First Pictures from the Jim Waite Telescope - yehhhh

Well done and a big thank you to Peter Crane, Keith Moore and Paul Bertenshaw - for collecting and re-siting the Jim Waite Telescope - and for using it to take fabulous pics of the wonders of the universe

NGC 7320 23 08 2015 180s crop A

NGC 7048 27 08 2015 600s AW

NGC 7331 26 08 2015 600s P5

M27 23 06 2015 300s WEB

How wonderful to know it is being used and seeing great things out there

A very special meeting

I was thrilled to receive this thank you gift from the society and a pleasure to meet the enthusiasts who brave the dark nights stargazing and will be using the Jim Waite Telescope

And what a great day out at the Space Museum with the lads and seeing the new 'shed' for Jim telescope

Fabulous 

This could'be been Jim lol

A magificent new home

Big thank youz all round

m27

Taken on 23rd June 2015   with  the Jim Waite Telescope Well done Keith 

First Pictures from the James Waite Telescope Woweeeee

Here's the new home for Jim's pride and joy ......... gosh

 a revolving dome roof wow

inside looks so familiar ha ha

How good is this and just thrilling to receive the following first pictures taken through Jim's scope in its new home with master controller Peter. Here are the results after 3 hours and 32 minutes

                                     Well Done Peter and thank you so so much.

M51 known as the Whirlpool Galaxy, taken with 12 images of 300 seconds. This was also the first image from the Discovery Channel Telescope and the start of Jim's interest in the skies at night  ......

This is M64 taken with 16 images of 300 seconds. This is known as the Black Eye Galaxy, first discovered in April of 1779



This is M94, 14 images of 300 seconds 

M 100 10 images of 300 seconds
55 million light years from Earth in the Virgo cluster
WOW

Once again many thanks to Ann, Keith, Peter and Paul and happy viewing to all who link in to use it

Off to a new home

An email to the Leicester Space Center found a new home for Jim's telescopes so at last it is all going to get the use it deserves and about time too. Waiting for me to find the time and inclination is just not right for such quality precision instruments. And so it is with both sadness and delight that I say goodbye to Jim's Astronomy Stuff as it is dismantled and taken to its new home with a group of avid astronomers in Leicestershire

An empty shed on my terrace, but a new shed awaits the Jim Waite Telescope where it will get plenty of use by Peter, Paul and Keith as well as members of the Leicester Astronomical Society and the Rostiston Astronomy Group.

Enjoy

Gearing up

I see the moon ... with my phonecam....

Had another look at the microfocuser, I need a bit of practice. Not had much this year as I wanted to get ahead with the Wildrose refit but I am reading the manuals....!!!

There's a parfocal ring in there somewhere !!!!!

Anyway here's another cloudy sunset.....I think I will have to stick to these for the time being, and skies are rather beautiful

Come on Brian Cox

Thanks for the Wonders of the Universe programmes....but come on...its all very well showing us all the wonders in the night sky....BUT MOST OF US CANT SEE MUCH BECAUSE WE ARE URBAN ASTRONOMERS and street lighting has taken away our night sky stars.......... What about combining environmental and astronomical needs and switching orf urban lights peraps after 1 am or something.....WE HAVE LOST OUR STARSCAPES. So Dear Brian Cox.......hows about doing us all a big favour ... and .......GET US OUR NIGHT SKIES BACK.....PLEASE.... Just needed to get that said....
Anyway I am reporting that the telescope shed is now a sinch to open up on its wheels....I still have to do something about its roof cos it is really heavy. Got some ideas and its a job for next summer (lets hope we get one) .
More fab weather today....so hoping to try out the DSI again........still looking for the parfocal ring??????? hmmmmm ... got the picture....