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Stellalyra 8 inch dob collimation question
Steve Ward replied to greenery's topic in Getting Started General Help and Advice
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Astrophotographer discovers faint nebula in M33
Steve Ward replied to SwiMatt's topic in The Astro Lounge
It's here .... https://arxiv.org/pdf/2312.05292.pdf -
Best watched at 0.25x I found .
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A shot of the sun with my smartphone.
Steve Ward replied to Gonariu's topic in Imaging - Smartphone / Tablets
Nice capture . But might I refer you to the Terms and Conditions ..... "Official Language English is the official language of our forums because it is the common language between our moderators and users. Because we can not moderate post/thread text in a foreign language, you may not post or have a signature in the forums in language other than English." -
One of those strange 'moving object' experiences.
Steve Ward replied to ollypenrice's topic in The Astro Lounge
It can catch you out waiting at traffic lights too if the car in the off-side lane creeps forward a touch making it seem that you are rolling backwards. -
Please save the image as a JPEG or PNG file , this way the image will be automatically displayed and members won't have to download it just to see it ... ta very much.
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YouTube Channels? Anyone?
Steve Ward replied to JackW07's topic in Getting Started General Help and Advice
For a wealth of information for beginners I'd highly recommend the "Astronomy and Nature TV" channel. https://www.youtube.com/@RocketPlanet/videos -
You'd be better off shooting a hundred or so single RAW frames than using the very compressed video output from the 550D , it's just the Liveview stream captured as a series of small JPEGS.
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Elevated tower / platform for astrophotography
Steve Ward replied to 8324689's topic in DIY Observatories
I used a 14' tall pier at my old address to get 365 days of solar imaging back in the day (2012-2015) Simply a 100mm x 100mm timber post sat on the patio and braced against the brick wall , it was a bit of an adventure dragging the HEQ5 Pro and Tal100rs up a ladder but it got me 311/365 so well worth the effort as most folk give up around this time of year. -
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Big Bang theory just does not make sense
Steve Ward replied to mnmcreator's topic in Physics, Space Science and Theories
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Custom cover for 8" newt on pier?
Steve Ward replied to FrenchyArnaud's topic in Discussions - Scopes / Whole setups
https://www.altairastro.com/altair-telescope-cover-for-refractors-newtonians-scts-13111-p.asp -
Battling with the poor seeing and gusty wind this morning , disc's OK but the close-ups were too poor to post ...
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"Patience is a virtue ... " and all that ... 😏 Eventually the showers abated and let me have about five minutes of varying views , grabbed 29 frames with not 'too many' clouds and greenery included and ended up with this ...
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Show us your LZOS Scope
Steve Ward replied to DirkSteele's topic in Discussions - Scopes / Whole setups
Thank you for bumping this John , a thread that had passed me by , a truly astonishing collection of glass on display throughout. I shall remain happy with my humble new Evostar 150 Achro however , but continue to follow this thread in awe. -
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200mm Manual Dobsonian. SkyWatcher or StellaLyra
Steve Ward replied to Lurcher's topic in Discussions - Scopes / Whole setups
I was very impressed by the Stellalyra dobs at the IAS this year (on the FLO stand) The roller bearings made the action silky smooth , much more refined than the Skywatcher I used to own. If I were after a new Dobsonian it would definitely be the Stellalyra I'd opt for. -
Caught a lovely steady 10 minute's worth before it all turned to mush again ... And the SDO/HMI Continuum for comparison ...
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Thanks Mandy , It was so splendid just hanging there above the Belt of Venus I couldn't help but point a 'scope at it ... 😉
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It never did to me when I first got started with a telescope , but two completely grey nights/sunny days winters made me get a sheet of Baader film and I was hooked. It's such a dynamic object that there's always something new to see , especially at the moment when it's so active , there's only so many times you can sit squinting at a faint blurry object that looks exactly the same as the last time you looked at it ... 😉
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Sorry to here this Peter . I'd suggest maybe trying the daytime side of things and maybe do some solar observing , much more going on on a minute by minute basis to keep you amused and it's much more fun sitting out on a nice sunny day in the warm rather than the cold , dew covered nights you're used to ... 😉
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Everything against it really , too early , too low , dreadful seeing ... blah , blah , blah ... but I started so I finished ... EOS 6D + Evostar 150 + 2x Barlow , stack of 80 frames.
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Interesting how you've ended up with 'limb brightening' rather than 'limb darkening' ... ?