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<blockquote data-quote="RobHD" data-source="post: 583626" data-attributes="member: 41534"><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">its been a good while since I've managed to get out and view with a scope and man o man do you forget stuff !!!!!!</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">so I'm out early setting up the mount for the 102GT as viewing didn't look that good , lots of haze and dust, plus i was being idle lol</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">so out i go and do you think i could get the mount to align - lots of swearing ensured.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">eventually i thought i had it and slewed to andromeda - nope nothing <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />, slew to saturn still nothing, by now I'm an hour in and can't even see the obvious stuff, have a go with the 60mm and yes its all there and i can see it !!!!</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">try again nope still nothing, so i try the camera and swing to the Swan nebula as I've never seen it and CLICK - I'm going to smash this up in a mo, realign , back i go - whoooo hooooo - finally - there is a smudge in the bottom corner - adjust the scope to centre it and keep trying - well after 50 attempts after a long long return this is the best i got - next time its clear I'm getting the big scope out and seeing how much of a mess i can make with that, tracking was poor, focusing abysmal , and the actual sky was wonderful to the naked eye but every thing was twinkling meaning lots of atmospheric disturbance <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">this is the results of the 50 attempts </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Swan Nebula</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">[ATTACH]229826[/ATTACH]</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RobHD, post: 583626, member: 41534"] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica]its been a good while since I've managed to get out and view with a scope and man o man do you forget stuff !!!!!![/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica]so I'm out early setting up the mount for the 102GT as viewing didn't look that good , lots of haze and dust, plus i was being idle lol[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica]so out i go and do you think i could get the mount to align - lots of swearing ensured.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica]eventually i thought i had it and slewed to andromeda - nope nothing :(, slew to saturn still nothing, by now I'm an hour in and can't even see the obvious stuff, have a go with the 60mm and yes its all there and i can see it !!!![/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica]try again nope still nothing, so i try the camera and swing to the Swan nebula as I've never seen it and CLICK - I'm going to smash this up in a mo, realign , back i go - whoooo hooooo - finally - there is a smudge in the bottom corner - adjust the scope to centre it and keep trying - well after 50 attempts after a long long return this is the best i got - next time its clear I'm getting the big scope out and seeing how much of a mess i can make with that, tracking was poor, focusing abysmal , and the actual sky was wonderful to the naked eye but every thing was twinkling meaning lots of atmospheric disturbance :( this is the results of the 50 attempts Swan Nebula [ATTACH=CONFIG]229826._xfImport[/ATTACH][/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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