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Observation Report 8 September 2012

Posted on October 3, 2012 by james

Another moonlit night washing the less bright objects out, but clear enough to step out with the 10″ dob again… First up was M39 in Cygnus. I found this one tricky to locate, but eventually got to it starting from … Continue reading →

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Observation Report 6 September 2012

Posted on October 3, 2012 by james

Very poor seeing on this particular night. I couldn’t even be sure I could make out the four stars in the “body” of Usra Minor, so the conditions were clearly not at all good. Nonetheless I got out for a … Continue reading →

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Observation Report 21 August 2012

Posted on September 28, 2012 by james

This was my first decent length session with the 10″ dob and a good night for it. Checking Ursa Minor suggested a NELM of at least 5.70, so I shan’t be complaining in that respect, although there was a small … Continue reading →

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Another wide field Andromeda Galaxy Attempt

Posted on September 22, 2012 by james

Fresh from my previous attempt at this I repeated the process, but this time in the capture application (APT) I pushed the live view zoom up to 10x and set the emulated ISO setting to 1600 with an exposure as … Continue reading →

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Widefield Andromeda Galaxy

Posted on September 22, 2012 by james

This is the first time I’ve ever attempted this sort of image. I left the telescopes in the house for this one, just taking out the Canon 450D and 200mm f/2.8L lens on my unguided EQ3-2 mount. I shot ten … Continue reading →

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10″ Dob First Light

Posted on September 5, 2012 by james

Unbelievably it’s actually six weeks since I managed this, but I got around to writing it up in the end… Very unexpectedly, having finished my dob build the day before, around midnight there was a break in the cloud and … Continue reading →

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My First SPC900 DSO Images

Posted on August 1, 2012 by james

We’ve just had a full eight days of clear skies and I finally managed to get around to testing my LX-modded SPC900. For the test I used my ST120 on the motorised EQ3-2. This is my first ever attempt at … Continue reading →

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Observation Report, 22 July 2012

Posted on July 23, 2012 by james

Having had an excellent night two nights ago I had six Messier objects left to find and set myself the goal of finding M7 this week on the basis that whatever happens in August, between the Moon and the turning … Continue reading →

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Observation Report, 20 July 2012

Posted on July 21, 2012 by james

With almost horizon-to-horizon blue skies yesterday evening I gambled on putting out both the 127 Mak on the EQ3-2 so I could polar align it for any solar imaging that I can find time for, and the ST120 with its … Continue reading →

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Observation Report, 19th June 2012

Posted on June 20, 2012 by james

Well, it’s been a full month since I last got out with a telescope thanks to the weather, which has been on the wrong side of depressingly atrocious for all of the last four weeks. Despite feeling fairly tired therefore, … Continue reading →

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