daz

Andy Smith - Andy, you are stuck at 'joining' on my screen. Are you in?

That was outstanding!!!

Might just have to go for the full version!

Have been reading Peter's website this morning - Looking forward to this immensely!

While I'm here, were going to do the Q&A a little differently tonight...

We'll give you the opportunity ask your question, rather than Grant or I do it. We did it for Mark and Ian's talk on Wednesday last, and it worked quite well!

So, what we're suggesting is:

• Ask your question in Chat as normal - so we can see who has a question
• If you are not able to ask it yourself, or prefer not to, put a *N at the end, and then we'll know to ask it for you
• We'll click a button when it's time, and then Zoom will pop up a notice saying "the host wants you to unmute"
• Click on that and away you go!

See you all tonight!

22 hours ago, JamesF said:

I think it's fair to suggest that you may well have got the hang of FreeCAD now

James

Just a bit!

@silentrunning- if you ever fancy doing tutorials in FreeCAD.....!!!

A great talk from Dave - we'd love to see/hear about your successes (or otherwise!) on the Challenges!!

The link for the webcam for checking for NLCs is : http://ukazy.astro.cz/nlc-monitor.php

Dave's website is: https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/WebPage/

On 01/06/2020 at 18:08, Freff said:

I was at a talk given by Daz a few years ago at Lucksall. 

It was on the subject of Sequence Generator. Unfortunately, I was unable to take it all in on the day.

A session like the last two (hint) would be for me at least invaluable. 

Food for thought Tony!

Watch this space!!

Hi all

These are all great suggestions and many, many thanks for them all!!

We have a couple of ideas on how we can approach these - bear with us as we work through the practicalities of them!

And don't stop suggesting!!

42 minutes ago, barkis said:

Well, we couldn't wish for a better start than Steve R. and Nik S. The first two 
showings have been superb, and illustrated just  how valuable this  system is,
and how much more so it is going to be.  
Thanks in no small measure must also go to the architects of StarGaZine.
Grant, Steve G, and others, not forgetting Master of ceremonies Daz.
I'm sure more recruits will sign up as a result of this. I would hope so.
There must be many more budding Astronomers out there just needing a nudge.
Ron.

Aw shucks, you old smoothie!!

Hope you and Mrs B are well, Ron!

7 hours ago, Littleguy80 said:

Are the articles available online or can those issues be ordered? Question for those of us who foolishly didn’t buy AN already 😳

You can buy the back issues - either in print or as PDFs (cheaper). 

I went for the PDFs so I can have that on one screen and AP open on the other while I work through....

I've just pressed the button on the Affinity Photo deal, and will now work through Nik's articles in AN!

Thanks to everyone that attended - really great talk from Nik and some interesting questions that will lead to future workshops/talks!

For those that need the links:

Affinity Photo - Currently on sale for £23.99, with a huge 90 day trial - https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/photo/

Nik's Webpage - http://www.ccdland.net/

Nik's Flikr stream - https://www.flickr.com/photos/36672102@N07/

Nik's book Shooting Stars II - https://shop.astronomynow.com/product/shooting-stars-2/

(Note, the page says 2nd edition, but Nik assured us it was a version 2, a complete update)

1 minute ago, Freff said:

Great talk, very informative.

I clicked on the record button on top left, not sure what it does.

My broadband kept dropping out so I'm looking forward to the YT post. 

That just shows the session was being recorded Tony....

Once Grant has got a minute, it will get uploaded and he'll post the details

Blending Ha into LRGB data

3 minutes ago, david_taurus83 said:

I've missed this! Will there be a YT upload like Ep 1?

Yep!

No worries Michael - it will be recorded so you can watch at your leisure...

Has everyone joined OK?

Hi all

Please use this thread for any suggestions you would like to see for future talks.

Imaging is clearly going to be a popular subject, so we are working on putting together a whole suit of workshops and talks relating to all aspects of imaging, including post processing - Stacking, Aligning, Stretching, Nose Reduction, etc..  We're also looking at Planetary/Lunar imaging/processing as well.

We're really keen to hear from Observers , so we can use the platform to reach out to all astronomers. Traditional observers, Bino-viewers or binocular users, solar projectionists, sketchers - done any eye piece comparisons you'd like to share? We really do want to hear from you!

Over to you!

Really glad to hear you all enjoyed it! It was great fun for us too!!

Steve will certainly be invited back for more talks/demo's in future sessions!

Looking forward to seeing you all again this week for Niz Szymanek's talk!

Just a quick update - we'll publish the meeting ID by lunchtime tomorrow!

So, to be clear:

1. You do NOT need a paid-for Zoom account to join the meeting. FLO are covering the costs for a Professional subscription for, so there are no time limits. You don't even need a Zoom account to join. You will just need to download the client - it takes a few minutes. You can join by phone or tablet, there are apps in the Google Play and Apple Store for Zoom.

2. We will post the meeting ID and password on here tomorrow, so you will have plenty of notice. The session will start promptly at 8pm, but don't worry if you are a bit late, we'll still let you in

We are really excited by this - should be huge fun! And please do share the word with societies or other groups!

And please do get in touch if you would like to do a talk, or have a suggestion for future topics. 

See you tomorrow!

I had heard of this but not looked at it until a conversation with Steve has got me interested!

Following this with great interest!!!

The new WBPP script in PI makes the calibration and integration much much slicker in PI now. Especially if you invest the extra time to generate the CosmicCorrection and plug that in....

I think wxsatuser means you need to run a separate green/yellow earthing wire from the main earthing block (in the distribution board in your house) to the pier itself. This is separate and different to the earthing cable in the armoured cable that you'll install. And again, I think this is because you are using a metal pier and have attached your sockets to the pier.

This separate cable should be 10mm in diameter.

Of course, you should check with a qualified electrician to confirm!

Yep, that would be that then!!

:D

You know what..... this could well be a complete brain meltdown on my part...

Yes, that is locked to the RIGHT - and it should indeed be locked to the LEFT!!

/Daz is off to hide in embarrassment  👍