http://cs.astronomy.com/asycs/forums/33.aspxShare the details from your latest observing sessionenCommunityServer 2007 SP2 (Build: 20611.960)http://cs.astronomy.com/asycs/forums/thread/396944.aspxMon, 17 Nov 2008 18:43:42 GMT5cad643e-09e9-4c3f-b1be-205e244b4f67:396944Oliver Tunnah0http://cs.astronomy.com/asycs/forums/thread/396944.aspxhttp://cs.astronomy.com/asycs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=33&PostID=396944<p>&nbsp;Well done on Neptune and Uranus. I&#39;ve yet to see them, I&#39;ve got ages so i&#39;ll get them once they&#39;re a bit higher!<br /></p>http://cs.astronomy.com/asycs/forums/thread/396556.aspxTue, 11 Nov 2008 22:01:28 GMT5cad643e-09e9-4c3f-b1be-205e244b4f67:396556astronig0http://cs.astronomy.com/asycs/forums/thread/396556.aspxhttp://cs.astronomy.com/asycs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=33&PostID=396556<br />http://cs.astronomy.com/asycs/forums/thread/395748.aspxFri, 31 Oct 2008 12:08:36 GMT5cad643e-09e9-4c3f-b1be-205e244b4f67:395748cyberpatzer0http://cs.astronomy.com/asycs/forums/thread/395748.aspxhttp://cs.astronomy.com/asycs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=33&PostID=395748<p>&nbsp; I had a second shot at Uranus and Neptune last night.&nbsp; Both planets suffered from atmospheric effects, but were fairly sharp at 200x.&nbsp;&nbsp; I used the 12&quot; scope this time, and found that the color was noticeably fainter for Uranus that with the 8&quot;.&nbsp; I later read that this is what happens due to the lower color saturation levels of the planets.&nbsp;&nbsp; What I thought was a moon ended up being a 11.5 mag star nearby.&nbsp; My skies will not allow viewing of 13.5 mag objects at that alt.!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I might have to wait for near perfect conditions at 1 or 2 am to have chance (or the prayed -for blackout scenario!).</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I found Neptune rather easily, having learned what to expect.&nbsp; It appeared as an extremely faint star in the finder scope,&nbsp;terminating a westward pointing finger of stars.&nbsp;&nbsp; It appeared at 300-425x as a just barely defined, very, very faint blue disk.</p> <p>&nbsp; I finished the night pointing at M15, riding high slightly past the meridian.&nbsp; An excellent view!&nbsp; Freed from atmospheric effects, the scope performed great.&nbsp; I viewed at 300x and 425x.&nbsp; Hundreds of stars were resolved, and multiple streamers and dark lanes were evident.&nbsp; Probably the best viewing of M15 I&#39;ve had.</p> <p>&nbsp; A good night.&nbsp; I made a &quot;drawing&quot; (a small speck surrounded by smaller specks) for Uranus and logged my Neptune and M15 observations.&nbsp; I am liking keeping these logs.&nbsp; I have a tangible record of my struggles and successes...</p> <p>&nbsp; The laser coozy (a chemical hand-warmer) worked well, allowing 2+ hours of observing at 40 degrees with no degredation of performance.&nbsp; The make-shift raised platform--well, not so good.&nbsp; I had to stand on it with my head poking out of the observatory to view M15!&nbsp; My table jack arrives Monday, and this issue will be solved, allowing me to adjust the Dob height for ecliptic viewing and DSos higher in the sky...</p>