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Old 28-07-2009, 09:37 PM
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Slack!

Well... it takes a night or two to re-calibrate the focuser & auto-focusing, re-calibrate the autoguiding, and then there's the image scale which changes slightly meaning my NGC shots aren't calibrated....

So yes, it gets too hard
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Old 28-07-2009, 10:33 PM
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I have just finished my part time work so im not going out tonight.... looks like tommorow would be good as well. Even in 1st quarter moon i can still see the milky way.

Clear Skies
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Old 28-07-2009, 11:18 PM
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I'm outside now having a frustrating night

clear though which is good
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Old 28-07-2009, 11:31 PM
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I'm outside now having a frustrating night

clear though which is good
Shame it's ending up frustrating for you. 3 degrees up here in the hills now, and dropping fast still. Obviously must be clear out there, but darned if I'm going to stick my head out to check. Got another cold coming on
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Old 28-07-2009, 11:41 PM
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The scope/camera's taking 5 minute exposures of something I'm hoping it's Omega Nebula but the frustrating part is I had a back breaking time collimating the scope and then I'm not sure if it's aligned properly tracking appears Ok so the end result will tell
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Old 02-08-2009, 05:21 PM
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Has anyone had good viewing this week. The clouds are moving in but they are small. By wednesday it will rain.
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Old 02-08-2009, 05:29 PM
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Three nights good viewing in the last week (excluding the moon glow of course)

last night was cold outside and dewey
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Old 02-08-2009, 06:18 PM
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I would be out except the moon glow is driving me insane.
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Old 02-08-2009, 07:20 PM
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I was out long enough last night to switch the collimation screws on my 12" LX200 for a set of Bobs Knobs which a friend gave me for my 30th. That was successfull after an hour. Then I had to give it up and go in, as I could feel the cold having an effect on me (had a cold last week).

Next on the list is to tune the polar alignment of my LX200 which has become horribly bad since last serious use 3 months ago. And re-calibrate a few things seeing as I had to take the camera off last night to get collimation.

This week isn't looking as favorable as last, but oh well, too much moonshine around.

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Old 02-08-2009, 07:32 PM
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How was last saturday at tammin?
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Old 02-08-2009, 07:51 PM
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How was last saturday at tammin?
It was excellent thanks Sean. Clear, cold, crisp and the dew was not too bad. Photography was successful for several people too. Looking forward to another good night on the 22nd.

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Old 02-08-2009, 08:26 PM
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When I get a car in 2 years i will start to go to tammin. I might go in december this year.
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Just yesterday I got my 12 inch sky watcher dobson and jupiter looks great with 45 capricorn as its 5th moon. I think it will be cloudy and rainy for the next 2 weeks but at least this will give time for the moon to get dimmer and then I can finally see what my scope was made for.......
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Old 05-08-2009, 08:57 PM
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Ahhhh, so it's you that brought the clouds in!
Congrats on the 12incher.
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Old 05-08-2009, 09:32 PM
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Ahhhh, so it's you that brought the clouds in!
Congrats on the 12incher.
In the ultimate form of teasing the clouds heard about a 12inch scope and decided to have a party!
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Old 14-08-2009, 11:05 AM
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Well, isn't this grand weather we've been having. A week of rain, cloud and patches of gusty wind, and another week to go.

I'm keen to finish some calibration work on my scope and then get back to imaging, but of course, that's not to be.
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Old 14-08-2009, 06:59 PM
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What wonderful weather we are having!
I havent observed for weeks and im afraid the new moon weekend is going to be rainy. Now i will have to wait another month. Im afraid my new telescope is a rain magnet. I still have some hope in bakers hill.
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Old 14-08-2009, 08:48 PM
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Big storm comming in tonight, best get a good book and forget about observing for a while.

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Old 14-08-2009, 09:30 PM
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It's a shame clouds are so uniform and colourless
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Old 14-08-2009, 10:00 PM
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It's a shame clouds are so uniform and colourless
Thinking of imaging the storm clouds Trevor?

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