A free gift

[powerlord]

Ah - awoken by the tweet of the morning birds.

A successful night of imaging the trunk of a Pachyderm and the land of the free nebula.

Time to go outside and take some flats and move stuff inside.. ah the scope is pointing straight up from the end of the sessions last night.. er.. did that bird just take off from  being perched on it..

er... no.. you've not have you, you little....

yes.. a bird has sh4t in my telescope - right over the lens.

😫

 

[Peter Drew]

Clean it as soon as possible as the deposit could etch the coatings.

[powerlord]

Oh yes.. learned from years cleaning it off my cars. All clean now.

I suppose on the plus side, it was at the end of the session!

I know others swear by deionised water, etc - but I prefer Calotherm Calocoat - been using for years for my camera lenses. Cleaned it up no probs.

stu

Edited June 14, 2021 by powerlord

[banjaxed]

Don’t you have a lens cap ?  🙄

Edited June 14, 2021 by banjaxed

[R26 oldtimer]

I'm sure this would be the first time that anyone would be glad imaging the night away with the cap on...

[Guest]

Is it supposed to be lucky. Lol