paul mc c

Around 6 hours at 300 sec subs with darks,flats and bias 102ed and 533mc pro.

This is my first five images of a run of 70..do I continue with this area of sky.

Would say it was a satellite, this was a quick one earlier tonight 

Sitting in my living room,imaging, guiding and all on my phone.

Just spoke to the eBay seller to let him know,and seem it is genuine seller,the scam was obviously on the Facebook side using his add word for word.

Yes I know what you mean....I screenshot the eBay listing as it was the same photos in the FB add,I ask was this his listing and he told me it was,it was just to hard to believe what was real and what wasn't.

36 minutes ago, Shimrod said:

How did he know how to contact outside of eBay? Wanting contact outside eBay is a scam warning sign, but how did he get your Facebook details?

On the listing side there's nothing to indicate this is a scam listing. The seller has 100% positive feedback and has sold other astro stuff that is consistent with the reason given for this sale. 

Other items sold also have the same surface background so I don't believe the account has been hacked. Are you sure the Facebook contact was genuine?

I only realised when he contacted me via a Facebook group,when I asked where he was based he told me London,on eBay it was Bristol,and   Facebook it was someone from Canada's Facebook profile,and when I ask his bank details it was yet another name.

I reported it to eBay but it is still up.

Hi all,hope I can post this ok,there is a scammer on eBay and on various FB groups,it's a scam,using someone's profile,very near caught me.

Could be good..dam cloud,rain bla bla bla.

Image on the 8th March,5 days before a sn was detected.

102ed, 533mc, on Asiair Pro. 1 hour 20mins only.

Thought i had a lot more data to work with,but the astro gremlins deceided other wise.

Just over 4 hours,102ed, 533mc pro.

That's a pic of your scope....

6 hours ago, ollypenrice said:

Quick question: why would you take different sub lengths? It is very rare indeed that an object's dynamic range requires it. M42 is the obvious example of one which does, but the difference in exposure time needs to be extreme in order to solve the problem.

99% of the time it makes more sense to use a single exposure time.

Olly

Hi Olly, it's was m42....just experimenting really, I would always take the same exposure times on any other object, but thought I would try and not blow the core, but failed again lol.

Hello all, just a quick question, if I take different sub lengths say 60 sec,120 sec ect do I have to take seperate darks,flats and so on,all lights taken on same image run.

Thanks Paul.

Just for the record......small comet in our skies,

8 x 60 sec subs. 102ed .

Yip..

1 minute ago, AstroKeith said:

Coming down now, suspect that it was the launch

Yip

This is now.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://astronomy-imaging-camera.com/manuals/How_to_clean_ASI_camera_and_redry_the_desiccant.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjl3dL73br8AhWaEMAKHUhYBNUQFnoECDoQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3AqDDFg5yrXMR_WCLOowMd

Could there be a bit of an obstruction some where,even an insect.... seems like you have covered most things.

Could be pinched optics...is it a reflector your using.

Taken over a few nights, some bad and some ok.

102ed, l-xtreme, 533mc pro on Asiair.

9 minutes ago, Elp said:

Until you touch it with your bare hands.

You should try your tongue...😜 Lol.

My gear after a frosty session...no problems at all.

Around 7.5 hours on this 102ed l-extreme, 533mc pro and Asiair.