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Skipper Billy last won the day on November 27 2020
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Both are lovely images and elegantly processed. Bortle 8 ! Wow - daylight struggles to get to Bortle 8 up here in the winter!!!
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Could the imagers help with a STEM quiz please?
Skipper Billy replied to JOC's topic in Imaging - Discussion
You are welcome to download any of my images and use them freely without crediting. Click on any image and it will take you to the full res version on Flickr which you can download. https://www.davidbanksastro.com/widefield-imaging https://www.davidbanksastro.com/deep-space-objects https://www.davidbanksastro.com/home -
New Takahashi
Skipper Billy replied to Nicola Fletcher's topic in Discussions - Scopes / Whole setups
There are nae pockets in a shroud -
Some are just jumping on the bandwagon too !! I was all set to buy a set of Astrodon narrowband filters until they went up about 30% for no apparent reason!
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As a retailer (nothing to do with astro) we are facing two issues - UK (non) supply chain - take International Paints for example - spring time - people ready to get their boats sorted out for the season - International have virtually nothing on their shelves - many of the workforce were furloughed and therefore not making paints - how can they or we trade our way out of this mess if nobody has any stock of anything??? Secondly - stuff that comes from outside the UK - aside from China a lot of boaty stuff comes from Sweden, Germany, Italy and Greece - the few that will still ship to the UK hav
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The Horsehead Nebula and Flame Nebula (Barnard 33 and NGC2024) - 7 hours of Ha data gathered on 12th Feb. and 40 mins each of RGB binned 2x2 under terrible conditions - (full moon and wispy high cloud) on 1st March. Nearly didn't bother processing it but the quality of the HA data hides the poor quality of the RGB.
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IKO - IC59 & IC63 Ghost of Cassiopeia Data - Winners!
Skipper Billy replied to Grant's topic in IKI Observatory
@Xiga Thank you so much for that detailed and easy to follow explanation. Very kind of you to share your method. Every day is a school day!!!! Thanks again and congratulations on your win! -
IKO - IC59 & IC63 Ghost of Cassiopeia Data - Winners!
Skipper Billy replied to Grant's topic in IKI Observatory
Well done @Spongey and @Xiga A worthy winning image Xiga. I would be very interested in how you tamed that screaming star - its something I always struggle with. -
You dont say whether the USB hub is powered or not - if its not powered its almost certain to give problems. The best one I ever found for reliability was the Startech one - https://www.ebuyer.com/196841-startech-com-mountable-rugged-industrial-7-port-usb-hub-st7200usbm
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Welcome !! I am just down the road from you just across the border between Lochaber and Argyll.
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Sky-Watcher Price Increases
Skipper Billy replied to FLO's topic in Sponsor Announcements and Offers
M'Aidez - we have gone off topic !!!!!!!