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Great capture Steve, looks good through the C11.

m31.tif There you go,given it a little stretch for you. It's not bad data, but you need more of it to start bringing out the galaxy and structure.

Unless it''s been updated since I had one, I don't think there's a flange adaptor needed for these, it's worth checking if there was anything else in the box? However, I'm pretty sure it's designed to be a straight swap, maybe needs a little coaxing ?

A well deserved winner and great entries. So interesting to see how the same data is presented and can be presented so differently.

M33 is a good choice. I've never been able to get a full compliment of data on this galaxy.

This is an iconic object for me as the Hubble Eagle was the picture that got me started into astrophotography. I haven't processed anything at all in ages so back to remembering how to make a hubble pic from channels ! Forgot to add a luminance as well but I'll have another go at some point. Great data to have available. This is just a quick process with the TIFFs, once I liberate the FITS properly I'll process it again. All done in PS - RGB from TIFFS, levels,curves, star colour fix (less magenta), star size reduction, flatten then selective colour. Sharpened as a layer and blended in. Cropped and flipped then rotated.

What an interesting talk !

Very nice Tom ! I have a tree in the way at the moment.

How very dare you @alan potts write a review six years ago that isn't perfect. We'll have to make sure that Dippy's membership fees are deducted from your salary immediately !

Two single exposures?

Looks like industrial slag to me.

Pretty pointless threads now as the OP has decided to delete the comments in the initial post. Leaves me wondering what the point was in the first place.

Try finding any other astronomy forum (or any other forum for that matter) that is as welcoming, beginner friendly, well run, invested in and well moderated as this one.

All sorted and moved. 😉

Correct me if I'm wrong but the 2001 HEQ5 was the older black version which has inferior motors and accuracy when compared to the later white finished verisons. Therefore the comparison is incorrect and there are glaring mistakes in your table. I've owned quite a few mounts including 2 HEQ5's and i wouild say iot's still the best mount out there for the price point.

Very nice Danny 😀

Most of it is already on here in one form or another so if someone wants to write a build tutorial that's fine. Discussions - Software would be the appropriate place.

Who can forget pip with its destination source command. I used to have to read that one out over the phone which was fine until DOS came out then everyone would ignore me and do source, destination often with catastrophic consequences.

Serial to USB drivers perhaps? There's a couple of issues with the more recent versions so you may need to fund an older version.

Look no further for the winner is right here ! Note the subtle use of various advanced processing techniques of my own creation. These have enabled me to extract, nay 'tease' the last bits of finer detail that have alluded so many lesser skilled exponents. Now I don't want to be deluged with request so I'm disabling my PMs for a few days until the furore blows over. Ladies and Gentlemen feast your eyes on the most detailed picture of the 2015 solar eclipse to date. I will of course be marketing signed copies via FLO with various meet & greet opportunities at astronomical events throughout the year. I shall await the sponsorship deal with Lunt and Samsung and hope to collaborate on may more rare jewels such as this in the near future.

There are quite a few different groups (9 or so general groups) each group allows us to assign or remove permissions to different areas of the forum. For example a banned member would be moved to the 'Beyond the Event Horizon' group, some of these moves are automated some are a manual process.

Welcome back, excellent post and very informative as always.

Is spending a few minutes changing the battery once every 10 years such a hardship?