M52 Bubble Nebula

[Fay]

Meade 8" ACF, QSI 583ws, 0.63 AP reducer, 5nm Astrodon ha filter, Lodestar/WOZS66, 21x300

Few problems due to not having been outside for months. had to stop as M52 went into the oak, and the QSI cables were resting on the mount.

[Carole]

Well at least we had a clear night and you got out Fay.  That looks very good from a non dark site.

Carole

[Fay]

well forcast said clear, clouding at 9pm, needless to say it was the opposite way around.

good job I turned laptop on in the day, the updates etc went on for hours!, then I could not remember if it was daylight saving yes or no, then got Capella muddled with Mirfak!!!!!

[Carole]

Lol, the foibles of not doing imaging for a while.  I think the worst thing I did when I hadn't imaged for a while was to forget to turn the cooling on. 

I got some data last night too, am hoping to get another nights data before I finish it, it's supposed to be clear on Monday night too.

Carole

[The Thing]

Lovely image Fay. When you do get data it turns out nice.

Forecast here is for clear tonight and the lightning last week took out the 5 streetlights. Yippeee! Hope they forget to fix them

[MarkS]

Looking really good Fay.

I couldn't believe what happened Friday.  The Met Office was predicting cloud for the whole night but it ended up being clear, albeit quite murky.

Mark

[Fay]

Thankyou very much.

Hope you are getting straight Duncan!

Fay

[Kenny]

Wow, that's beautiful.