What a great sky last night

[geppetto]

Great to get out last night, hope it was clear where you are.

Strange thing was, even with a bright moon, other stuff could be

seen from Geppetto Towers. I reckon that here at least there was very

little mist to scatter the moonlight.

Whilst waiting for the moon to get a bit higher, I took some 20 second

Toucams of M42 to get my eye in and was surprised how much came

through the moonlight

Also surprised how saturn came through the moon glare and how sharp it

was through the eyepiece.

Can we have another one tonight please

[Kai]

I agree about Saturn.

I think i had one of my best sessions on it last night,Cassini,4 moons and banding on the planet

I was at a Public Obs night so was cursing under my breath that i couldnt get my Toucam onto it.

I just hope tonight is as good

[SteelRat]

Yup - Saturn looked superb. Went wobbly here about 3am(ish) but up till then was the best I've seen it this year 8) Will check the weather reports for later.

[geppetto]

There was a hint of some fog coming in on the forcast

earlier but we might get another night 8)

[Kain]

I enjoyd it more a it wasy first ever DSO images! It was really a big step in our hobby for me last night.

Tonight though, I might just do some visual stuff, mayve some sketches.

Make the most of it guys, Snow for wednesday

Kain

[George]

I couldent get out last night cos I had a 5am start this morning:(

Now its gone foggy here so tonight looks a no too

But at least I made a start on the new observatory today

http://stargazerslounge.co.uk/index.php?topic=10510.0

Great picture BTW geppetto

[Greg]

Was a good sky indeed...

Steve and I went down to the NLO Observatory, I took some pics of the moon and Saturn ..And used my trusty 10X50's on my mono pod..Sometimes it's just nice to look.

Nice image Phil...

[anthony]

Tonights not looking too bad either.

[lunator]

Last night had excellent transparency. The seeing was a little below par.

Overall it was a good night.

In addition to Saturn & the Mon conjunction I got 9 double star pics to add to the collection

Cheers

Ian

[tom.yates]

I had a fab night with the AP 7" Apo Saturn was stunning , Then i used the bino viewer 2 eyes are better than 1 no question, the 18mm baader eyepieces i got from Steve are very sharp indeed i think it was a wise investment .

Tonight wall to wall fog.

[anthony]

Tom,

Are they the genuine orthoscopics or the hyperions? (forgive my ignorance)

Also, what binoviewer are you using?

Anthony

[Chubster]

What scope did you use for m42 geppetto?

[tom.yates]

Ant yes ,and the Denk binoviewer

[tom.yates]

Sorry Ant, BAADER ORTHOS.

[anthony]

Cheers Tom

Ant

[proflight2000]

Tonight was rather nice too, albeit im frozen solid and the dog wants a walk. Caught a couple for my new Log, the Andromeda galaxy, Saturn was very clear, the Pleiades stunning as always,and a lot of views of Mirach in my hour long quest to find the andromeda galaxy, 3 telrads to the right

A large waft of cloud began to come in from the north heading south but thankfully it shot off.

[Andrew*]

I had clouds covering half my sky that hovered more or less in exactly the same place for an hour. The moon washed out everything else! I managed to get a clear shot of saturn at low power, but seeing was far too poor for any great clarity at 200x mag. M42 was not a great sight to be honest.

The moon's always a nice sight, but otherwise rather disappointing

A

[geppetto]

What scope did you use for m42 geppetto

200mm F6 reflector with toucam at prime focus mate...

Wasn't a serious shot, just getting my eye in