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@nudge did you recommend Stellarium to @CaaC (John)?

Alright, I think I'm getting better at this... NGC 3372 (Carina Nebula). 6 images, 30 min total observation time. Narrowband image with H-alpha, S II and O III filters, processed with FITS Liberator and PS.

@nudge could be right, that could be Spica which is in the Virgo Constellation, I am glad she put me onto this Stellarium Mobile/Laptop Star Map installation it completely has me gobsmacked with so much information on it from the heavens above.

@CaaC (John) when he says he carries dog treats in his pockets and all the dogs love to see him as they know this

Managed to meet Peter the French Poodle, (about 6 years old and a real lively and happy dog) in the snow, saw me and run over as he knows I have dog treats in my pocket and he will sit and wait until I give him some like other dogs around here when they see me.

Hope you are ok buddy, me and the wife have just had our first COVID jab, the only effects we had really was a bit like our yearly flu jab, only more of an aching body and feeling very tired and dozing off a lot, other than that we are both ok now. Your Leeds are doing well and I bet Lucas is a happy chappie at the moment with Leeds beating Palace last night, keep posting as its nice to have another Leeds supporter other than @Lucas giving us some input on The Whites.

First attempt at astrophotography with narrowband filters. Rosette Nebula, 52 stacked images, 2 hours total exposure.

Precisely. Adam Cole is tiny, and a star. Ricochet is significantly bigger than Cole, but he's a vanilla midget.

Thanks! Yeah, I thought I'd just combine two of my interests and have fun with it... Really enjoying it so far; there's quite a steep learning curve, especially in terms of processing the images, and I just barely started scratching the surface of it. Love learning a lot of new stuff though! It's amazing what kind of opportunities we have these days, thanks to the internet and technology in general.

Stunning.... very impressive I have to say... when you take a hobby seriously you really can get a lot out of it..

Yes, using the remote robotic telescopes (and monochrome ccd camera with narrowband filters)... Basically rent them for a certain amount of time (control them remotely over internet), take multiple long exposures, get the data/image files of the observation, and then transform it into an actual image.

That's gobsmacking!!

Lovely to see another nation in space exploration.

This song is one of the best things I heard that year. That whole album is a good listen infact.

You need to get a mix. Kevin Nash was both right and wrong all those years ago when talking about Vanilla Midgets. I don’t care how acrobatic you are if you have the personality of a fish.

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Love this

When I worked on a farm part of our "health and safety" was to carry a big stick across a certain dirt path as it was where Magpies nested....I also got chased by about 6 of them

Jimmy Anderson. That is all.

Thanks to @nudge I now have this installed on my mobile a Stellarium Mobile Free - Star Map and I will be in my glory when I go outside on a clear night and scan the skies with my mobile and this is what is above us (Edinburgh/Leith) at the time indicated below in the bottom right-hand corner BEAM ME UP SCOTTY

Our John boy, loves a bit of Dogging.