OIII and UHC filters are great, especially if you live in town. I just did some observing, mainly GC in Sco, also Gal in Virgo The BIG vacuum cleaner up north is keeping our skies clear! Glen On 1 February 2011 19:37, Corona Australis <corona_australis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > I was showing Vince Eta Carina neb last night in my t5 31mm then I put the > OIII and showed > > him again. It really does love that OIII. I don’t bother using a filter on > Orion Neb it’s such a bright > > sucker there isn’t a lot of Benefit… but that is just me. Could easily pick > out E and F in the trap. > > > > I’ll dig up an image labelling a some of the objects in Eta Carina… you > might as well look and learn > > a few it makes looking at Eta Carina a lil more pleasing than just the neb > itself. > > > > Vince and I spent about an or so together then Vince left and I stay up for > maybe another hour. > > The sky looked cruddy, lots of particles in the air. but I think both Vince > and I were pleasantly > > surprised the views were nice and crispy clear. I’m having an encoder > problem with the AN so > > we had do it manual. Thor’s Helmet and NGC 2070 with OIII were really nice. > > > > > I had a hard day at the office today so I’m relaxing and sucking back a few > beers. Maybe a quick > > session after midnight tonight if it is clear. > > > > Cheers,CS > > Rob > > > > *From:* nswnra-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:nswnra-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On > Behalf Of *Paul McGuiness > *Sent:* Tuesday, 1 February 2011 08:05 > > *To:* nswnra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* [nswnra] Re: Do we dare plan for a get-together??? > > > > Hi all, > > > > I had a good session last night, mainly PN's. Eta Carinae nebula was > > so detailed, Keyhole and other dark lanes stood out beautifully. > > The star itself was hammered by the filter, but overall the > > whole region looked more interesting than the Orion Nebula region. > > The Argo performed well, going from one PN to another with the 5mm > > and O-III filter in place. Might as well make the most of it before that > > giant cyclone clobbers Qld. > > > > Cheers, Paul. > > > > > > > > > > On 31/01/2011, at 8:54 PM, Corona Australis wrote: > > > > All set to go here. Looks like a bit of cruddy stuff in the air. Hopefully > it will clear later > > or maybe better having an early morning session. Still shouldn’t complain > it could be > > cloudy… eeeeck! > > > > Cheers,CS > > Rob > > > > > > > > *From:* nswnra-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:nswnra-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<nswnra-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > ] *On Behalf Of *judith stella > *Sent:* Monday, 31 January 2011 18:05 > *To:* nswnra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* [nswnra] Re: Do we dare plan for a get-together??? > > > > I was out for a while last night just with my binocs - it was lovely > (except for the darn mossies). I think we should enjoy it while we can by > the looks of that cyclone. > > > > js > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* nswnra-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:nswnra-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<nswnra-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > ] *On Behalf Of *Corona Australis > *Sent:* Monday, 31 January 2011 5:56 PM > *To:* nswnra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* [nswnra] Re: Do we dare plan for a get-together??? > > Looking pretty good out there tonight lads and ladette’s. It’s always the > way though isn’t it. > > I’m going for a quick glide then come home and drag the 16” out and into to > life. > > > > Cheers,CS > > Rob > > > > > > > > *From:* nswnra-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:nswnra-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<nswnra-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > ] *On Behalf Of *G C > *Sent:* Monday, 31 January 2011 06:22 > *To:* nswnra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* [nswnra] Re: Do we dare plan for a get-together??? > > > > It was great early this morning, I used the 12" > Glen > > > > PLEASE READ THESE CONDITIONS: > > The colour that you see on screen can in no way be guaranteed. As you have > not seen a hard copy proof you must accept that the colours you see on your > screen will never match 100% what your final product will be. Colour > variation occurs from screen to screen and from screen to print > > > > > > > > > > Regards > > Paul McGuiness > > prepress@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > ------------------------------------ > > Lismore City Printery > > ------------------------------------ > > 201 Union Street > > Lismore NSW 2480 > > ------------------------------------ > > Tel. 02 6621 5371 > > Fax. 02 6622 1296 > > ------------------------------------ > > www.cityprint.com.au > > > > > > > > >