knobby

My Dad used to use mild fairy liquid to soften / loosen then carefully wipe while running under hot water, finish off with white vinegar. That was on camera lens though, but possibly similar ?

I know you said no to stacking but as you have 2 now is it not worth having a crack ?

Nothing ... Said I wasn't in 😒

Top stuff as usual Brian, you know you're doing well when the constructive criticism is minor 😄

On 15/05/2018 at 15:42, FLO said:

We've been experimenting today...

There is an experimental firmware for the AZ-GTI mount which enables it to operate in EQ mode:

http://skywatcher.com/download/software/motor-control-firmware/

We couldn't resist testing to see if EQMOD would then work - you need to connect to the mount from the APP to put it in EQ mode first, but then it does indeed work with EQMOD. 

The EQDIR cables we currently sell don't fit the AZ-GTI so we are going to get a batch made that will - would anybody be interested?

It may be that the functionality of EQMOD can be replicated over the wireless interface using the Sky-Watcher drivers but for those of us who prefer a wired connection and like using EQMOD, this may be a good option.

Old post I know ... do you know if the custom setting in EQ mod still needs to be used or is that old school ?

Just bought the cable from @FLO top speedy service as usual 🙂

Edit ...

Found info

http://eq-mod.sourceforge.net/prerequisites.html

Hi Adrian, as banjaxed said, FLO will sort you out !

Things to check ... normal complaints are backlash (wobble in gearing) - wifi unstable (take outside away from your or neighbours wifi) - power problems (the connector on the internal battery holder is loose / spins)

Are you visual or imaging ? either way I'd update the firmware when you get it.

Good luck with it from a fellow Essex boy.

Early days in the journey for me Vlad, gradient removal is another thing to learn / get right 😄

2 hours ago, MarsG76 said:

I think your image looks brilliant... the way you mixed your blue channel looks to me like it aesthetically works well.

Thanks Mars, I'm beginning to realize that the processing of narrowband images is more like art than processing 😅

Had a go just using Ha as R and Oiii as G and B no blending.

31 minutes ago, vlaiv said:

Hm, point of HOO is it's title, isn't it?

Ha - red 100%, O - green 100%, O - blue 100%

 

Absolutely agree but dabbled as I thought that using the same data for G and B would be very Bi coloured so tried mixing.

Hi all, first attempt at Ha Oiii processing, have to admit I got in a real mess !

I used Ha as R Oiii as G and a mix of both as B.

Any tips on making the synthetic 3rd colour ?

I have Photoshop CS6 and a trial version of Pixinsight (so complicated)

Thanks

Hi Tracy, welcome to SGL, as said above, before diving in and spending it's a good idea to check what you want from the hobby ... Visual observing through the eyepiece, computer aided with camera or just taking photos ?

But don't worry, we'll all help you spend your £500 😅

Lovely image, same dilemma here ... I'm trying L Ha R Oiii B with the idea I can try R (synth G) B and Ha Oiii (maybe blend of Ha/ Oiii)

If the Advanced gt mount is anything like the AVX that superseded it then It is very hard to make dec loose. I balance mine on a pencil and mark the dovetail before mounting it. 

One option is to borrow a synscan WiFi adaptor, then use it to update firmware.

That is stunning !

10 minutes ago, eshy76 said:

Hi everyone!

Captured this data in one night from my back garden. My struggles with the Hubble Palette continue...on this occasion I went for the slight adjustment to hues in PI and then SCNR green approach and then tweaked curves from there....I think I made the colour adjustments too late in the process which put some noise back into the image...but colours are getting there.

6.8 hours of SHO integration, WOZ73 + CEM25P + ASI1600 + Astrodon filters.

Full details here

Thanks for looking!

Lovely image, especially the way you've captured the cloud of gas blown from the baby's bottom

I think you have more to pull out, I'm rubbish at processing but got this in my lunch break at work (15 mins fiddling in PS6- curves / levels)

probably overdone as getting noisier than your go and colour is probably different on everyones monitor.

I have an AVX mount that I couldn't carry for a year or so due to a shoulder injury. The lovely Mrs Knobby bought me an AZ-Gti to put on my camera tripod and I've got so much use out of it I rarely touch the AVX now.

The Az-Gti is a cracking bit of kit but buy from someone reputable like @FLO as quality control is a bit poor.

Well done Brian 👍

Cheers all, I've got the Oiii ordered, probably why the weather has turned naff !

Nice, and well done to your son

HsyO ?

Ha - synth something - Oiii

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From memory, it tells you what to download Alan ... Just download the platesolve 2 or ASPA ? And download the files for your scope / camera size 

Really nice !

Really nice Sven, with the way LP is getting I can see a lot more narrowband images coming our way !