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Newspapers' weather warnings have started predicting coldest ever days ahead. Just last week we were supposed to be hotter than Spain. That's how I know summer is over. 😁😁😁

1st Sun of Autumn..Coronado SolarmaxII 60 single stack. Point Grey Chameleon 3 mono cam

I think there was a big tilt in the camera.. or something else. It was first light for Chameleon 3 cam.. so don't really know the cause of streaks lower right..

F. You're right. Guess I never had the scope point that way. Time to rethink this before winters. Going to put my c8 on the mount and going by the number of times I get a chance to go out, I can park this setup for a while. Thanks for preventing a disaster

Yep. I think so.. haven't noticed any issues in rotation

First light of my ridiculous setup.. the guidescope is only 5mm smaller than the imaging scope 😅

And a q.... do I have pinched optics?

This was a single sub.. marked it as bad

disappeared after two subs. must be internal reflections when my neighbour's arc lights switched on when i went to my garden

This is such an improvement. I remember placing the camera and focusing and then turning the camera so it does not turn the focuser under cable tension.

Tested ZWO1600MM with the coronado as the 174M I had for quark was undersampling a lot.. I think I will switch to this cam..

It is a gem, I used it for quite a while. Here's one from the mercury transit of 2016 and a close-up of a prominence

What do you use to increase contrast in the visual observations through your solar scope. I have Coronado single stack 60mm. The double stack unit are under production apparently but have already missed the expected ready by dates. Till they get it out in the market obviously at exorbitant rates, are there any filters I can buy to boost the contrast?

I used this for quite some time. Good views and you can take good photos as well, if you are into it.

it was 63 captures each 1000 frames ~30-33 sec per capture. 30 sec wait between captures Used sharpcap

Forgot to take flats so lots of dust bunnies on surface exposures. So had to satisfy myself with prominence animation only. mp4.mp4

So, I have two dovetails on my scope. One, the factory one and the other from ADM which is not a vixen and is meant to hold Adm accessories. I now use it just for lifting the scope. Took out the scope after 6 months and surprise, I fixed it on the mount using the adm dovetail. And on the third slew, it came off and dropped. I tried to catch it, but couldn't and it fell on the grass. The mirrors however are intact and collimation still as it was before. Maybe just a whiff of good luck.

Sorry for being thick. By alignment do you mean star alignment or something else? Can you give a link to the topic please. I so need to do this. I will have a spare week next month so can finally find time to do this.

Finally done with processing. Followed the steps in Michael's pinned post at the top of this forum. Next try sometime later now.. Solarmax II 60, single stack and Altair Hypercam 174M Mono

Looks interesting... so not strictly as good as dedicated CaK, but still good...

Hi anyone having any experience using this filter along with the solar film on the front objective? https://www.altairastro.com/altair-nuv-7nm-125-filter-6910-p.asp

It took very careful combination of focus shifts and tuning. I think, the details are now getting well captured. thanks to all who helped me... This is just very fast processed. will do a proper one later

I took it out yesterday and given everything a good tightening. I am planning to give it a quick check when I see the sun next... I will update .. Fingers crossed