Cracking viewing just now !

[John]

Really excellent conditions here ATM. Venus, Mars and now the Moon looking totally wonderful even at "ludicrous speed" of 300x-400x with my lovely Tak 100

Dark and pale Martian features despite a tiny disk, Venus showing some definite contrast variations in the cloud tops and the Moon looking all "Chesley Bonestell" like, if you get what I mean

Amazing what this little scope can do. The TV Nagler 2-4 zoom is being a little champion too !

 

Edited January 5, 2017 by John

[Davey-T]

Very nice report John but you're doing it again, encouraging us to buy things 

Dave

[Charic]

I've four 6mm's that I wan't to re-assess,  side-by-side,  and just noticed that there  is  probably just  as many Stars  visible out the back through the murk !

My turn will come?
 

Edited January 5, 2017 by Charic

[nightfisher]

Not here, same as last night, clear across the UK and cloud building in queensbury, no wonder i talk about selling up, maybe ai should do a nightly photo of the cloudy sky on here

[Pig]

Its a bit hazy here at the moment John but it is looking very promising for some good lunar observing a bit later  fingers crossed.

[John]

Sorry if you are clouded out

It's not forecast to last beyond around 9:00 pm here so I'm making the most of it while I can.

Slightly hazy can be good for the planets though

[jabeoo1]

I have just been blown away with the Tak-100 & the 8mm Brandon, it looks seriously good.  Those Tak-100's are not bad at all are they ? 

EDIT:  Right thats it I am getting the 3-6 TV Zoom next.  Its killing me only being able to get to x92.5......damn.

Edited January 5, 2017 by jabeoo1

[Moonshane]

Seeing does seem good In the more transparent mirk.

I just add this to my obs notebook for today. The appenine area was eye watering.

[faulksy]

• even though john it wasn't through your dob, i still give you a like
• some good high power there

[John]

1 minute ago, faulksy said:

• even though john it wasn't through your dob, i still give you a like
• some good high power there

Thanks Mike - I appreciate your gesture towards my "finder scope" ! 

[Stu]

22 minutes ago, jabeoo1 said:

I have just been blown away with the Tak-100 & the 8mm Brandon, it looks seriously good.  Those Tak-100's are not bad at all are they ? 

EDIT:  Right thats it I am getting the 3-6 TV Zoom next.  Its killing me only being able to get to x92.5......damn.

That's right, they are not too shabby  

[Mr Spock]

Wobbly, blurry Mars here after a fairly good Venus earlier. Too low and too near the rooftops.

Moon was pretty good at x294. Though it was lacking contrast due to high cloud.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Clear skies here too, but seeing a bit up and down. Got some cracking lunar results, judging by the first panes to finish processing. Also captured Venus, but seeing was very choppy low down

[John]

The hazy stuff has reached me !

Moon still looking good through the thin cloud but I suspect it's thickening all the time.

Been playing with my hyper wides which I don't generally use with this scope. The 6mm Ethos shows the whole lunar disk with a little room to spare at the edges at 150x. I can pretend to be an Apollo command module pilot for a short while !

The scope had the dinky little Ethos 3.7mm in the diagonal when I took this shot:

 

Edited January 5, 2017 by John

[faulksy]

very nice finder john.

seriously, very nice mate

[Davey-T]

I see that Tak have got a sale on in the USA with a few hundred dollars of the FC100, hope they don't have one over here 

Dave