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Do these scopes include build in filters?

I appreciate that comment Steve. There is no substitute for lots of exposure time.

Jeepers this is the first I've heard of this scope, it looks phenomenal! Looking forward to all the images and updates on the thread.

Second hand definitely, budget of £500 or thereabouts. I had an (N)EQ6 for several years and sold it when I bought a bigger mount. Never going to more than 11kg though, I’ve other scopes but that’s the heaviest

Short focal length of 500mm and a fast scope, but heavy at 11kg. Will the HEQ5 be ok at that?

I think it’ll be mounted permanently, I don’t think I could go back to setting up. My telescope and kit would be around 11kg. I have a Meade LXD-75 mount but not sure if that’s up to the job? *I meant HEQ5 in my first post

Incredible! I enjoyed looking around the larger version, seeing all the targets I've recently imaged and their spacial and size relationship to one another.

Hi Where is the poll??!

What is the entry standard mount for AP these days? Is the HEQ6 or EQ6 still it or are there better options? I'm looking a second mount for my Tak Epsilon (I hate looking at it sitting on the shelf) and looking something as low budget as possible. Cheers!

Superb work, and the close up crop maintains all the detail and definition.

Ha first would be my preference then oiii then Sii. But either way, Sii last.

Here is my version of SH2-126. 8 hours 40 minutes, one evening, mixture of Ha and OSC (no filter).

Nice Job Baz, the cocoon really pops out from the starfield.

Thanks Lee 👍🏼 Thank you Olly. Much appreciated 👌🏻 Thank you 🙏

Thanks Alan, I think I'll maybe stick to about 20 hours per target, depending on the weather and filters required.

Wonderful image Alan, and fantastic FOV. I read this about the star too, fascinating science

It’s a start, although it’s new data not the old stuff 😂

Yes I do, I bought a hitec astro cloud sensor/rain detector that is connected to my dome. However I don’t think it works (it doesn’t) and I make sensible decisions based on various forecasts instead. I have an ASC that I monitor from my phone (via a webpage) and if I see any clouds forming I be more vigilant.

Thank you Lee. I didn’t have too much bother combing the sets, maybe I didn’t make the most of the ha?! I stacked the ha and OSC data separately. I registered both integrations with each other in APP, and then cropped the registered images to give identical FOVs (my alignment is pretty close so I lose about 50-100 pixels). I processed Ha - above attached image and then processed the OSC with PCC and BXT. I removed stars from both images and saved those separately. I extracted the red channel from the OSC image and pasted into a new document. I added the ha image as a layer on top, set mode to lighten, and added at 20%. I then stamped visible this image and copy and pasted it into the red channel of the OSC image. A bit more processing and then add in the stars. I run my stars images through image plus to tighten them up. I used the Ha stars as luminance and the OSC star as colour. Combined and pasted back into the ha-OSC image, layer set up screen mode!

Cheers! Ended up with quite a few subs to process (1000+).

Thank you! I love Ha mono images too. So much detail.

But it’s not, a 60” tv measures 60” diagonal. These sensors measure 16mm diagonal instead of 25mm. If I see this I assume the sensor is 1” diagonal. It’s misleading in this image that they advertise with

This the first data I collected for the astro season when we had a clear run on the following nights: 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 11th and 12th September. I had some teething problems getting my kit up and running as it was sitting since April and needed a few software updates (along with a USB hardware issue), so the first two evenings I only had one scope operational. I wasnt initially sure when I saw the OSC stack in APP that the time had been well spent, but when I starting zooming in on the elephant trunk I felt that it was justified. APM 105/650 with Ha 3nm Chroma, QHY 268M, 66300s in 300s subs APM 105/650 with ZWO 2600MC, 100800s in 120s subs Mesu e200, OAG/290MM, PHD2, SGPro Stacked and processed in APP, PI, Images Plus, PS Total exposure = 46 hours 25 minutes C+C welcome Adam.

I open mine in the evening, and close it when I wake up for work in the morning, occasionally I'll get up in the middle of the night to check things, if I'm concerned about something. Not in any way comparable to setting up and tearing down a rig each time you want to image though

I find the uniformity of those haloes pleasing to look at. They dont detract from the image at all imho. But the latest IMX571 sensors are amazing, and the 1600 has been out a while. It's clear that AP is something you do a lot so it might be worth the investment in a new camera.