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Would have been fun! As it happens, I did once build a replacement for a historic telescope, the Oddie refractor that was destroyed in the Canberra bushfires back in 2005. The new one was a 9" f15 and whilst not a copy of the original, very much in that late 19th century style
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Night vision with the ovni-m astro eyepiece
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Thanks for posting that - very interesting! Did you find the image very flickery or sparkly (with the scintillation noise)? And how easy was it to order the EP here in the UK? -
I think the slight kink is real as I didn't miss shooting for any long periods. Aim was once a week and sometimes it would be 10 or 11 days and sometimes 5 or 6 but overall fairly constant intervals. The other thing of course is that each frame had to be corrected for sky brightness (full moon, new moon etc. and some were necessarily at twilight) so there's a bit of jiggery there. I don't think it would have had much effect though as the brightness of the surrounding stars looks fairly constant.
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thanks yes, it's awkward at the moment since it's only high near dawn. Couple of weeks in January when it's only visible low in the evening and low in the dawn were the worst for me. Not so good at getting up at 4am these days! Had a look at the AAVSO site but couldn't see a curve for the current cycle. I'd be interested as it's been a bit hard to know when exactly the cycle is complete as some maxima are brighter than others
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Recently finished a project to create a time-lapse movie of the variable star Chi Cygni. Period is about 407 days and the magnitude variation is spectacular ranging from about 4 to about 14. It's almost circumpolar to the UK so is visible at some point during any night. Amazingly given the British weather, was able to get a shot more or less every week. Would like to upload the video but it doesn't seem to work for some reason, but here's a link to it on Youtube Would like to put it up here if possible. Tried Mov and AVI neither work. Does anyone have any suggestions for what formats do work on this site?
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Chi Cygni variable star time-lapse
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Thanks yep, was built over several years and very useful. But I appreciate that for many people, this isn't a viable option. Only became possible for me in recent years.
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Any possibility of an observatory at your place? Been a game changer for me
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Love it! Very ingenious use of the scissor jack! Building your own stuff adds a whole extra dimension to the hobby - especially in a 99% cloudy country
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Excellent!!