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Interesting product over on the Optical Vision Facebook page
4lefts replied to IanL's topic in Imaging - Discussion
oh, i didn't realise it was a standard dovetail! good to know. -
Interesting product over on the Optical Vision Facebook page
4lefts replied to IanL's topic in Imaging - Discussion
looks like a great product flo parts idea: making adaptor plates to get that wedge to fit the astrotrac/polarie, and suddenly it doesn't cost an extra £200-300 for a geared head to get one of those systems up and running... -
following this with great interest. i can't be of much help, but have you seen this page: http://www.indilib.org/support/tutorials/139-indi-library-on-raspberry-pi.html - it seems you can run the indi server on the pi for scope and camera control and run ekos on your laptop to actually control everything. there's even a virtual machine (ekosVM) that will run under virtualbox on a windows machine that might be worth a look?
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and, if you're local, flo are very good at letting you pop over and pick stuff up yourself.
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true, and the same applies with the x-cel lxs if you aren't wearing glasses. i found that i couldn't see the field stop of the bsts with the cup down wearing my specs, and i like to be able to.
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personally, i sold my bsts in favour of the x-cel lxs. they have longer eye releif, almost too long, which mean you can get black outs, but, i felt they were brighter and sharper than the bsts (though i'm no expert and i wasn't really thourough in my testing). you can use the x-cel lxs with glasses on really easily, and build quality is better. all that said though, there's very little in it, and the bsts are great.
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Is it wrong that I just want to stay warm and enjoy my ale?
4lefts replied to jonathan's topic in The Astro Lounge
did you get to look at the f6 6-inchers he has? very specialised but sure look nice. -
Which colour filters do i need?
4lefts replied to northwalesparry's topic in Getting Started With Observing
for the moon, i love the neodymium. not so bothered with it for anything else, but great for the moon. it's good for imaging the moon too. -
andy - wow, looks nice. thanks for the info - were there any issues fitting the crawmach focuser to Sheldon Faworski's tube? i guess dan has made lots for these tubes and it's a standard size? thanks stephen
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love me the trivials too. pump me full of whatever scotch my brother has got that year (bruichladdich last year - i know jack about whisky but he seems to know what he's doing), ham and celebrations within easy reach, set up a game of girls vs boys, happy days.
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cheers peter - that's what i was hoping.
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in case this info is useful for anyone - i had a reply from william optics. the light path of their 1.25" diagonal is 80mm (and 110mm for the 2").
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where's that emoticon for eating popcorn? i love how everyone always "blames the schools". 'cos, yeah, it's everyone else's fault. god forbid someone could take responsibility for their own a stupidity.