CELESCOPE Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 Last night was terrible , dont know if anyone else had trouble , first it was cloud and partly clear sky , then at 9 pm it cleared , so i set up , once all set up , i headed for the nebula IC1805 the heart nebula , combined with the soul Nebula , well after alot of swearing heheeh i managed to get the part i wanted centre frame , then off i went got to 8 subs and Hmmm te image went all white , EHH i thought , clouds , looked out ,clear as a bell , but noticed my house and conservatory windows where running in water , Yup u guessed it scope all misted over , so converted my gps 8 dew heater to fit the ED80 , off we go again , got to about 11 subs and, OH nooo whats happening now, stars all bloated and looking weird , <<scratches head , Ah , the CCD imager , took that out and the lens had misted over , never happened before , , two hours have now passed, ""KICKS DOG!! HELLS BELLS , OK DEW SHIELD DONE , CCDnow cleaned , placed a duster over the CCd allowing air to get to it, then off we go again , this time looks good ,rattled off 50 subs in HA, and followed by 30 subs each in RED BLUE GREEN, time now 1.30 in the morning , clear as a bell outside , Seven sisters looking good , was tempted but decided to process the HA part , thank goodness it was great , so today i will see how the colour data went , if no good i will post the HA and try for better colour Data tonight , if clear that is, heheheehhe , all in a nights work i guess with this hobby , gotta laugh though .Rog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunator Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 RogYep the dew last night was terrible, but transparency was excelent.glad you got a piclook forward to seeing it.CheersIan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLO Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 ... gotta laugh though.It certainly helps, particularly with UK weather!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OXO Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 Rog, we have all had those nights although i don't own a dog Hope the pic comes out ok.James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moondog Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 Yes Rog, I had the same trouble. It was absolutely running with dew at about 9-30pm where I was.The TAL very rarely suffers from dew as it's got a huge dew shield - but last night was something else !I wondered where the big bloated stars were coming from on the shots I was taking until I looked at the TAL lens.I don't have any form of dew control but I'll obviously need some soon.MD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CELESCOPE Posted September 23, 2006 Author Share Posted September 23, 2006 you certainly will MD , i need a smaller one now , so will order one today ,Rog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin 2 Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 Had a really clear night last night till about 3.30, then the wind got up and it lashed with rain, I had packed up by then and was downloading pics for stacking. Got a question about that, I'll post it in the right section M2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom.yates Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 Had the same prob myself but i had the dew heater on so i was ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinB Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 It was grim!! Everything dripping, the seeing was the worst I have ever known and intermittent bands of murky cloud gradually taking over. Got 2 hours worth of M31 subs and the end result is rubbish Back to the drawing board Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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