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dick_dangerous

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  1. Thanks again for all the comments - I'm just using my D5500 DSLR and for most of these a very old, quite slow, Sigma 18 - 200mm lens. I took some other wide-field shots too, but I haven't got round to doing anything with them yet. All the processing was done using Lightroom and Photoshop - I have a Creative Cloud account so I like to get my money's worth! I'm hoping to get a copy of "Making Every Photon Count" soon which I believe in its latest edition covers Star Adventurers and other tracking mounts. I suppose eventually I'll end up with all the expensive equipment too, I just need to save up for it! My next purchase will be a much better telephoto lens, which I'll also be able to use for photographing wildlife.

    Cheers,

    Paul

  2. As promised, some more fruits of my labours. I'm really quite pleased with these as first attempts - I have quite a lot of other RAW photos to get through so more might be forthcoming but please enjoy and any tips welcomed!

    We have images of M31 (with M32 and M110); The Orion Nebula and the Flame and Horsehead; The Pleiades with nebulosity present and what was my favourite to image and create - the Rosette Nebula.

    Quite a large amount of credit has to go to the dark skies of La Palma!

    Paul

    Andromeda Galaxy-2.jpg

    The Orion Region-2.jpg

    The Pleiades-2.jpg

    Rosette Nebula-2.jpg

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  3. Thanks for the comments everyone! I've been working on a few more and I have been very pleased with the results - I have photos of the Flame and the Horsehead nebulae (Not great but definitely there) and even managed to get some pictures of the Rosette. I can post all up in the fullness of time. Can't wait to get out there again and improve my technique so thanks for the tips - sadly it'll be about another year until I can next get out under those dark Palmeran skies!

     

    On 30/11/2019 at 22:19, happy-kat said:

    Well that was a big surprise, great to see a post from a member who inspired the ST80 finding a home with me.

    The ST80 was out there with me - I think the highlight using it was finding the Cocoon Nebula. You have to love those dark, dark skies!

    Paul

  4. Hi All,

    I always said that I was an astro-purist and only did observing. Astrophotography was for other people! Then I got a Star Adventurer...

    Last week I was in La Palma so I took the mount along and had a play. My polar alignment was rough, but I had a go at imaging a few objects and areas. I present my first ever attempt at imaging and then stacking the images in Photoshop - ladies and gentlemen, the North America Nebula. All thoughts gratefully appreciated - I think this was before I'd worked out how to focus manually in the dark effectively!

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    I currently need to learn to polar align properly and I need to work on the processing but I was quite pleased with what I got!

    Cheers,

    Paul

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  5. "Darling, show them my Dob..."

    Rachel with The Dob

    A 6'' - small as they go, but it's a good one - I've roved the Virgo cluster, teased out those low-down Messiers and observed the wonders of the solar system with this bad boy. Shame I've actually managed some of my best views with the short-tube refractor in the corner...
    I'm also eyeing up some of those tasty looking portable Dob designs there. I can already see the space in the living room... I need to go and see someone about these symptoms of a nasty fever.
    Thanks,
    Paul
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  6. Just wanted to add my feedback to the large number of satisfied customers that FLO has.

    I've been trying to work out which telescope to buy to best suit my needs and had a choice between two - the Skyliner 150P and the Skyliner 200P. I e-mailed FLO with a question about the physical size of the two telescopes on Saturday (During stock-take - whoops!) - they got back to me very promptly with not only more information about the two scopes but pictures, advice on using a trolley to move a dobsonian and didn't pressure me into buying either scope.

    So I ordered the Skyliner 150P on Tuesday night - it arrived on Thursday morning at 8.35 (Before I'd got up - day off!), so that's essentially less than one business day's turn around. That is impressively prompt!

    Many thanks to Martin and everyone else at First Light Optics - I am one extremely satisfied customer and will continue to wax lyrical about you!

    Thanks,

    DD (Really known as Paul)

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