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Soldato
Forgot about this thread, above is a pic a got of the orion nebula through my 150p, it was unguided and not polar aligned and a bit out of focus thus the poor quality of the photo, still i think its pretty damn good for a first try.
Man of Honour
The solar flare which has been in the news:
The good news is that it hasn’t disrupted satellites and electricity networks.
The good news is that it hasn’t disrupted satellites and electricity networks.
5 planets will be visible with the naked eye over the next few nights, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter & Saturn.
Jupiter & Venus will be crossing by each other, just to the left of the moon.
Amazing
Man of Honour
I never see this thread on the front page for some reason, i always have to go searching for it then i'm surprised when there's been tons of posts 
Associate
here is a picture of saturn I took with my phone to the eyepiece of my small telescope(10 images stacked), my first effort at imaging lol.
I'm rather pleased
I'm rather pleased
Caporegime
Yup, its a Skywatcher 200P DS.
I Haven't been able to use it for the past 3 weeks due to damn clouds.
Me 2. I have an 80 quid crappy job and it is fine for the moon but thats it. I might have to sweet talk the Mrs as these are not too badly priced.
5 planets will be visible with the naked eye over the next few nights, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter & Saturn.
Jupiter & Venus will be crossing by each other, just to the left of the moon.
Amazing
Is it ever going to happen again...would like to have an opportunity to have a decent scope by then!
Soldato
Agree, amazing pictures!
Timing wise sounds like Venus and Jupiter but they would have been more South/Westerly.
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Soldato
Nice coronal hole in the sun looks amazing through the SDO. 
http://www.universetoday.com/94129/huge-coronal-hole-is-sending-solar-wind-our-way/
http://www.universetoday.com/94129/huge-coronal-hole-is-sending-solar-wind-our-way/
Man of Honour
A couple of great videos for all you moon watchers:
Permabanned
Very clear skies tonight, got some very feint pictures of Jupiter, Venus and Mars.
My advice would be for the skywatcher 200p dob or if you can the 250px.
I have the 250px flex auto and its great to just stick it out in the garden when the mood takes me and not worrying about polar alignment etc(unless I am tracking).
Bear in mind though the additional cost of accessories such as eyepieces, maybe a telrad etc.
Associate
Great thread
I don't have any specialist gear but here are some of the photos I have taken:
Moon with a 70-200mm f/4 L. Was pleased with this considering the limited range. Don't think I will get much better than this with my current gear as will need more range. This was a major crop.
Moon 2 by MrPeriPeri, on Flickr
Took this of the Milky Way in the lake district, was a single shot. Wish I had taken some more to stack.
Sky 2 by MrPeriPeri, on Flickr
This wastaken from my back garden in Surrey. Light pollution is a big problem so thinking of investing in a filter to cut some of this out. It is a stacked image of about 30 frames and was taken on a static tripod, 17mm lens.
Orion Nebula by MrPeriPeri, on Flickr
Have been looking in to making some sort of tracking mount so I can get longer exposures. Might make a barn door (scotch mount) on the cheap until I can afford to make a motorised tracking mount or buy a telescope with mount and piggy back that.
Would be interesting to see images of peoples setups as well as the pictures you have captured with them.
P.S. Does anyone have recommendations on a scope that could be used for imaging on a budget? Obviously the quality wouldn't be top notch but would be great to get some better images of the Orion nebula using my DSLR (Canon 550d)
I don't have any specialist gear but here are some of the photos I have taken:
Moon with a 70-200mm f/4 L. Was pleased with this considering the limited range. Don't think I will get much better than this with my current gear as will need more range. This was a major crop.
Moon 2 by MrPeriPeri, on Flickr
Took this of the Milky Way in the lake district, was a single shot. Wish I had taken some more to stack.
Sky 2 by MrPeriPeri, on Flickr
This wastaken from my back garden in Surrey. Light pollution is a big problem so thinking of investing in a filter to cut some of this out. It is a stacked image of about 30 frames and was taken on a static tripod, 17mm lens.
Orion Nebula by MrPeriPeri, on Flickr
Have been looking in to making some sort of tracking mount so I can get longer exposures. Might make a barn door (scotch mount) on the cheap until I can afford to make a motorised tracking mount or buy a telescope with mount and piggy back that.
Would be interesting to see images of peoples setups as well as the pictures you have captured with them.
P.S. Does anyone have recommendations on a scope that could be used for imaging on a budget? Obviously the quality wouldn't be top notch but would be great to get some better images of the Orion nebula using my DSLR (Canon 550d)
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Man of Honour
Soldato
Some impressive views of Venus tonight at dusk. Don't think I've ever seen it so bright.
Soldato
Venus and Jupiter so bright tonight! Really want a telescope I can use with my canon 5D