterlets night perhaps John?

[johninderby]

Hopefully better seeing than last night which wasn’t that stable here unlike the night before which was exceptional.

[johninderby]

The StellaMira 80 is setup in my now favourite lunar observing postion. In the  conservatory with one of the big windows open. Comfy observing chair as well. 😁😁😁

Edited May 31, 2020 by johninderby

[JeremyS]

11 minutes ago, johninderby said:

The StellaMira 80 is setup in my now favourite lunar observing postion. In the  conservatory with one of the big windows open. Comfy observing chair as well. 😁😁😁

Looks so comfy, John, I’d have to be careful not to fall asleep. 
Especially after 2 all-nighters

🙂

 

[ScouseSpaceCadet]

A lovely sky here, but quite a stiff breeze. The 102 Mak is my sit down scope. Lovely views of the moon at up to 216x through a Skywatcher 6mm planetary ep.

[garryblueboy]

First try out for this little set up 

[John]

"little set up"

[BillyBoyBoy]

My 16" Orion XX16g dob setup here in Texas.  That's a 16 x 20 foot piece of outdoor turf that in the summer, i stargaze barefoot.  Good times!

[garryblueboy]

13 hours ago, John said:

"little set up"

Well compared to the other refractors yes 😅

[Highburymark]

On 29/05/2020 at 21:31, Stu said:

Not used the Mewlon 210 for a while, so thought I would have a look at the Moon with it for a while. Looking fabulous.

Fabulous set up Stu. How do views through the Mewlon compare with something like the C9.25?

[Highburymark]

On 31/05/2020 at 21:28, johninderby said:

The StellaMira 80 is setup in my now favourite lunar observing postion. In the  conservatory with one of the big windows open. Comfy observing chair as well. 😁😁😁

This time of year I’m the same. 75% of all observing done from kitchen - solar, lunar, night vision. No air currents, sitting down, and in perfect darkness. Such a nice way to stargaze. Though your conservatory looks even more comfortable.