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50 minutes ago, mapstar said:

Dangerous? I've been to nearly a dozen star camps and never thought it an issue as it's not like wild camping?

I meant me thinking could be dangerous ? not the camping aspect,

I've yet to get myself to this camp site, past dates not really been favourable but there is a possible chance for 2019,

i know this camp site is supposed to be a little remote, just thinking(could be dangerous) aloud,
the dates for this camp fall over what i would have thought would be Bonfire weekend? which would mean lots of bright explosive things going off in the sky as well as smoke from bonfires, would this not be some what of an issue or does that sort of thing not affect the camp site because of where it is situated?

if I'm being daft just tell me to shut up ?

Can't compete with many on here  

but this is my baby one,

To my eyes it doesn't seem like there is anything wrong with your polar alignment, looks like you nailed it, well done done on your 1st tracked image,

looks like you just caught a small part of the roof in bottom left,

And for those that missed it  including me, here it is again 

I posted this on another thread, but this is one i managed with a Celestron Travel scope 70 on my star adventurer, not very heavy i know,

might give the sw ed80 a go,  according to the Skywatcher web site, 2.47kg 

Star Aventurer
Celestron Travel Scope 70
Canon 600d
ISO 800
Baader UHC-S filter with an additional Light pollution filter 

I also included a set of darks,bias and flat frames this time,

24 x 60 sec lights
28 x darks
36 x flats
32 x bias

4 hours ago, Shelster1973 said:

Will be a delay on the video, sorry.  Did not get a chance over the weekend and am slammed in work this week, so will try my hardest to get it done in the week if i get a chance, or next weekend.

No worries, 

3 hours ago, Shelster1973 said:

What do you want me to cover in it?  Let me know and can get one done over the weekend as am away until then.

How to set it up for astro time lapse if you could please, 

i find it easier to follow with narration,

many thanks

16 hours ago, Shelster1973 said:

Can do another with commentary if you so desire though.

I have just got myself one of the red star adventurers, going to update the firmware on it,

I wouldn't mind seeing one with commentary if you could,

Regards

James

I have sent A Skywatcher Mak 127 over to Spain early last year, no problems what so ever,
as @ollypenrice i used, if memory serves me right  UPS and i cannot fault them, just make sure you pack it well, it would probably be best if you find out postal charges before hand, chances are there will 2 or 3 
variations and then let the buyer choose which method they want,

Package was delivered on time at the other end and in one piece as well, buyer was very happy,

Well i managed to get out last night(Sat) to do a little grab and go session on Orion, and it was only little.

My set up was, 

EQ3-2 on aluminium tripod (first time using this)
Canon 600d (unmodified)
Skywatcher 130P-DS (WITH CURVED SPIDER)

At the moment this is not the ideal set up as i only have one counter weight, which is not enough when using the 130P-DS, so to improvise i ended up balancing one of my power drills on the counter weight bar  (not ideal)

I could only do a rough polar align (by eye) as i do not have a polar scope for the EQ3-2 at the moment

So after a little messing around i ended up taking (according to DSS)

30 light frames @ 45 seconds (best i could achieve) total of 22 mins 54 sec

i then cheated a little and used a set of dark and bias frames i had from previous session  

it was then processed in Photoshop cc using some of @steppenwolf tips from Dark Art or Magic Bullet (really need to read this again)

As is understandable the image is really short on data and proper set up, but overall quite happy with what i got, 

1st Image is my set up with balancing power drill 

2nd image ORION

On 18/12/2017 at 23:08, jjosefsen said:

I  tweaked it a little, and I think it looks better now, not so green.

 

That is a very good image, 

you could run HLVG in photoshop, it is a good little plug-in for removing that green cast, have a look here, http://www.deepskycolors.com/archive/2010/04/26/hasta-La-Vista-Green.html

hope you don't mind but i just ran your image through it, this is the result, 

BEFORE

AFTER

Regards

On 15/12/2017 at 16:52, Bobby1970 said:

This one is new, and it's been reduced 

Where was this for sale?

1 hour ago, Thalestris24 said:

Yeah, thinking about it, it's probably to do with the servo control. I suppose I might as well trash it...

Hi Louise,

Please don't do that  surely it must be worth salvaging 

Well, i went and picked it up today  from the postal depot,

It's not brand new (but it is to me) and boy am i chuffed with it 

here it is, (might be a while though with this weather before it gets used,)

  I missed the post lady,

Now i have to wait until tomorrow,

Tomorrow  when the nice post lady has been,

I should be able to show you mine 

Well here is my 1st attempt at M31,

i know there is a lot wrong with this but for my 1st attempt im pretty happy, also need to work on my processing,

taken on Sunday night 02/10/16

60 x 60sec lights
master dark and bias
SW130pd-s
Canon 600d

Without going back through this thread, there is a chance this particular ST120 has featured on here with it's past owner/s, however it's now mine  and i thought it was time i introduced it ,

so here it is, not had it's first light proper yet with me, but hopefully that won't be to far off

Would just like to say a big thankyou to everyone at FLO for outstanding customer service and helpfulness with my purchase of Lunt white light Herschel wedge,
nothing seems to much trouble for these guys and girls,
even though i left it to last minute and enquired about it after hours and wanted next day delivery (Sat) FLO did everything they could to accomodate,
Package duly received by Saturday lunchtime, Outstanding.

Best regards and thanks
James

17 minutes ago, swamp thing said:

Wow! that really is some terrible block work you've got going on in the background there. 
Sorry couldn't help but notice being a brickie  

it is not something I had any control over,

whoever built the house is responsible for that (alleged professionals) , at the other side of that garage wall is my kitchen

Regards
James

And back to reality  here is mine

I'm a little late, but hello and welcome Paul from another Lancashire lad

James

All being well  I hope to be contributing to this thread soon as I have just taken possession (thanks nightfisher) of SW 130P-DS

My intention is to use it on my pier mounted EQ5 so weight wise I think I should be ok compared to my 200p

Wow,

To you sir i take my hat off, what an absolute brilliant post

Very informative, nicely put together and am liking those list of what to look for

Thank you