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so I have a bike booked for my week out in Berlin, does anyone have any recommendations for routes north-northwest of the city? I'm staying at The Vield in Vielitzsee... any points of interest/routes appreciated!

I can recommend a skyguider pro, you should be able to find one second hand easily and if you want you can hook it up to a guide scope to guide in RA. I got a Williams Z73 with a D850 off the back of it guiding to a decent degree of accuracy.

velocio levels of spend.

lols

Does anyone have recommendations for printers? I have a 54mp image on the conjunction of the moon and Jupiter.

The image has Jupiter as a dot, but when zoomed in you can see the lines across it, and I want to print at a level of detail where you get the same effect in print.

Lovely.

Still hoping to get out tonight for the Saturn/moon occultation but weather is poor at the moment.

I have a decent moon/jupiter conjunction pic and I wana make a series of them.

Anyone have a recommendation for road bike hire in Berlin? These guys look promising… https://berlinracingbikes.com/rental-service/

We had clouds here… now I just feel like y’all rubbing it in: https://www.theguardian.com/science/gallery/2024/aug/15/most-amazing-thing-ive-seen-readers-photos-of-the-perseid-meteor-shower

Apologies just spotted: interested. Have dm

It, like all of us, has aged beautifully I am sure :)

Man’s got taste!

Real mans bike this, in size and stature! Glws

Apparently 4-5am Monday morning absolute peak. If it’s clear I may get out too. Time to start setting alarms for early morning and sleeping in the spare room…

Yeah I have a D850 which does very well due to low noise and good size sensor.

It’s funny how quickly my perception moved from ‘photographing’ to ‘data sampling’ with my first experiments with DSO. Between getting your darks, lights, mids, then stacking. It’s definitely a process. You can still get some great results straight of camera though. The first time I shot Orion I was amazed, so def want more.

Current issue is balancing the mak with 2kg of DLSR hanging off the back… more dovetail required.

Just to say, the apartment at my place is hardly ever used, fully independent (kitchen, bedroom, living room, bathroom) and a decent size. So if I know you (@ChainBreaker, @mashton etc) and you see it’s clear, dm me . Its unlikely I’ll say no :)

Yeah I wanted to learn some of the skills and see how I liked it before investing too much.

I spent much of last winter doing visual with the mak, the moon is so close with that thing! This winter is going to be more dedicated to photography. I don’t know about you though but, the older I get, the more I want to get away from screens! I may end up getting the sky guider again, just for visual while the photo rig is doing its thing.

Looking forward to catching up. I moved here for cycling so a road, XC or gravel bike will also reward you. The dark skies are a bonus!

Saw this thread pop up last night and thought… he’s gone all in straight away! Read back and confirmed it lol.

I’ve done things a little differently, but ended up in the same place, technically: I started with a zenith star 73 and a skyguider pro on an old tripod, learned to polar align, where all the stars were, and how to take photos using my DSLR. The next year I swapped the skyguider for a GEM28 so I could track in RA and Dec. Last year I got a second scope for planetary viewing and photography, a 6in Mak. This winter I may swap the slr for a dedicated Astro camera.

All of this because, three years ago I moved to a dark sky site, half way up The Long Mynd, in Shropshire. It’s the perfect place to enjoy what little clear skies we have. If you wana come hang out for a weekend we have an apartment for guests ✌️

Loving the street basketball! France vs China women’s match was amazing.

I had this bag once, it was pure gold.

I’m looking to buy a used bike in VGC (it’s a #3 bike from a pro) but I don’t want to run Campag as I run SRAM everywhere else and would appreciate the compatibility.

Looking for someone with a red group they would like to straight swap.

Disc
175 arms
Big boy rings
Short cage RD

Any of you out there?

Anyone with an skx007/009 looking to downsize to a 013? I am looking for a straight swap.

I’ve had mine for years and wondering about going up to the bigger one. Good condition and serviced last December. On original bracelet unworn by myself (I’m one of those Nato fools!)

yeah it's fair enough, i amended my comment. Mine were raced for about 5 years so...

just here to say i sold a whole group week or so ago, here, for £250... but it appears new these things are silly money so glws.

Not exactly cheap is it? it works out slightly more as our comprehensive contents insurance which covers all the bikes, including away from home

I thought I had this with AXA through home protect but they don’t insure accidental damage on bikes over 1.5k

I now have all my race bikes insured through Laka who apparently are very good at paying out and have diamond level policies on valuation and replacement value.

Message here is, as per, check the small print. It cost me a couple of grand at Reiver ;)

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