Get ready for more cloudy nights in Wollongong !

[Stu Ward]

I have a brand new 12" goto dob in the back of the car.
Wonder when my first light will be ?
June ?


Stu

[scagman (John)]

Hi Stu,

Congrates on the new 12incha.

I too have got my new scope in the car, a CF 127mm APO.

[barx1963 (Malcolm)]

Well done Stu, you will love the 12". If you are having trouble getting first light, send it down here and I will Christen it for you!

Malcolm

[Dave T (Dave)]

Stu,

Congrats on the new purchase! Currently savin' me pennies for a 12" goto myself. Will be very intereted to hear your first light report.

Dave.

[erick (Eric)]

Sounding good, Stu! Is this a Skymaster goto?

[Stu Ward]

Cant believe night 2 was clear !!
Very happy with what i have seen so far.
I reckon i saw more glaxies tonight in pretty ordinary conditions than I have seen in dark skies

Goto function appears to work well, All points appearing in a 25mm EP and once centred stay there

I thought Sod it lets add the camera and i took a few pics of sombrero and Omega Centauri

Will add OC later, but heres Sombrero

Rough and ready 10sec exposures, no stacking

[Stu Ward]

Originally Posted by erick

Sounding good, Stu! Is this a Skymaster goto?

Skywatcher yes

Stu

[Stu Ward]

The pics I took of oc where RAW. I dunno why I did it, maybe I thought I might get detail. But I can't seem to open them so I need to sort out a program that can


Stu

[KenNo2658 (Ken)]

Paint.net is a free program that will do it for you. Very similar to Photo Shop, or so I'm told. I use it for all my standard photo's and it seems to do the job pretty well.

Ken

[Liz]

Originally Posted by Stu Ward

I have a brand new 12" goto dob in the back of the car.

Stu

Woohoo, well done Stu,very exciting, and you have had fun with it already, and the Sombrero pic is amazing for a quickie!!!

[Stu Ward]

Thanks Liz !

I'm looking forward to getting out tonight and taking loads more snaps and get some stacking done

I really wanted the Leo triplets which are going to be my target tonight

Stu

[mozzie (Peter)]

great stuff stu!!!! glad to see you've got a scope and everything is sorted...
let's hope the weather stays clear for the weekend..