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[mojocvh]

Hello to everyone from sunny Perthshire Scotland!!

[Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe]

Hi Mojocvh!

You are our first Chicago Astronomer from Scotland and we would like to hear and learn about you and your interest in astronomy.

Equipment, sky conditions favorite objects, etc....

Welcome to the Chicago Astronomer.

[mojocvh]

Thanks Joe, well it is a wet part of the UK for sure.

I dabbled with a wee bit of DSLR afocal moon stuff but then had 6 weeks of bad weather ie cloudy.

Got out this last week and decided it was time to right back to basics.

So I have been concentrating on Polar alignment of my cg mount (no polar scope) and just trying to get back into the swing of things with the C8.
Had some really BAD nights (don't we all?) where nothing seemed to go right but have decided that a factory reset is a very good thing!

Last session was again poor due to operator errors, It was gone 2am and the mount was playing up. A final alignment post factory reset had the go-to's pretty good but I was now Vtired and started hitting the enter button instead of the ^ button, I just know all C users have been there, LOL.

By this time the full moon had cleared the neighbourly buildings so I spent some 30 or so minutes marvelling at the southern highlands at some 300+, a fantastic experience.

Been v poor weather last 2 nights but I AM getting back into it and laying down those procedures that help make the observing session a success.

Ok thats me, hope to catch up with you guys later.

awerabest

Andy frae Perthshire.

[Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe]

Andy,

The C8 is a robust great scope to pry secrets from the cosmos.

I use a green laser to help in the alignment of scopes, and the bright green beam is of great assistance in getting the C11 in the area...and then using the polar scope to make the final adjustments.

Is there a "best" time of a season for astronomy in Scotland?

It would be cool to see some pics of your set up, equipment and observation skies, so we here in Chicago could get a since of what you are working with. Also, share your astro pics as well please. I'm very interested n what you capture.

Great to have you part of the crew!

[mojocvh]

What's the best way to post Jpegs guys.

Andy.

[patrickm]

Aug 1, 2010 8:27:07 GMT -6 mojocvh said:

What's the best way to post Jpegs guys.

Andy.

Hi Andy and welcome!!! Scotland? Cool!!!

Best way is to post them on a photo sharing site and then use the photo link button here and just paste in the URL into that. Took me a while to figure out, and finally had to ask.

Sorry you can't join is tonight. Would guess you have many, many cloudy days there.
Cheers,
Paddy

[mojocvh]

ok, here we go. Subtropical Perthshire. (joke)
Note how everything is GREEN!

CG5 bagged and wrapped. It's rained mostly for 5 days now, my fault for getting it too well polar aligned



my eventual first Afocal moonshot from about 2 months ago



cropped quite a bit (no FR as of yet) and re-coloured using the Canon software that came with the 1000D.

Hoping to continue the vertical learning curve, I went back and started afresh with getting the mount set up as best as I could polar alignment wise, that was difficult on the grass as it would sink during the space of a few hours due to the wet ground, causing, obviously, strange tracking errors. Those feet ain't made for hard surfaces, I know,but this will have to do for now.

I'll take some more shots once C8's back out again.

cheers for now

Andy.

[Paulie pchris00]

CG5 bagged and wrapped. It's rained mostly for 5 days now, my fault for getting it too well polar aligned


Sunny Scotland, eh?

[mojocvh]

Today was MEANT to be a good borealis night but it never happened.

I'll post some pics from tonight when I get in in about 40 mins. Nothing special just star rotation and exposure experiments.

(18 min f5.6 iso200)

friggen lp.................... then the dew set in grrr.....I will, just for a laugh, try this afocal on the sct next. that's going to be fun "guestimating" the NCP ;D ;D

[Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe]

Andy,

I dig it!

If you use the "Tungsten" setting on the white balance, the sky will become darker and the light pollution minimized.

I anticipate the pics with details on each.

Thanks for sharing.

[mojocvh]

bugah, that's an idea Joe, obviously, YES, offset the colour tuning of the camera. DUH !

Excellent

cheers

Andy.

PS.

Not 100% there yet, this is just an edit of the original in picaso, the right way to do it is on the camera firstly, just need some clear skies...

[tracyk859]

Hi, I am Tracy . I am a new member of forum. Would a newcomer be warmly welcome here? Good day you guys!!!


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[Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe]

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[patrickm]

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