SGL2017 Picture thread

[PhotoGav]

Just now, Beulah said:

@PhotoGav, that video was absolutely brilliant and a massive effort to put together.

Please can you let me know which artist created the eletronic ambient soundtrack? I discovered them on Spotify earlier on this year but cannot remember the band name - I know it had commentary, etc.

Thank you! The spacey track is Eternity by Stellardrone. The voice is Carl Sagan talking about the Voyager mission looking back at the 'pale blue dot'.

[Beulah]

Stellardrone - awesome, thank you very much.

 

[daz]

There are some awesome pictures here! And that video is excellent @PhotoGav!!

[Davey-T]

Couple more pic's

Dave

 

[cjdawson]

I had a go a making a couple of timelapses over the main weekend.  Here's my results.   note: the images are not processed, they're as captured

 

 

 

[AstroGnome]

Just to add my twopence worth. Rough draft of M31 from the Friday night (best shot I've got of it so far. Many subs of RGB, etc)).

And for those that weren't still there for the tail end of storm Ophelia, the big top performed admirably. No clowns died.

[Moonshane]

Some crackers! Love the dog one and the two excited kids looking up ?

[25585]

Fantastic photos! Were there any low tech scopes & mounts brought?

[johnfosteruk]

1 hour ago, 25585 said:

Fantastic photos! Were there any low tech scopes & mounts brought?

yup, evostar 102 and Skymax 102 on an EQ3 mount with slo-mo controls. Does the job for me quite nicely.

[JOC]

I've looked through all three pages - no big Dobs there, or did I miss them?  I love those  shots just taken through terrestrial cameras of the night sky that show all the stars that could be seen in the sky, I'd love to take something like that with my camera on a tripod - are they single shots or are folks still stacking?

[Jonk]

My 16" dob was there, not sure it's classed as 'big' but it was certainly popular. Notice the ladder holding it up in the strong wind!

 

[newtyng5]

Either that or you chucked the misses in it. No more nagging!  Only joking of course

 

[johnfosteruk]

On 05/12/2017 at 13:22, JOC said:

I've looked through all three pages - no big Dobs there, or did I miss them?  I love those  shots just taken through terrestrial cameras of the night sky that show all the stars that could be seen in the sky, I'd love to take something like that with my camera on a tripod - are they single shots or are folks still stacking?

Mine are all single frames apart from the on I posted in the chit chat thread which was ten minutes of subs stacked

[Jonk]

10 minutes ago, newtyng5 said:

Either that or you chucked the misses in it. No more nagging!  Only joking of course

 

Haha it does look like a body!!

[newtyng5]

4 minutes ago, Jonk said:

Haha it does look like a body!!

The secret is out!

 

edit: oops

 

[johnfosteruk]

2 minutes ago, newtyng5 said:

The secret is out!

 

edit: oops

 

And there was me hoping to come alone next year! I’ll need to find another way now (joking. Honest)

[newtyng5]

Oh dear, this could be the start of a new trend.

Artesky are probably looking at this thread.

Dobsonian covers 'can also be used to subdue your other half for several hours' .

Imagine the sales

I am joking of course > eeek

Happy Christmas all, and I look forward to the next SGL star party

[Helen]

I had my 15 inch Obsession compact dob there and Tim brought his 18 inch along for Saturday night ?  We did miss the usual cannon line up though ?

Helen

[JOC]

6 hours ago, Helen said:

15 inch Obsession compact dob

This sounds like a contradiction in terms!

Mind you I can understand them not all being present - it must take real dedication to the cause to transport them around the country and set them up.

[Helen]

3 hours ago, JOC said:

This sounds like a contradiction in terms!

Mind you I can understand them not all being present - it must take real dedication to the cause to transport them around the country and set them up.

Well it does fold down to this!

and is minimalist when set up

Helen

[Pete Presland]

Thanks to all for sharing some magic photos. The "starry" images are particularly nice to see, it looks a lot of fun even when there isn't much to see.

[wookie1965]

On 12/8/2017 at 18:57, Jonk said:

My 16" dob was there, not sure it's classed as 'big' but it was certainly popular. Notice the ladder holding it up in the strong wind!

 

What is the Frac behind the dob please.

[Jonk]

Which one? The short one is a William Optics Star 71, and the long one is an Altair Astro Starwave Classic (4") with a Quark Chromosphere on it.