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Focusing NIGHTMARE with 6”SCT + ASI224
martin_h replied to lw2689's topic in Getting Started With Imaging
If as you say, everything is a fuzzy blob, perhaps you are over exposing when focusing, try lowering the gain a touch -
On the mount in the observatory ready to go.
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GSO Ritchey Chretien 10" Backfocus
martin_h replied to Lostone's topic in Getting Started Equipment Help and Advice
I have an 8" RC and didn't bother measuring back focus, I had no clue where it was for my setup I just went with the tried and tested 'try it and see' method -
I have passed a message on to Barry at beacon hill for you. He is pretty much retired now but I do know he still does the mounts.
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Before I automated things that's exactly how I used to do it
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Very interesting thread, my QHY9 defiantly blows away from the heatsink.....quality control!!!! Anyway I have just flipped the fan around and will bang off some darks tonight.
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My QHY9 draws warm air from the heatsink to the outside air
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The dog has eaten my Lens Cover!
martin_h replied to Geoffw's topic in Discussions - Scopes / Whole setups
At least it wasn't your homework. -
Sequence Generator Pro - still value for money?
martin_h replied to PhotoGav's topic in Discussions - Software
I had a go with it and it couldn't find my filter wheel (ascom) so uninstalled it -
Sequence Generator Pro - still value for money?
martin_h replied to PhotoGav's topic in Discussions - Software
Im sticking with the version i have now, it works for me and i have no need to upgrade. if they bring out a radical new version i will bite the bullet ( but i cant think what that upgrade would be. -
Do not clean this blackboard -- Feynman anecdote
martin_h replied to Macavity's topic in Physics, Space Science and Theories
I know. It happens to me all the time -
I wonder if you accidentally left a Lum file ticked while stacking say the Red channel Kappa Sig would see the extra pixels as outliers and remove them?....asking for a friend.
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I have the EQ8 and run it with encoders disabled.....no problems with SGP.
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I stepped into the garden at 3.30 Sunday morning and noticed Orion just rising, looked a bit higher and spotted M45, and for the first time could make it out without averted vision. The seeing must have been exceptional just then because not only could i see it directly, i could distinguish separation between the stars.