How Often Do You Use Your Scope

[TJD (Trevor)]

Originally Posted by Paddy

2-3 nights per week when I can get a few hours before moonrise with clear skies. I also will usually do an hour or so looking at the moon once a month.

Living with dark skies and a supportive partner is wonderful!

im not a morning person(im always late for school) and i have to get up at 4:30 to observe and you still coldnt call it observing because of LIGHT POLLUTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!its terable but i say to my self at least ive got a telescope

[TJD (Trevor)]

what is your favirite zoom for galixy

[Paddy (Patrick)]

Originally Posted by TJD

if any body would like to give me a no cloud contract i would take

At this stage in Central Victoria with no rain so far this year, give me some heavy clouds full of precipitation. The astronomers' signing off "clear skies" is one I, for the moment, do not seek!

[TJD (Trevor)]

rain at daytime clear vat night

[AlexN]

Every week, weather permitting ofcourse.. on cloudy days I make things I need for my scope, work to get paid to buy more toys...

If I win the lotto tomorrow night, I'll be an every day scope user!

[TJD (Trevor)]

if you had a 1500mm facal length what would be your faverite eyepeice
(12inche)for galaxys:hel p:

[MarkN]

Well I bought a 12" LB early August and wouldn't need all my fingers to count the nights I've been able to use it. However, at least one of those nights was memorable.

I was looking at Eta Carinae at around 100X and something about the star's appearance was unusual so I inserted a 9 mm Nagler. Lo and behold, for the first time these ageing peepers beheld the homunculus; stuck in a 2X barlow to remove any doubt (388X with the Paracorr).

The 8" LX90 can't cleanly resolve this object. Amazing to think it's about a light year across. Hope some others had a similar moment in the few decent observing nights we've had lately.

Mark.

[TrevorW]

Which country are those people living in where they get to use their telescope everyday or are they doing something else with it

[TJD (Trevor)]

there is to many trevors on this forum

[TJD (Trevor)]

if you had a 1500mm facal length what would be your faverite eyepeice
(12inche)for galaxys:hel p:

[Quark (Trevor)]

I use my scope, on average twice a week, out here in the far west of NSW, that is the really really far west, we get 4 or 5 straight cloudy nights only a couple of times a year.

Clear Sky's
Trevor

[TJD (Trevor)]

there is to many trevors on this forum

[TJD (Trevor)]

if you vote now you get in the running to pay me $1000000 (not realy)

[toetoe (Peter)]

my scope has been collecting dust, well not the telescope but the sheet that covers it has been, due to work and family commitments.

[TrevorW]

Toetoe nice Jupiter 2

PS: Trevors rule

The boy's name Trevor \t-re-vor\ is pronounced TREV-er. It is of Welsh origin, and its meaning is "great settlement".

[pgc hunter]

Constant cloud and/or drinking nights mean my scopes spend most of their time collecting dust

I''m usually out on moonless weekends only.

[TJD (Trevor)]

i knew trevors were speical i have a brother and a sister but im the good looking,smart,nice and cool one there normal

[TJD (Trevor)]

every day comon

[Ford Prefect (James)]

I'm with pgc hunter, the coincidence of:

1. clear skies; and
2. sobriety

is unfortunately rare.

Although I did manage to get out last night with about 50% cloud cover.

[pgc hunter]

^^ lol rare sobriety - I've gotten tipsy every night for the last 2 weeks basicially

I'd prolly be out if it wasn't for the smoke haze, but such is life. There was one spectacular night of transparency a couple of weeks ago, I'm regretting not making use of it to hunt the Antlia cluster and the goodies in the M83 region.