Show us your set up in action at night.

[Dave scutt]

Not much to show trying to take some images of Jupiter though my phone,took the phone off then it broke.

Edited October 5, 2021 by Dave scutt

[F15Rules]

I got my vintage Vixen SP102m out 3 nights ago for a short, Vixen based session, including LV eyepieces and LV zoom..

Some nice views with a nice old setup😊

Dave

[gorann]

Getting ready for darkness with the dual RASA8/ASI2600MC rig. One laptop for each camera and one for the mount and PHD2, to play it safe. The moon is out so IDAS NBZ filters are on (for catching Ha and Oiii). I attach an image (LBN406) of what they caught a few days ago before the moon made its comeback.

Cheers, Göran

[Sunshine]

8 minutes ago, gorann said:

Getting ready for darkness with the dual RASA8/ASI2600MC rig. One laptop for each camera and one for the mount and PHD2, to play it safe. The moon is out so IDAS NBZ filters are on (for catching Ha and Oiii). I attach an image (LBN406) of what they caught a few days ago before the moon made its comeback.

Cheers, Göran

That rig is the very definition of the word impressive! and your image is beautiful!

[gorann]

1 hour ago, Sunshine said:

That rig is the very definition of the word impressive! and your image is beautiful!

Thanks a lot Sunshine! Just some Chinese stuff on a Dutch mount😄

[Froeng]

Waiting for Saturn and Jupiter to clear the house…

[Captain Scarlet]

First light for my new-for-moi OO VX8 which I picked up yesterday. No collimating tools on a brief UK visit but I’m quite sure the prior owner will have had it collimated very well, and it was a smooth journey. Tonight was clear-ish, I only looked at Jupiter, nice detail on view but I don’t know the features/names. Saturn and Titan and very quickly Luna as well. But a veil of cloud came and that was it.

I was using eyepieces borrowed from my neighbour (which I gave him a year ago) mainly a BCO 10mm for 90x, nice eyepiece the first I’ve used one.

 

[scarp15]

A good night on Jupiter, until the clouds rolled in.

 

 

[Ludd]

A fuzzy phone shot by Mrs Ludd

[JeremyS]

26 minutes ago, Ludd said:

A fuzzy phone shot by Mrs Ludd

Mind your head when you back in through the back door!

[Captain Scarlet]

First light for my new Astro-Stuhl. My Intes M603 and Baader focuser looking mainly at Jupiter. Europa’s shadow was evident. Clouds came as forecast then I had to really hurry when the rain started!

What a difference an observing chair makes! Perfectly relaxed able to hold position for as long as you want. 

[Dave scutt]

On 25/10/2021 at 22:04, Ludd said:

A fuzzy phone shot by Mrs Ludd

I think you need a bigger house

[Rich1980]

Technically just before night but waiting for it. 

[RobertI]

Heritage 130P on Sky-Prodigy mount. A very ‘user friendly’ combination. 👍

[Sunshine]

24 minutes ago, Rich1980 said:

Technically just before night but waiting for it. 

Now you've done it, the moderators are dispatching the SGL henchmen, HIDE!

[Simon Pepper]

First light tonight with ES127ED thanks to some members here was able to get the OTA together. Unbelievably it’s clear and moonless so I thought I would go OSC (didn’t want to introduce more complications) and picked NGC891 well I centred on NGC906 to get some of the smaller galaxies in the FOV counted about 20 so far! Just a simple stretch on one 300s sub. 

[Froeng]

A quick look at epsilon Lyrae while the C8 is cooling for the gas giants. Let’s hope the clouds stay away…!

[ONIKKINEN]

First frost of the season.

Welcome back, cold still winter nights!

[wibblefish]

Got the new scope all setup for first light on a surprise clear night (only one since last week and into next week according to the apps) and then when I looked up full cloud cover. British weather for astronomy at its finest. Still I got a picture of the rig at night so that counts right?

 

[Ian McCallum]

I recently bought this SW Evostar 120, from a fellow SGL'er.  I set it up on a temporary mount and tripod, this evening.  I'll need to get a star diagonal for it and eventually a mount and tripod not made from jelly!  Coming from a 8" dob, I could clearly see CA on the views of the gas giants - I'd hate to think what they'd look like through a short tube/fast achromat!😱

Edited November 9, 2021 by Ian McCallum

[markse68]

ok it’s not mine but it was great fun to get another look through this beast- the 28” Great Equatorial at Greenwich Obs

 

[John]

Really quick session tonight with the 100mm refractor, thanks to incoming cloud cover. Luckily the scope needs practically no cool down time and Jupiter looked nice and detailed at 180x. Pity it wasn't more than a 20 minute peek but I guess it's better than nothing, which is what I've had for the past week !

 

[JeremyS]

Nice one @John 👍🏻
The front arrived here earlier. Not had any sky since Sunday 

[wibblefish]

I did the same @John spotted Jupiter in the gap between two houses, clear sky, chucked the 102mm refractor out! Best view was probably x89 (8mm) with clear banding tried x179 (4mm) but it wasn’t quite as sharp

Edited November 20, 2021 by wibblefish

[Kon]

That's the only action my Dob is getting the past few days 😪☁️☁️