CraigT82

You could say that about literally any product you might want to buy!

Sounds like your easiest course of action is to replace the focuser in your 130pds. If you feel that there is tube flex around the focuser you could always buy an extra pair of tube rings and clamp one or both around the focuser to stiffen up the tube. The scope would be very front heavy though!

Lovely set... why stop at f10?! Would only be fair to get in one of the 102 f11s too and perhaps you can convince johninderby to see you his f13 carton! 🤷‍♂️

Very interesting! Dont think I've ever seen it presented like that before. Nice work 👍

Yes I know what you mean. The floor of clavius looks very smooth when it isn't in most images. Though on this one even without the NR it is featureless as the seeing was pretty poor... I've really struggled to get any fine detail that night

Just found this image by Sebastien Voltmer on Twitter captured last night. Shows the same cloud features (or lack of) as I picked up, but much better obviously! Sebastian's image, then mine

Thanks! To be honest I'm not sure what causes the change in colour, different cloud composition I expect. I know that the sulfuric acid in clouds are highly reflective but not sure in which wavelength. I've read that the UV filter looks at the clouds very tops and the IR filter penetrates to deeper cloud layers. I must do some more research!

Thanks Stu! Yes I had to just hit the pause button when it was bouncing around, and then record when it settled down. Same for the scudding cloud too. Took ages to get 10k frames!

First attempt for me with my new Baader UV filter. Not much detail but pretty happy with it. Conditions were awful! Fast moving clouds, wind, even rained on me at one point! The Fullerscope 1.7m plastic tube really does not like the wind. Check out the image 'wobble'! 8.75" newt with gpcam3 290 mono. Baader UV and 685nm IR filters. 10k frame with each (wanted more but conditions stopped play). Green made from other 2 channels. 20200312_185058_1.mp4

I must admit I have read a few comments on this forum where someone states something like the following: "....scope wasnt s good performer / wasnt great optically... so I moved it on..." I think there are plenty people on here who have sold on scopes they knew weren't great or were poor examples. Granted not exactly faulty but still poor form I'm my book.

If it's shrouded in dust again this time round I'm gonna be having words 😤

The differences are really in the pixel size and noise characteristics. Pixel size should ideally be match to the focal lengths you'll be using in order to sample optimally. Noise characteristics -read/fixed pattern - is of a concern to those who are producing the highest standard of images (whereby the camera noise becomes a limiting factor to image quality rather than skies/scope/skills) but to us mere mortals it's not a major concern. Any planetary camera you can get on the market these days will be capable capturing the full quality of the images your scope will deliver to it. Edit: some good info here if you haven't seen it already... https://agenaastro.com/articles/zwo-astronomy-cameras-buyers-guide.html

Yeah I always us the auto alignment point function (multi-scale), does a good job and saves time not clicking away on the image! I wonder if it is field curvature then... as all of the moon is at infinity then all of it should be in focus -theoretically speaking. Could also be a tilted sensor? With these big sensors it's more important to get it really square to the focal plane.

Excellent work! The full disk image is a real beauty and superbly done

The 8th March image is an absolute stormer! Dont see many planetary images from RCs but yours seems to be really singing 👌

Nice shot... love the high contrast rays

Beautiful innit! Really well done

Nice work 👍. I see what you mean with the edges of the wider shots, I wonder if the large chip of the 1600 is picking up the scope's field curvature? Have you checked unstacked frames to se if the same softness is present at the edges? May be something introduced in stacking. Where did you place your alignment points?

Really nice, well done!

I really need to get myself a 3D printer!

Really very nice! Well worth the effort. Tons of detail and very nicely processed

If you're talking about rubber o rings, not sure... but they're cheap enough to try and find out!

Yup! Have a look here for some ideas (most here involve 3D printing but might serve as inspiration).

Wowsers!! Some serious kit there... great find.

Seems like the AZ6 saddle doesn't open quite as far as the neq6 one