gabs Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 I am testing my Omegon mechanical tracker tonight ... I left my cat to look after the equipment! Finger 🤞 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterBolt Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 I'm up and running on M63. My first time out with N.I.N.A. Autofocus and plate solving worked really well 🙂 so far so good 🤞🤞🤞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcK Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Wow it’s May already. It doesn’t look good in this neck of the woods for the next few days. Typical UK bank holiday weather rain, cloud and a bit more rain thrown in for good measure 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabs Posted May 2, 2021 Author Share Posted May 2, 2021 6 hours ago, TerryMcK said: Wow it’s May already. It doesn’t look good in this neck of the woods for the next few days. Typical UK bank holiday weather rain, cloud and a bit more rain thrown in for good measure .. since I moved in London every bank holiday it’s a rainy day🙀!!! Why?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcK Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Welcome to the UK Gabs 😄- it goes without saying that most bank holidays are punctuated with rain. Not sure why though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstronomyUkraine Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Might be in luck tonight. The sky is clearing up, and I could be imaging around 11pm. It's Easter weekend here, and it's been hot and humid, no good for imaging, the dew point is 0.1 less than the temperature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApophisAstros Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Not a chance here.. Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabs Posted May 2, 2021 Author Share Posted May 2, 2021 1 hour ago, ApophisAstros said: Not a chance here.. Roger Yes here as well... I can see my self enjoy a book and a glass of red ... maybe two.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcK Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 I’m watching the snooker. Something I’ve not done for over 30 years. I’m actually enjoying it too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApophisAstros Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 11 hours ago, gabs said: Yes here as well... I can see my self enjoy a book and a glass of red ... maybe two.. Two bottles or two books??? 😁 Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstronomyUkraine Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 I managed 1.5 hours of SII on LBN 325 once the clouds finally decided to clear. It's forecast for a clear night tonight, so hopefully will get another 5 or 6 hours of data. There is quite a strong SII signal in this object, but OIII seems very weak, I detected nothing in 1 hour of data. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabs Posted May 3, 2021 Author Share Posted May 3, 2021 2 hours ago, ApophisAstros said: Two bottles or two books??? 😁 Roger two bottles of course! 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkAR Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 Too much moon, too much cloud, see what next week brings. Oh, not enough dark. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabs Posted May 4, 2021 Author Share Posted May 4, 2021 (edited) It happens again... i set everything outside... alignment done ... found the target then ... clouds and all the weather apps says I have a couple of hours of good sky... LIAR!! Edited May 4, 2021 by gabs 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carastro Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 Quote It happens again... i set everything outside... alignment done ... found the target then ... clouds and all the weather apps says I have a couple of hours of good sky... LIAR!! Sadly very common. Happens to all of us. Carole 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padraic M Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 1 hour ago, gabs said: clouds At least you noticed. I've spent ages scratching my head, checking the camera, rebooting the PC and still couldn't figure out why the images were all white. Eventually look up and.... yes.... clouds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveS Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 Having a go tonight as it's clear, against the MO forecast. Trying to get 4 hours Luminance on NGC 3718 to improve the rather thin data I already have. Tonight is a lot clearer than previous nights when transparency was rather poor and my data fairly rubbish. Possible clear night on Thu, but that's rather a long way away, and another possible for Saturday, but that might as well be next year for all the accuracy of the forecast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabs Posted May 4, 2021 Author Share Posted May 4, 2021 Finger crossed to everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApophisAstros Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Nice Milky Way for here tonight , just woke up and going to bed...Night All. Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveS Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Woke up at 1.30 with wind and lashing rain. Hurried downstairs to check the monitor, found the Cloudwatcher had done its job and shut everything down and closed the roof. Got 13 subs from the 24 scheduled. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 On 5/1/2021 at 10:48 PM, PeterBolt said: I'm up and running on M63. My first time out with N.I.N.A. Autofocus and plate solving worked really well 🙂 so far so good 🤞🤞🤞 I found the move from APT pretty easy - after a couple of nights to get the work flow sorted I don't think I'll be switching back. The Flats Wizard is much faster and easier to use too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkAR Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Looking clear tonight 🤞 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveS Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Well, we have a clear night tonight, and the forecasts agree that it should be clear and safe all night. Running a 4 hour pickup sequence on NGC 3718, 1 hour blue, and 3 hours luminance. Started before full astro dark, and will finish after full astro dark ends, but hopefully the first and last subs will still be OK. Think this may be the last run on this target until next year, as we're rapidly running out of full darkness, and there's no clear nights forecast for this week. Astro dark ends here round about the 15-16th May, and doesn't come back until mid July Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterBolt Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 I've got my first ever scheduled meridian flip in 25mins....what could go wrong 😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkAR Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 9 minutes ago, PeterBolt said: I've got my first ever scheduled meridian flip in 25mins....what could go wrong 😂 Nervously counting down the seconds 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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