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[doodab]

It is pretty much raining the rest of the week. Luckily I have a book for that.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hubble-Windo...eywords=hubble

[mudskipper]

I found Jupiter. It really does have a red spot and moons.

Are you sure that wasn't SimonMac?

[doodab]

I found Jupiter. It really does have a red spot and moons.

[doodab]

I've dialed in the finderscope now so finding specific objects should be a lot easier. I need to get a better grasp of the coordinate systems as well. RA is a puzzle, surely it changes every day?

[mudskipper]

The sky cleared for 37.63 seconds last evening, enabling me to see the shoulder of Orion.

Then it clouded over again & rained on me.

Walking back from the station around midnight, the sky was quite clear. Lots of stars (including Orion).

[doodab]

It's a big bugger. Bit hard to align with north as well, as my house in the way...

[mudskipper]

And you can gaze at Uranus.

I think a periscope is probably more useful for that.

[EternalOptimist]

i spent 15 mins looking at the moon through me binos the other night.

mars and jupiter were up as well, but i didnt find them. bloomin clouds

[suityou01]

What happened to Cliphead BTW? He was a bit of an astronomy / space enthusiast wasn't he?

Long story. Basically there he joined some Eastern block circus as part of a he-she freak show act. He fell in love with a bloke named Boris, who broke his heart. He left the circus and now tours on his own around Bulgaria as half of the aforementioned act. A sad tale really.

[doodab]

What happened to Cliphead BTW? He was a bit of an astronomy / space enthusiast wasn't he?

[doodab]

And you can gaze at Uranus.

I'm not sure you can with that scope, and Uranus is below the horizon most of the night where I am, but you can see Jupiter, Mars and Saturn. And lots of nebulas and things.

I'm a bit handicapped by only being able to look South, I'll need a much bigger garden to get a full 360 degree sky

[suityou01]

Forecast is for a clear sky later. Hopefully I can pick it up tonight....

And you can gaze at Uranus.











Thank you folks, I'm here all week.

[doodab]

Forecast is for a clear sky later. Hopefully I can pick it up tonight....

[northernladuk]

Nice looking piece of kit that. Have to just remember to tilt it to point at the sky after the neighbours have gone to sleep.