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rcwinter

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  1. Like Nigella says, Lunt / Bresser certainly support you, when I had my LS60 which was pressure tuned , they supplied two sets of O rings and I was also concerned about the condition of the blocking filter ITF, they supplied both Free of Charge , no problem My Lunt performed great no doubt about that. Hopefully my Quantum will Last many years without trouble, by that time maybe DS will get there act together There are many happy owners of Quark filters, once going they do the job well, but it can be a lottery Rich
  2. It’s on my bucket list, but when who knows 🤷🏻‍♂️
  3. I liked the Shetland webcam as well, I also use the Alaska Aurora chasers and the Lapland ones , I watched the Shetland display much like Nigella and the Lapland 0ne, example below , it refreshed every mins unlike the Shetland display which is live, if you turn up,the volume could even hear the wind
  4. Daystar Customer Services Bit of a long one but worth a read and may make you giggle , I am over it now. Like many I too have dealt with Tiffany (Customer Services ) at Daystar directly when getting my filters restored , both Quark and Quantum very frustrating and awkward to work with, no wander some importers / dealers decided that dealing with DS and the service they got was just not worth the trouble, I do not use them directly anymore. For example a year or so ago I sent two Quantum's back for restoration of the blocking and trimming filters, one belonged to me and the other a friend, we thought it was a good Idea to send them together to save on shipping etc , one was a warranty repair and mine was to be paid for, they went off in a nice peli case to protect them from damage one their journey,, eventually more than 6 months later with more emails than you can shake a stick at, they were dispatched back from Daystar, I tracked them back and waited with great anticipation of their arrival. UPS dropped them off, my heart sank when he handed me just a Jiffy bag, yes, they both arrived back in a single Jiffy bag seperated by a single plastic bag and a silica gel bag , my heart sank further when I opened the bag and peered inside you can imagine that banging together on the trip back destroyed both the labels and scratched the filter bodies, I was so upset and went on a rant with Daystar, I evetyally got my pelican case back, which they forgot to use for the return journey, Daystar did compensate me for the trouble they caused and apologised by putting in the peli case, two new labels an oily rag to wipe the filter body clean when replacing the stickers and a Werthers Original Sweet ( yes just one ) Jyst my ditty, hope you enjoyed it, it makes me giggle now , but at time just very disappointed after parting with a large amount of money for my repair to be treated so badly By what is supposed to one of the best in which you put your trust and belief in. I do like Lunt customer services, albeit Bresser in Germany , but they were responsive and you got support
  5. Hi Everyone i had several chats with Cor ( Registax) about the issues which he thinks could be codec based issues. He suggested PIPP and , VirtualDub which I have used and works well, PIPP was a little more awkward Thanks for your help, m&ch appreciated Richard
  6. Hi Steve I agree that once the files get to a certain file size Registax does not like it at all, on my laptop what happens is it processes the larger file but then miss reads it on compilation and you get maybe half an image or it goes completely white. My desk top is i7, my laptop is i7 very similar spec, I keep the file size to below 1000 frames to avoid the fall over. Issue, usually stop the capture at 800 frames, never an issue on the laptop, for ease of use I store the AVI’s on a portable 2TB WD drive and bring it to the house after use to process, my laptop is fine and will process all, however the house is a no no, the desktop is about 3 years old so not new, it is a Dell SMF 500Gb SSD boot OS disk and 1 TB second storage drive I have Auto Stakert but prefer Registax, for my purposes it does it better job, I also have AVI stacker 2 which I occasionally use but needs a bit of TLC to use likewise I also like the wavelet feature in Registax kind regards Richard
  7. Many thanks for the replies so far, on the deck top pc, the avi’s will run under the normal Win 10 software , so I can run them, according to the Registax info the software only reads the first frame to recognise it as avi. Thanks for the info on virtual dub , I will look at that kind regards Richard
  8. Hi Everyone Not sure if anyone has had this experience, but thought I would ask I run a laptop when away from home Regi-stax 6 runs fine no issues On my desktop however it will not load the avi’s , I tried unloading and reloading the software but still the same checked the avi files on my laptop all runs fine, desk top “Computer says No”. not sure what to do next Anyone have any suggestions ? regards Richard
  9. Hi Alexandra Cool , I will get one and have a go, seems nice and simple. 👍 Hope you had a good Christmas Day i had no idea that these even existed, life is an education kind regards Richard
  10. Hi Alexandra How did you do that, I like it what “ paper” did you use kind regards Richard
  11. Hi All Like many I managed to get out on the 24th for a quick session with the active regions currently in rotation I did fumble for a time trying to get my new Cak Filter sorted but have an issue with in focus and my camera, so turned my attention to the current set of Ars 2794 & 2795. Captured a couple of quick ones as the sun is so low I had to remount the AP to peer over the edge of the Obsy wall, I managed to Polar align it earlier in the week Here are some efforts for the day SR 2794 & 2795 and a Prom time was around 11:00-12:30pm
  12. So long as it’s kept dry it should not be an issue, when we are at Kelling Heath kit is usually left out for the week with safety covering of course Just make sure you covering is secure , if it gets windy it will become like a kite and can tip over equipment seen that on more than one occasion , luckily not my own Rich
  13. Hi Nigella Just stunning images, absolute crackers.. I tried at the weekend but my scope is below the obsy wall when the roof is open, very sad face hopefully have that sorted soon, going to raise the mount if the weekend permits my view was Richard
  14. Hi Ibbo Great captures, lovely detail, so complex, I opened up the obsy only to find the scope needs to be raised as it’s below the southern wall, Dohhh I need a rising pier to left it high enough, I will try again today just incase I can find away around it Richard
  15. Hi Charl Nicely captured, I am very jealous, with all the recent activity which is great to see, all we have had for ages is clouds, I really hope for a break so I can have a peep if we are lucky we may get a look this weekend, but the weather is fickle maybe the government has a cloud button, they use to drive us back to wirk kind regards Richard
  16. Excellent work, I hope it’s clear at the weekend, need my sun fix Congrates Richard
  17. Super images , just jealous, i am stuck at work and not had a chance to get a look congrats A1++++ Richard
  18. Hi K ok, got you, where do you want me to send it ? kind regards Richard
  19. Hi Dave Very nice indeed , expertly done A1 ++ Richard
  20. Hi Pete Not sure what you mean by a “raw” file as they are part of a video avi However I am sure much more detail can be gotten from the images These were the first set of images taken since repairs and upgrade took place, so kind of kit testing at the moment kind regards Richard
  21. Hi John Great detail, you can see the granulation nicely Richard
  22. Hi Dave it certainly was a struggle to get a bit of stability, great capture considering Rich
  23. I was lucky enough to get a chance to image AR2781 today between breaks in the cloud, being very low the atmosphere was jumping around and it was a challenge to get a few seconds of steady seeing Hope you like what I got Rich
  24. Great Capture I was luck enough to get to image it today even though the cloud was a problem Richard
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