Friday 15th of June 2007 11:16:42 PM

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Time is passing fast now , and still no Dome , but we had a call today , to say the brackets that were made wrong are now on the way ,so hopefully this long awaited Dome will be finished by next...

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Friday 15th of June 2007 09:37:15 PM

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It's 21:35 and I am waiting untill the sky clears out. I went to MetOffice site and it's supposed to be clear from midnight till 02:00am. I will try to capture Jupiter again but this time I am gonna...

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Friday 15th of June 2007 06:11:43 PM

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Feeling dead chuffed.  Leo triplet has made it into S@N, hanging onto the coat tails of the other images there but very happy.  Just want to grab some more now.

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Friday 15th of June 2007 10:04:49 AM

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Ever since my wife sold 'her' TAL 150P, I'd been missing that unique vibe that TAL 'scopes bring. As I already have an 8" reflector, I decided that a TAL 100R/S would be a nice thing to add. So after...

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Wednesday 13th of June 2007 07:58:56 PM

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After some playing, we realised than a photographers tripod was not going to work for this project.

So the tripod was sacrafised for a better cause, to attach the PST to the Meade.

As ou can see, its...

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Wednesday 13th of June 2007 03:47:23 PM

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Back in 1995/6 I made some decisions that effectively ended my chances to practise any astronomy for a period that stretched ultimately to eleven years. Looking over that time I missed lots; Hale...

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Wednesday 13th of June 2007 07:25:28 AM

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Been working all night, gone quiet so trying to sort out this Stargazr thing.  Like those signature photos but need Grant's help.  I need some friends as well, feeling a bit lonely!

Not been out for...

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Monday 11th of June 2007 08:47:34 PM

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Having moved here in the Autumn last year, buying a house and trying to renovate same, astronomy has taken a bit of a back seat.

 Early in the spring Daz offered his 200mm rvelation dob ota, too good...

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Monday 11th of June 2007 08:19:41 PM

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GREY GREY GREY GREY GREY !!!!!!!!!!

 

BLAH BLAH BLAH

 

GREY GREY GREY GREY !!!!!!!

 

PS its cloudy if you havent guessed :)

 

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Sunday 10th of June 2007 09:03:02 AM

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Hi all,

Tried imaging the sun especially the decaying sunspot 960 yesterday.  Baader solar film over the small aperture in the lens cap of my SW 200 Newtonian.  I really struggled getting the image...

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Friday 8th of June 2007 09:38:28 PM

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It's coming up to the summer equinox, me being up with the kids every morning means that these long, summer (well, spring really) days and stargazing don't really mix. I could be doing other things...

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Thursday 7th of June 2007 09:42:34 PM

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Decided that it was time to get off my arse and get the scopes set up after dark (if you can say that this time of year).

Thought that I should try to mount both scopes, the Apo and Achro, side by...

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Thursday 7th of June 2007 11:31:44 AM

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My original astro blog is located HERE

(No disrespect to Grant, i`m sure the blog features here work fine, but I dont want to duplicate my blog in two places, or move it from one blog to another).

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Monday 4th of June 2007 07:07:14 PM

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For the last two days i have been off.

For the last two days i have been plagued by low coastal mist/fog.Go inland 5-6 miles or so and its lovely and sunny but not here.AHHHHHH !!!!!!

Now the clouds...

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Sunday 3rd of June 2007 11:42:10 PM

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Looked clear at 10.30 so I thought 'bugger it, I'm going to set up, sleep is for the weak!". All sorted out and there's mottled light cloud obscuring everything. I'm off to bed. Bah once again (for...

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