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Science behind seeing (SCT C5 vs 80mm APO)
melsmore replied to heliumstar's topic in Discussions - Scopes / Whole setups
Would that include "During the favourable opposition [of Mars] of 1892, W. H. Pickering observed numerous small circular black spots occurring at every intersection or starting-point of the "canals"? 😁 -
Science behind seeing (SCT C5 vs 80mm APO)
melsmore replied to heliumstar's topic in Discussions - Scopes / Whole setups
Thanks, very interesting link - especially the conclusion in section 5.1.3. I've always thought that the average cell size here is fine for telescopes up to around 12" ( can't remember where I read that) and I can't say I've ever changed to my Mak127 or TS80APO because of seeing. I've often had to wait one or two hours for my C8 to stabilise thermally though, and when I had an 8" Newton, I often had to swap to one of the others due to meteorological wind. CONCLUSION What all this implies is that it is possible for a significantly smaller aperture to outperform the larger one, but it requires them to be, and remain at a specific seeing error level, generally involving compromised seeing conditions. It is only possible when D/r0 in the larger aperture is ~4, or larger, in which case a smaller aperture with D/r0~2 will have - all else equal - better resolution and contrast transfer. In other words, smaller aperture could perform better while the seeing error is large enough, but if it lessens sufficiently due to seeing fluctuations, larger aperture would rebound and perform better. Typically, seeing fluctuations are wide enough for that to happen. -
Celestron Skyris cameras are Imaging Source. They say "Skyris cameras are not ASCOM compatible. However, they do work as DirectShow cameras with generic webcam software." I haven't tried it but there is an ASCOM driver for DirectShow here http://www.hristopavlov.net/ASCOM/ You could try that.
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March 22, 2020: First Leo Triplet
melsmore replied to michael.h.f.wilkinson's topic in Imaging - Deep Sky
The second one looks better on my tablet too. Really good. -
Show me your eyepiece/accessories case, please.
melsmore replied to Leegsi's topic in DIY Astronomer
and Christmases too! -
Is this Baader filter blue or light blue?
melsmore replied to bendiddley's topic in Discussions - Scopes / Whole setups
Dunno, on their web site page it says "Baader Colour Filter Light Blue 1¼" (470nm) " , but "blue" on the box. Looking at the spectrum, it goes well into the green, so I would say it was light blue (the filter looks light blue too). U guess it got lost in translation from German. -
Is this Baader filter blue or light blue?
melsmore replied to bendiddley's topic in Discussions - Scopes / Whole setups
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Is this Baader filter blue or light blue?
melsmore replied to bendiddley's topic in Discussions - Scopes / Whole setups
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movie of my (some of) my best images from 2019
melsmore replied to wouterdhoye's topic in Imaging - Lunar
Brilliant! -
A good red light does help. I use one of these Ebook reader lights with some red cellophane over it.
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The Antiques Roadtrip - Elizabeth Brown Solar Astronomer
melsmore replied to johninderby's topic in The Astro Lounge
I saw it too. -
Tricky. The top one shows more nebulosity, while the bottom one shows the dust lanes better.
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Excellent sketch, thanks for sharing.
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Maybe be add another one at 90°. If my Auntie's power goes off, I'll know why!
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I don't think this scope is available yet in the UK. We only seem to get the DC, DF and DL.
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Show me your eyepiece/accessories case, please.
melsmore replied to Leegsi's topic in DIY Astronomer
NOOO!! DON'T DO IT !!!! -
Phew, thank goodness, I thought you'd got it to polish your Taks ?
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Me too!
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Absolutely. ( And Flames can be red, yellow, white, blue etc too anyway). There have been a lot of HH on SGL, this is one of my favourites.
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It's superb.
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Show me your eyepiece/accessories case, please.
melsmore replied to Leegsi's topic in DIY Astronomer
Neat layout, but what do you have in there? I can't tell from the photo. -
Skywatcher Esprit 100ED vs William Optics GT102
melsmore replied to PhotoGav's topic in Discussions - Scopes / Whole setups
Looking good!! Where's the piccy of scope on mount?? -
Longcase Pendulum Clock
melsmore commented on Gina's blog entry in Clocks made with 3D Printed Parts
Long case clock with glowing moon phase globe would have been awesome ........ Hand designed and printed long case clock without globe will still be awesome! -
Show me your eyepiece/accessories case, please.
melsmore replied to Leegsi's topic in DIY Astronomer
Here's my humble offering. Mostly UWANs - which I like a lot - William's Optics or Sky-watcher branded. The Vixen Lanthium 8-24mm is excellent - very underrated, in my view. There are some filters and cleaning stuff in the lid! The thing with the ring is a Celestron red-light, and the black thing at the top is a Rigel PulseGuide Illuminator for the Baader Micro Guide. The bendy thing is a red light clip on e-book illuminator. I'll replace the 25mm Celestron Plossl with a 12.5 Ortho at some point.