Simon, ... Why not Sunderland? They're having a committee meeting and I would guess that if the clouds clear then they'll open up the observatory too. It's...
Hello, ... I gave up trying to find the comet from the back garden so we hopped in the car and went down to SAS's observatory in Washington. They had the big...
Simon, ... Oh yes. About 10 or 12 people there, mostly queuing patiently outside of the dome for a chance to be disappointed by Lulin. Saturn was too low down...
I've just ordered a pair of Celestron UpClose 20X50 Binoculars. Will they be good enough to see the Orion Nebula, Andromeda and the moons around Jupiter? What...
... Oh, yes. No problem there. Should be very, very good for those objects. ... Probably not. Comet Lulin is fading fast and, by the time your instrument...
Simon. Nice shot of moon and Venus.Did you add the diffraction spikes on photoshop or were they a result of the optics? Anyway I think they look good.I managed...
Richard. I'm considering buying the hypertune DVD and wondered if you had any experience of this. Are you using an LXD75 mount in your observatory? If so how...
Tom, Its the iris of the lens that causes the diffraction pattern, Please post your Lulin shot we would like to see it! Simon ... From: moranhousehold...
Hi, I've attached a picture of Venus which i took from Vallum farm. Not much to report except a 18% illuminated crescent! Its also available here:- ...
Hello, I've added Simon's pictures to the Observer's page. If anyone else has any pictures that they would like to see featured on this page then please mail...
David, Very poetic... Comet Lulin begins to slowly fade as it returns from whence it came, into the dark and fathomless depths of the outer solar system ...
Simon, ... What would you prefer? A bit of Prose/Poetry or something like ... "Comet Lulin continues to disappoint - a dull, boring anonymous grey fuzzy blob...
... used the comet's core as the alignment point? The tail comes out well. No tail visible on mine. Maybe I'll post it in a couple of days. A bit busy at work...
Tom, I discovered that Deep Sky Stacker has a Comet & Star Stacking facility! So you get pinpoint stars and a comet too. How cool is that! If you want to...
... Tom ... facility! So you get pinpoint stars and a comet too. How cool is that! ... QCUIAG on Sunday:- ... comet. ... by ... this ... symbol on ... The ... ...
Simon. I've attached image taken on 1st March. Loads of issues with this. I think the 80mm refractor needs collimating. The stars are not right. The Meade...
I was just wondering what your thoughts are on the current crop of stacking programs that are available out there. I've used a few myself and they all seem to...
I've used::- Deep Sky Stack which sometimes crashes. However I've just updated it to the latest version. It work great for stacking comet lulin. It's easy...
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