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Alexd
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Re: What are you up to?

Post: # 20486Post Alexd
January 10th, 2018, 12:11 pm

Enjoying the sunshine (unusually) in Staffordshire

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Dyson 'obsolete'

Post: # 20503Post zildjian
January 12th, 2018, 4:31 pm

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Well
It seems to require fixing just about every time its used !

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Re: What are you up to?

Post: # 20573Post Alexd
January 18th, 2018, 10:25 pm

Going to bed
Early flight tomorrow to Sweden being picked up at 4AM! :(

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A&E

Post: # 20678Post zildjian
January 29th, 2018, 8:51 am

Everyone should feel sorry for me today,
Yesterday unloading hay from a truck, I managed to fall backwards 3' onto ground and damaged my back
So now we are at Hospital waiting for an X_ray

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Re: What are you up to?

Post: # 20687Post wonkywheel
January 29th, 2018, 10:11 pm

:shock: :(
Hope your OK
"Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm" .......(Winston Churchill)

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Re: What are you up to?

Post: # 20725Post wonkywheel
February 2nd, 2018, 10:45 pm

Super Moon

Having purchased a larger telescope some months ago I thought the combination of "Super Moon", "Blue Moon" and "Blood Moon" was a good excuse to try it out for the first time. I have only set it up roughly to get the alignment scope somewhere near. It was set to the farthest away chimney pot I could see. This was just near enough to get the edge of the moon at first viewing.
I reset the alignment scope on the moon centre. Hopefully, that will be of more use later, without the glare of the full moon, when star gazing.

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You can just see my 8 inch in the backyard :lol: before I took it further up the garden to see over the house.

Not bad but far too bright. My last scope had a moon filter to darken down the full moon image and I forgot just how bright a full moon was.
I had to put the tube end cap on with the 50mm view hole half obscured with a piece of cardboard before I could get a decent look.

With NO dedicated camera mount as yet the best I could get was a snap off the old mobile phone.
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I didnt bother to stay up, or get up, to watch the lunar eclipse. I remember the last one, which was at a more convenient hour.

That was a couple of days ago.
Today was a trip to the garden centre for a plant to screen off the next door neighbours.
Settled on a rather large bamboo. That will work when it restarts glowing in the spring :D

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Re: What are you up to?

Post: # 20760Post Toshbins
February 6th, 2018, 5:39 pm

Look for moon and Jupiter together over the next few early mornings.

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Post: # 20774Post derestrictor
February 8th, 2018, 6:04 pm

Looking (longinlly) at a holiday deal somewhere nice and warm. :)

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Post: # 20804Post derestrictor
February 11th, 2018, 3:54 pm

Digging a wooly hat and gloves (back out) again as going to need them again this week :(

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Re: What are you up to?

Post: # 20828Post wonkywheel
February 13th, 2018, 9:28 pm

Booked a 5 day caravan holiday on the south coast for 2nd week in March. At £165 I thought "A Bargin" Central heating, Indoor heated pool opens on site that week too. I need a break from cutting and welding :D

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