Show us your set up in action at night.

[wookie1965]

This is my Tal out I will have to take pictures of the other two. 

[ScouseSpaceCadet]

22 minutes ago, wookie1965 said:

This is my Tal out I will have to take pictures of the other two. 

Admirable optimism!

[wookie1965]

7 minutes ago, ScouseSpaceCadet said:

Admirable optimism!

It's not out now looking like Thursday is going to be clear crossed fingers. 

[ScouseSpaceCadet]

10 minutes ago, wookie1965 said:

It's not out now looking like Thursday is going to be clear crossed fingers. 

Ahhhh. 😀

[Froeng]

My C8 waiting for darkness…

[johnst]

Was out for a couple of hours last night setting up pa etc with my HEQ5 mount, WO Megrez 72 and Panoptic 24mm, really enjoyed it, done in today though!

[ScouseSpaceCadet]

No fancy poses 'ere... A very rough polar and one star alignment then straight to Saturn before the clouds hit. First time out with an EQ mount. 😀

 

(Edit)Well the clouds rolled in so fancy pose added...🙄

Edited August 9, 2021 by ScouseSpaceCadet
Fancy pose...

[cfinn]

Taking some flats before a short imaging session last night. I thought it made for a nice photo with the ghostly glow from the flat panel and the twilight sky in the background.

[powerlord]

[AstroNebulee]

2 minutes ago, powerlord said:

Very nice indeed 👌

[Sunshine]

4 hours ago, powerlord said:

Is there any time left for imaging after setting this up? lol.

[powerlord]

8 hours ago, Sunshine said:

Is there any time left for imaging after setting this up? lol.

🤣 At the start - time left before I lost my mind - no. Now after lots of practice the big boys gets setup, and APed in around 20 mins. And starts shooting. Then I do the smaller one in another 20.

So not too bad 🤪

[powerlord]

Slightly ambitious setup for tonight..

4 mounts -

Big boy : eq6, c8, Asi1600 guided. Target m27

Junior: azgti, guided. experiment with Sw 180mm guidescope and Asi224 to image ! Target packman or bubble. Then swapping to 6d/135mm and trying L-extreme on milky-way.

Tripod 1: 6d/14mm. Milky-way mosaic

Tripod 2: gopro 8. All sky video.

Whew.

Be a miracle if I get all that done.

Edited August 12, 2021 by powerlord

[John]

Hoping that the sky stays clear for some gas giant observing later. TMB/LZOS 130mm F/9.2 triplet on the T-Rex mount:

 

[Deadlake]

1 hour ago, John said:

Hoping that the sky stays clear for some gas giant observing later. TMB/LZOS 130mm F/9.2 triplet on the T-Rex mount:

 

Well at least your LZOS got out of the door. 

[John]

2 minutes ago, Deadlake said:

Well at least your LZOS got out of the door. 

No luck for you tonight ?

 

[Sunshine]

1 hour ago, John said:

Hoping that the sky stays clear for some gas giant observing later. TMB/LZOS 130mm F/9.2 triplet on the T-Rex mount:

 

That is one big yard canon of a scope, should make short work of a gas giant.

LZOS=thing of beauty

[Deadlake]

11 minutes ago, John said:

No luck for you tonight ?

 

No luck, need to get a alt-as so I have 5 minute setup…

Yourself?

Edited August 12, 2021 by Deadlake

[John]

6 minutes ago, Deadlake said:

No luck, need to get a alt-as so I have 5 minute setup…

Yourself?

Generally clear currently but quite a lot of cloud masses billowing around the horizons. I'll make the most of the clear bits !. Seeing is steady. Transparency moderate.

 

[markse68]

2 scopes out tonight- first light with new filters on M13 (gotta start somewhere) and the dob for the gas giants (looking forward to Io transit a bit later) and Dubhe is looking hopeful tonight- seeing is good that side of the sky but pants to the south so far, but between clouds the transparency is pretty decent here

Need to get back out to hopefully see some Perseids!

Edited August 12, 2021 by markse68

[Highburymark]

TSA-120 out tonight for views of the gas giants. Seeing only 6/10., but nice detail on both planets - first comparison I’ve been able to make between Pentax XW5 and Delite 4 - both eyepieces gave pretty much identical views once magnification and fov taken into consideration.

[John]

22 minutes ago, Highburymark said:

TSA-120 out tonight for views of the gas giants. Seeing only 6/10., but nice detail on both planets - first comparison I’ve been able to make between Pentax XW5 and Delite 4 - both eyepieces gave pretty much identical views once magnification and fov taken into consideration.

Similar experiences here with the gas giants Mark. Seeing could have been a bit better but still enjoyable. Clouded out now though so the transit of Io will have to happen with one onlooker less 

[markse68]

That's a shame John- the seeing really steadied here as Jupter reached altitude and Io traversing the limb was a very beautiful sight

34 minutes ago, John said:

Similar experiences here with the gas giants Mark. Seeing could have been a bit better but still enjoyable. Clouded out now though so the transit of Io will have to happen with one onlooker less 

 

[Ags]

First and possibly last outing of the ZS66 on the AZ-GTI. The mount is in last chance saloon, one false move and it's all over for it.

Edited August 13, 2021 by Ags

[Sunshine]

Saturn & Jupiter are wonderful tonight!