Davey-T

I did get one within a knats of transiting Jupiter once with the 10"SCT.

Dave

Excellent Steve, they always avoid me.

Dave

Did he modify the Calor gas bottle as well ?

Dave

47 minutes ago, Peter Drew said:

We have one that sorts out all our IT problems.

I have one that phones me when he's bored at work and waffles for an hour when I'm trying to get on with something 😂

Dave

Nice set David, been pushed for time all week so still haven't got a shot at it.

Dave

Shouldn't think so, may be something come loose inside.

Dave

6 minutes ago, Jay6879 said:

 

Brand new Energizer Max batteries in the Star Adventurer, balanced fairly well. Would the position of the camera/scope setup on the dovetail make a difference? Sliding it back or forwards?

I don't think it's a balance issue but I reverse the dovetail foot on my Z61 to help balance it.

How is it unguided ?

Dave

Another strange thing from last night when plate solving, it says it's on target but then tries to validate it indefinitely, not a problem as just cancel it and carry on.

Dave

37 minutes ago, powerlord said:

I'm not sure I want to part with the vast number of DSLR lenses

You can attach DSLR lenses to ZWO cameras.

I'm waiting for my Asiair warranty to expire to fit an external WiFi aerial.

Another annoying thing is only being able to take flats, darks and bias calibration frames but a lot of folk are taking dark flats.

Dave

Looking good Steve, I've been snowed under with home stuff this week and missed all the action and today's not looking any better, thunderstorms forecast for later perhaps I'll get some lightning  shots.

On the bright side I have been up all night for four nights 😂

Dave

I've been using the Asiair Pro for a while albeit with all ZWO equipment, it generally works very well but has had it's moments like freezing when trying to update and refusing to unfreeze even when switched off and rebooted, eventually managed to update using iPhone.

A couple of nights ago it kept dithering in the middle of an image but it was OK last night.

It's worth buying a ZWO EAF focuser as the auto focus routine works really well

The functionality is constantly being added to.

The only fly in the ointment as far as I'm concerned is the poor WiFi, if I accidently stand between the scope and the iPad it looses the signal.

Dave

Can't ope jfif files can you load a PNG ?

Dave

I got a free replacement from Bresser but that was before the "B" word so things may have changed now.

Dave

Try this for astro' imaging.

BackyardNIKON - O'Telescope (otelescope.com)

Dave

Decent size spot, not had a chance to image it.

Dave

1 hour ago, ajohnson said:

The front element is nice and clear, not misty,

In the blocking filter not the scope ?

Dave

Only have pressure tuned version not sure what a tilt tuner should do.

Have you checked the blue filter in the front of the B1200 these can degrade over time and go misty compromising the view a bit, replacements are available from Bresser Europe.

Dave

6 hours ago, Grant93 said:

How do I go about putting them Coordinates into stellarium so I can find this tonight?

The Cas nova was added to Stellarium so maybe this will be as well.

Dave

Good spot spotting, had visitors all day so didn't get a chance to look but tomorrow looks set fair.

Looking on GONG there's prom' activity behind it so may be more to follow.

Dave

Does he really make them all single handed and deal with existing customer queries ? must be very stressful.

Can't believe he only buys material for one mount at a time, wedge is only a bit of bent steel surely he buys it in 2400 x 1200 sheets.

Has he got no automation to knock out batches of stuff ?

Dave

8 hours ago, skybadger said:

Anyone familiar with Maxim and photometry  ? 

Had ago at this but didn't get to the end only actually managed one image of the Cas nova so far.

Dave

Photometry with MaxIm DL 6 - YouTube

Ooo 3D printing, are you going to start printing stuff to order from supplied files ?

Dave

17 minutes ago, iapa said:

IIRC that first major company was Microsoft

Win 98 came with a manual 😄

Dave

Well done Gav, no chance here, nice and sunny before and after the event 

Dave

Excellent sketch Achim, don't know how you do it, hard enough on normal Sun.

Dave