I see a Big Moon Rising

A good day to get the telescope out and find out how it works...updates will go on Jims Astronomy Blog when I get it up and running, something Jm started and deserves to be continued.......Well, so many things to connect, but memory serves me well and in the sunshine spent the day playing with it all. I didnt find the Deep Sk Imager untill this morning, didn't know what it was until I did some research on the web...was sure there was one somewhere....and there it was safe?? in an old camera bag with a Silvester Cat sitting on top !!!!......
So its ready for next time, however I did manage to set up the webcam to my laptop and took a series of moon rising shots....it did seem to get bigger as the night went on....the cam had to move a couple of times though....and I will get better at all this with practice
It looked stunning through the scope......will have the imager going next time.....

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Flying Legend

A day for distraction today, so as the day was warm and sunny, no sign of rain, I opened up the telescope.....first thoughts on the weather blog......paid Wildrose a visit, she is waiting patiently for attention, not long now.....
Meanwhile heres a Flying Legend, photographed at a Duxford Air Show....

A special Day

For a special person.

Here he is, early days at Bumble Hole. Note the mug of tea ha haLooking forward to warmer weather and getting stuck in to the refit....

Meanwhile I have found a webpage that Jim started putting together. It is the record of the aircraft recoveries that my dad did during the war found in his diaries. I have uploaded it to its own blog ... www.diaryofa50mu.blogspot.com if anyone is interested. Thank you Jim.

I have now set up the weather station, well I just love a good spreadsheet with loads of data to play with ha. this is developing on ... www.wildroseonweather.blogspot.com

I also expect to chart my progress when I get the telescope going !!!!!!

watch all these spaces.........