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  1. Space Cowboy
    Nice mod 😉 Btw 1 min capture are a bit mean for Jupiter. You could take at least 3 min runs. The more frames the better.
  2. Space Cowboy
    Well done! I use a zoom eyepiece to align a planet on the sensor. Makes it a lot easier.
  3. Space Cowboy
    Very good! Love the animation!
  4. Space Cowboy
    I'm looking at using an artificial star in the future. Always been too much in a rush to image before the clouds roll in.
  5. Space Cowboy
    Thanks Pete. Could have been better if I'd had proper collimation. Checked with a cap after this and secondary was out. I've been too dependent on a laser and it's caught me out. 🙄
  6. Space Cowboy
    Very nicely done!
  7. Space Cowboy
    Terrific set of animations and images!
  8. Space Cowboy
    Nicely presented Kostas.
  9. Space Cowboy
    Thanks, that's clearly defined. I've been looking for an overlay reticle/circle. I'll do the primary shot again.
  10. Space Cowboy
    I haven't even got the patience to collimate my scope properly 😉 Look forward to seeing what you get over the weekend but not sure my forecast is as good 😜
  11. Space Cowboy
    Thanks for that link, just what I was looking for! This is the primary Image through the cap:
  12. Space Cowboy
    Terrific amount of detail Kostas. Look forward to seeing what you can achieve when Jupiter is at opposition. Easy to forget you are doing this without auto tracking.
  13. Space Cowboy
    Thanks, yes the scope is pointing left.
  14. Space Cowboy
    As you can see from the image taken through a collimation cap the secondary mirror on my 10" DOB is not central with the focuser. The question is which way do I move the secondary to align it central with the focuser?
  15. Space Cowboy
    Super images Martyn!
  16. Space Cowboy
    Lovely fine detail as Kostas & Simon have said.
  17. Space Cowboy
    Nice captures Simon. Always good to see a transit shadow and GRS in the same shot.
  18. Space Cowboy
    Thanks Simon. Saturn is my intended target next time for sure. Here is a widefield shot. Alas my laptop runs out of buffer after 1 min of full frame vids with the QHY585.
  19. Space Cowboy
    Thanks Kostas, yes, I can see now I;ve got them up on my big monitor that there is more definition. Pleased with the noise level especially on these though after checking the capture details gain was only 3% less than last time. Animation images are straight out of registax wavelets so might do them a bit more in analyser.
  20. Space Cowboy
    Cheers Reggie! Animations are always good at bringing moon transits to life.
  21. Space Cowboy
    Thanks Gordon that means a lot. Its a tough hobby to master and sometimes very frustrating but being able to share the results with other enthusiasts always makes it worth while.
  22. Space Cowboy
    A whopping 7 min animation.
  23. Space Cowboy
    I soon get frustrated if I know something is taking longer than expected and collimation gets my blood up more than anything. At least I know i'm not alone in the error stakes 🙃 This is three 2 min runs combined in winjup. Not sure if its made much difference. I stacked 30% on each so maybe try less as noise wasn't too bad as I had gain slightly lower.
  24. Space Cowboy
    Cheers Martyn! Always nice to capture the GRS even if seeing wasn't quite as good.
  25. Space Cowboy
    Not the shadow. Just Io sitting next to the GRS. It's pretty blurry. I was rushing and forgot to reconnect the primary fan after collimation. Used a Barlow with the laser and ended up running out of time before daylight.
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