Contrail spotting September 2009

[Skystef]

Hi L,

seems to me a questions of light in the scope.
So did you remove the plastic cap on top of the of the tube or just the little one on the cap self?
In case of the little one, that is not enough, the entire cap must be removed.

[leedseagle]

yeah i removed the big cap mate

[leedseagle]

few taken without barlow today with no changes made just straight from camera

any comment and help welcome

leedseagle

[leedseagle]

Taken yesterday evening at sunset, Evergreen 747-200:

superb pic mate this is what i'm striving for i've got a long way to go, my pictures seem so out of focus but look fine in camera view finder

[contrailwatcherUK]

Hi, thanks for the compliment

it might be that the focuser cant quite reach focus? I have the 12" too and have experienced many problems with focusing because the focuser has to go all the way in to focus on the plane. I had to do some DIY on the focuser to make it go in further.

[leedseagle]

Hi, thanks for the compliment

it might be that the focuser cant quite reach focus? I have the 12" too and have experienced many problems with focusing because the focuser has to go all the way in to focus on the plane. I had to do some DIY on the focuser to make it go in further.

Just slackened four Phillips screws aroun focuser. Focuser now goes further will try this out

Cheers

[leedseagle]

just found this low profile focuser would this help me?

http://stargazerslounge.com/equipment-r ... cuser.html

[contrailwatcherUK]

Basically the problem is that the camera isnt close enough to the mirrors. So you have 2 options; do some DIY on the focuser to make it go in more, or move the primary mirror up a few cm using the collimating screws (you may also need to buy some new screws if it needs to be raised a lot).

I did buy that focuser, but I was very dissapointed with it. It's too expensive for what it is and its not strong enough to hold the camera straight so I wouldnt reccomend it.

[tangolima]

Hello,

17/09

Seen above Ghent from 16.45-17.30:

Ryanair B737-8AS
Lufthansa Avro D-AVRK FL320 to BHX
Lufthansa A340 D-AIGK MUC-BOS FL340
Lufthansa A340 D-AIHY MUC-ORD FL360 -> Lambourne
Lufthansa A320 D-AIQR FL360 -> Lambourne
Lufthansa Cargo MD11F D-ALCI FRA-DFW -> Lambourne
Aer Lingus A320 EI-DVI MUC-ORK FL360 -> Lambourne
Brussels Airlines Avro BRU-???
FLy BE DASH8 BRU-???
British Airways A319 G-EUPX MUC-LHR FL350 -> SASKI
Easy Jet A319
Saudi Arabian Airlines B777 HZ-AKE JED-LHR

Greetings,
Kristof

[tangolima]

Hello,

Seen today above Ghent from 17.45-18.05:

Thomas Cook UK A320 G-BYTH JSI-EMA FL360
Lufthansa B747-400 D-ABVO FRA-JFKFL340 HDG295
Lufthansa CRJ C-ACPB
Lufthansa A321 D-AIRU FL340 -> COSTA
Fly BE DASH8 BRU-SOU
Etihad Airways A340 A6-EHK FL380 to COSTA
Ryanair B737-8AS

Greetings,
Kristof

[tangolima]

Hello,

New sunny day so again new chance to see nice aircrafts and it became true 1 fully new airline for me and 1 first spotted via Contrail spotting

from 18.10-19.05:

Saudi Arabian Airlines B777 HZ-AKB RUH-LHR -> Lambourne
Atlas Air Jumbo HDG West
Easy Jet A319
Ryanair B737-8AS
Qatar Airways A340 A7-AGB DOH-LHR FL400 but was descending to FL330 with HDG 293 and direction Lambourne
Etihad Airways A340 AUH-LHR
Austrian Arrows A319 OE-LDF VIE-LHR -> Lambourne
Oman Air A330 VT-JWD MCT-LHR FL400 -> Logan New Airline for me !!!
Transavia B737 PH-HZL AGP-RTM
Transavia B737 PH-XRB AMS-ALC
KLM B737 PH-BXR BCN-AMS
First Choice B757 G-OOBE FL360
First Choice B767 G-OOBM FL360 MLE-MAN -> Lambourne
Onur Air A321 TC-OAL ADB-SNN FL340 -> Lambourne
Onur Air MD83 TC-ONM DLM-BHX FL340 ( received above my house the RWY for BHX and that was RWY 33)
Emirates B777 DXB-LHR FL350
OO-VMX Cessna

Onur Air was the company i never spotted before when doing contrail spotting

Greetings,
Kristof

[leedseagle]

hi there

news screws fitted mirror moved up and low profile focuser fitted here are the pick of the bunch from this morning





American Airlines flying north (my first one so i put 4 up)


think its Tanzanian Airways flying north from Paris to LA as seen from DC10MD11 previous photos


Turkish Airlines Flying west

[tangolima]

hi there


think its Tanzanian Airways flying north from Paris to LA as seen from DC10MD11 previous photos

Hello,

I think this is Air Tahiti Nui with A340

Greetings,
Kristof

[contrailwatcherUK]

nice improvements, photos still a little blurry probably due to the heat over the weekend.

[DC10MD11]

Hi to you all
Only 1 picture this time which i forgot to upload from FEB---MARCH.......hope you like.


KLM BOEING 747-400 GOING WEST ON AIRWAY UL607.

At this time in the southeast england--cloud with some rain

All the best

DC10MD11

[jef808]

Hi,

Saturday 19th was indeed a great day to do some contrail spotting (as tangolima wrote).
Location = Wommelgem (east of Antwerp). Got flightnumbers and aircarft reg. via http://www.skystef.be
All planes were flying to the west (UL608), exept JAL438 and AFR126 flying north
These are the birds that I saw flying over between 17.40 and 20.00 local time :

17.43 KUWAIT B-777 9K-AOA KAC101
18.01 SAUDIA B-777 HZ-AKU SVA115
18.04 EASYJET A-319 G-EJJB EZY360Q
18.06 BALKAN A-320 LZ-BHB BGH5537
18.08 THOMAS COOK A-321 G-OMYJ TCX898L
18.10 EASYJET A-319 G-EZIT EZY219Y
18.13 SAUDIA B-777 HZ-AKB SVA109
18.23 QATAR B-777 A7-AGB QTR001
18.24 ETIHAD A-340 A6-EHK ETD017
18.29 EASYJET A-319 G-EZBC EZY3068
18.29 BRITISH A/W A-320 G-BUSI BAW955L
18.31 AUSTRIAN A-319 OE-LDF AUA455Q
18.41 OMAN A-330 VT-JWD OMA911
18.48 JAPAN A/L B-777 JA705J JAL438 *
18.58 THOMSONFLY B-767 G-OOBM TOM189
18.59 EMIRATES B-777 A6-ECR UAE003
19.19 LUFTHANSA A-319 D-AILX DLH4TF
19.20 ONUR A-320 TC-OBD OHY6691
19.25 BRITIISH A/W B-767 G-BNWB BAW677
19.27 ONUR A-321
19.40 EMIRATES B-777 A6-EBE UAE009
19.53 AIR FRANCE B-777 F-GSPG AFR126 *
19.58 SINGAPORE B-747 9V-SFF SQC7394
19.58 SRI LANKAN A-340 4R-ADE ALK501

jef

[contrailwatcherUK]

just one from me this morning....

[Selcal]

Great shot Contrailwatcher!

One from me tonight, Thai Airways flight 916 at FL400 heading 268° inbound GORLO.



For bigger picture click here:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3423/394 ... 7866_o.jpg

Regards,

Rob

[Skystef]

After 4 months the scope again outside, here some shots of Tuesday evening.
Heatwaves still strongly present, so things with the barlow are only possible from around one hour before sunset.

All on UL608:

daily visitor VT-JWD between Muscat - LHR


In most cases to be found over mid Holland on its westbound course between Delhi - LHR, VT-ALO.

[contrailwatcherUK]

Nice to see your photos again, Stef