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another 'newb' needing advice....:)
tooth_dr replied to thekwango's topic in Getting Started Equipment Help and Advice
That is a shame you haven’t had much success with any astro clubs in NI. I’m involved in the Irish Astronomical Association (I’m on the committee) and we hold events throughout the province. If you want to drop me a PM with your details I’m sure I could get you a look at kit. We have a 127mm mak we use for outreach events, as well as a big SCT and some small refractors. -
I am thinking of powering my SWSA off a USB powerpack. Seems they can turn off when using the SA on it's on due to low current draw. I was wondering if I used a USB dew heater at the same time, would this stop this from happening?
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Be good to hear how you get on. Looks great.
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I got this the other day. The standard 2” attachment on the ED80 loosened itself and my camera was left almost ‘dangling’ ££ well spent And a few shorter cables including a QHY9 0.5m power cable and some 0.5m usb cables.
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I know it make no odds but I have the red SA and I think it’s as ugly as sin. The white one is gorgeous.
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The final pieces arrived, so I’ve finished my first camera.
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If it wasnt for the keyboard, it does have a striking resemblance to a coconut
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Meteor camera - first piece of puzzle Smaller than a kiwi.
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My locals do stuff cheaper too than you’d expect. You almost feel bad for them! A small gesture of appreciation like wine or biscuits can go down well should you wish to return for more business
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Well hidden under those cables I have went from having no CCDs, to two in the space of six months (KAF-8300 based cameras).
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Excuse the cables! Just a test run getting new camera up running with APT ?
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Nice colours. I like that ?? -
oumuamua? ?
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What DSLR are you using? -
PS - Gradient Xterminator, and then adjusted levels to get black point a little lower, and star size reduction, and some noise reduction..
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Here is the original and my effort
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That’s a nice image. First thing I would do would be take flats. Once applied they won’t remove the big gradient but they will remove some optically-induced gradients and dust bunnies and make processing overall much easier.
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Very cool Mariusz. Very cool indeed (figuratively and literally!) Keep us updated.
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Richard, really stunning. You have your kit singing a fine tune ??
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I took my first images at the weekend with a debayered 20d. I will post the results here. I only got 4 x 600s as I was manually controlling. I’ve a lead ordered to automate the exposures.
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Really nice ?
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My 3 year old is like that too. Even if he sees nothing (he hasn’t quite got the eyepiece / face angle right yet!) if he’s in the thick of it, he’s happy.
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They aren’t too bad! Tonight was really nice, I was able to get the kids out in proper darkness due to clocks going back, so they had a quick tour of the sky before bed. They are 4 and 5 so normally it’s bath/bed time before dark. I’m pretty sure they will be the only kids in school who know what a Bhatinov mask is used for ?
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About to pack up here, took a quick snap, even picked up Orion
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