What to do while in my sick bed.

[Nigella Bryant]

I got bored after a week of not being allowed to do anything and pre ordered a Skywatcher Eq8 r pro mount. That's what happens when I've been scrolling down flo's web pages and feeling sorry for myself, lol. 

[banjaxed]

Why not dream about all the dark skies that are coming your way 🤔

[globular]

Get well soon..... for the goodness of your health wealth

[Alan White]

Having time on our hands due to illness or lots of cloud never ends well for our finances Nigella,
Hope you get well soon.

 

[Nigella Bryant]

Thanks everyone, much appreciated. I've been looking at the sunny skies outside but not allowed to do any solar observing. That's hard, lol. I've missed all the lovely activity lately. Oh well, it's still not anywhere near solar maximum so I'll see plenty more in the future, lol. The EQ8 R pro is for my dome for night time and the current neq6 will go in my RoR for solar eventually. I expect it'll be a long wait for it to arrive, months probably but nice to think about while healing. 

I've also trolled the website for a 16inch f4 Newtonian but I'm definitely going to resist that one, lol. I've really got to get better quickly before I'm bankrupt, lol. 

[Macavity]

I suppose John & Yoko stayed in bed for PEACE? 😎
(Accompanied by "half the world's press" IIRC! lol)
Back in the time of Bed-ins... (Astro) Shed-ins?!?! 🥳

Hope you can get back to the latter soon! 🙂

Edited September 15, 2021 by Macavity

[Pete Presland]

Iknow how you are feeling, i am 3 1/2 weeks into recovering from a broken ankle. The first 2 weeks were incredibly boring, luckly a had just received a couple of heayweight astro books. Last week was better, especially when the Sun was out, i even managed some imaging time.

Not bought anything yet though, still plenty of time left yet ......................

[Nigella Bryant]

30 minutes ago, Pete Presland said:

Iknow how you are feeling, i am 3 1/2 weeks into recovering from a broken ankle. The first 2 weeks were incredibly boring, luckly a had just received a couple of heayweight astro books. Last week was better, especially when the Sun was out, i even managed some imaging time.

Not bought anything yet though, still plenty of time left yet ......................

Goodness, get well soon Pete, hopefully you're mending well. Least you've not succumbed to any big purchases yet but still time lol.

[City9Town0]

Re-process all those images... and then realise that you'd got it right first-time in so many cases!

 

[Nigella Bryant]

Just now, City9Town0 said:

Re-process all those images... and then realise that you'd got it right first-time in so many cases!

 

That's a good one. 

[teoria_del_big_bang]

Hope you are well soon, always dangerous looking at any site with a buy button when nothing better to do 🙂 

Steve

[Craney]

So....  the question is.....   what wonderful scope is going to glide around atop the  EQ-8   ??

If you don't have one yet, surely that can occupy a few hours / days  of your time here and there ..... 

 then, which camera / eyepiece are you going to plug into it ...... ??

then,  what will the first light be  ??     

then , what type of objects... ??,     then a list of them will be generated........   and then increase .....

You will suddenly discover that you need a good 5 years to answer all these questions.   Then you will want a new mount...   

[Nigella Bryant]

1 hour ago, teoria_del_big_bang said:

Hope you are well soon, always dangerous looking at any site with a buy button when nothing better to do 🙂 

Steve

Thanks Steve, yes, very dangerous. I've seen a lovely plainwave 17inch @ over £17,000 too while browsing, lol. No, no,no resist, lol. 

[Ibbo!]

How about a nice 100mm D/S Lunt 😎

[Pete Presland]

1 hour ago, Nigella Bryant said:

Goodness, get well soon Pete, hopefully you're mending well. Least you've not succumbed to any big purchases yet but still time lol.

Thanks, it seems to be healing well.

I have been looking a lot, the classifieds on here are a nightmare. Spent ages talking my self out of the Zwo camera recently on here 🙂

[Nigella Bryant]

2 minutes ago, Craney said:

So....  the question is.....   what wonderful scope is going to glide around atop the  EQ-8   ??

If you don't have one yet, surely that can occupy a few hours / days  of your time here and there ..... 

 then, which camera / eyepiece are you going to plug into it ...... ??

then,  what will the first light be  ??     

then , what type of objects... ??,     then a list of them will be generated........   and then increase .....

You will suddenly discover that you need a good 5 years to answer all these questions.   Then you will want a new mount...   

Lot's to ponder there. I've already got a C11 and an Orion Optics 12inch f4 Newtonian so they'll grace the new mount ( not at the same time). But, but, I'd love a 16inch on the mount one day, lol. I can only dream. I've blown my budget for two years yesterday, lol. Camera wise I've got mono 178 for the planets with filter wheel or a asi 224 mc. I've only got an astro modded canon 1000d for DSO so there's scope for thought there in the future, lol. I've already got lrgb filters for the filter wheel. 

I'm all good for solar but that's not for the dome, lol. 

Now, while I've got a few weeks of healing still to go, "What am I missing" lol. 

[Nigella Bryant]

5 minutes ago, Ibbo! said:

How about a nice 100mm D/S Lunt 😎

No don't tempt me, don't tempt me, 😂

[Nigella Bryant]

3 minutes ago, Nigella Bryant said:

No don't tempt me, don't tempt me, 😂

Not the 200mm D/S Lunt then, lol. 

[Tomatobro]

EQ8-r.....I am waiting for stock to become available also. Some US dealers reckon mid October availability so you never know.

[Nigella Bryant]

2 minutes ago, Tomatobro said:

EQ8-r.....I am waiting for stock to become available also. Some US dealers reckon mid October availability so you never know.

Now that would be great if it was. Trouble is I will still not be allowed to unpack it and lift it onto the pier by October, lol. 

[Ibbo!]

18 minutes ago, Nigella Bryant said:

Not the 200mm D/S Lunt then, lol. 

Seeing in the UK is somewhat limiting so i think 100mm is about as far as I would go.

 

[Second Time Around]

33 minutes ago, Nigella Bryant said:

Now, while I've got a few weeks of healing still to go, "What am I missing" lol. 

Night vision?

Get well soon!

[Nigella Bryant]

1 minute ago, Second Time Around said:

Night vision?

Get well soon!

Thanks, much appreciated. My night vision is quite good, lol. 👀

[Luke]

If the EQ8 is for a 60mm scope, you're definitely bored! Get well soon, we need some more solar images!

[Nigella Bryant]

57 minutes ago, Luke said:

If the EQ8 is for a 60mm scope, you're definitely bored! Get well soon, we need some more solar images!

Oh poop Luke, do you think it's overkill for the Lunt 60mm? Lol. I'm longing to get back to solar imaging, couple of weeks me thinks.