MarsG76
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Skywatcher 130 PDS - Twisted Spider Vane ?
MarsG76 replied to Spaced Out's topic in Getting Started Equipment Help and Advice
The image of Andromeda looks awesome... the split diffraction spikes are very strange indeed... Obviously it is caused by the spider vines. First thing I would do is check to make sure then they're all flat toward the mirror and not twisting at all... any twist will refract light in a strange unpredictable way, especially in long exposures. -
Nice and compact... looks great.
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Fire and Theft: How can we avoid it and stay safe?
MarsG76 replied to Sp@ce_d's topic in DIY Observatories
So... are you going on a holiday any time soon? ;-) ha ha joking... -
Fire and Theft: How can we avoid it and stay safe?
MarsG76 replied to Sp@ce_d's topic in DIY Observatories
Major security breach... astronomy forums are great for thieves to go target hunting... we all love to show off, not just, our photos, experiences at the eye piece but also our hard worked for gear we acquired over time... all a thief needs to do is wait for a slip up where they get a few gps coords, note down few user profile names and wait until a user posts something like "I'm going to the south of France for a week to some dark skies. I can't take my proper Astro gear due to weight restrictions so I can only take my portable..." and JACKPOT... user darkmatter at coords 48.0673299 12.8633177 is giving me a week to harvest his gear for my addiction hit.. the user comes back from his France holiday to keep repeating the coords location name... -
Fire and Theft: How can we avoid it and stay safe?
MarsG76 replied to Sp@ce_d's topic in DIY Observatories
Precisely.... Another option is to connect a 20kV high volt transformer output to the handle... please allow the intruder to complete that circuit... ;-) -
Fire and Theft: How can we avoid it and stay safe?
MarsG76 replied to Sp@ce_d's topic in DIY Observatories
My tip is, don't post pictures of your obsy with down to the arc second gps coordinates displayed somewhere in the photo... -
10%!!!! Sagittarius is just greedy, seems like a disproportionate amount of M objects for it's self....
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What a great report... yup you definitely got the bug... but how could you not with a number of nights of successful observation.
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Nice compact kit.... very neat.
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Yup, although I don't believe in giving up any fights, this one I make an exception for, it's a lost cause, you can't reason with anything as dumb as a box of hammers.
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Ah of course... lucky that the earth is flat and all of that pink sky glow is at the bottom... no wait.. I'm sire I see sky glow, sky glow everywhere... this map might be upside down...
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HA HA, yeah, with every generation I think DNA is more and more corrupt... with each generation IQ drops by a few to a few dozen points.
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Oh John, be careful... looks like you have started the slow decent into being roped into their idiocracy.... you wont be the same at the other end... most likely your opinion of human intellect will be severely damaged... even if its regarding a extremely small minority'o'morons....
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Just don't say that the Hubble is flat... oh man.....
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Don't worry with practice it does get a lot better, but remember that seeing affects the detail of the sun just like any astronomical observation.... perhaps you had very poor seeing.
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People, don't start the flat earth talk... if any flat earthers get involved, you're in danger of actually getting so angry with their non logic BS that you will punch your monitor.
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Ecellent guide and read... I'm looking forward to next years Mars Opposition... I think it'll be the biggest we're likely to see in our lifetimes.
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Wont help, yes it will leave you breathless in the beginning but eventually the clouds will follow.
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Hmm... we can never win... I guess if we even want to see endless clear nights, we have to sell our gear...
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Do you think it might have a effect on increasing or decreasing cloud cover?
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I'm thinking it'll be very clear, crystal transparency and seeing and everything will work beautifully, perfect exposures, perfect tracking... and as you think everything is nice and sweet, you go inside and let the gear do it's thing, just knowing that tonight will be your best image to date... you fall asleep, waking up to cloud, rain and the above mentioned to a drenched scope resembling more a aquarium than a telescope.... now I'm not a pessimist at all even more, michael.h.f.wilkinson.. he he I think it'll be fine, perhaps a few teething issues, but fine and rewarding.
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From the album: Solar System Objects
This picture of Jupiter was imaged on one of the clearest nights I've ever had using a NexStar 8SE and a Skyris 618C. The night was so clear that even the view through the eyepiece revealed details in the atmosphere and the GRS like I've never seen before. After imaging Jupiter, I stacked and processed the Planet and the moons separately concentrating individually on the detail in each object. -
From the album: Solar System Objects
This collection is of my images of Venus I captured during December 2016 and February 2017 which shows the change in phases as Earth catches up to Venus in the orbit around the Sun. The pictures where cloud details are coming through were captured through a UVenus (UV) filter on the clearer atmospheric condition evenings and used as the blue channel. The rest the channels are IRPass 685nm filter as red and luminance (IrCut filter) as green. All were captured using a DMK618 through a 14" Dobsonian.-
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From the album: Deep Sky Astrophotography
Image of the area around the Tarantula nebula, imaged in RGB. This image consists of a few hours of 5 & 10 minute subs in RGB at ISO400. The Large Megellanic Cloud is visible in the lower right of frame where as the Tarantula is in the upper left. Image was taken with a 80mm refractor at 500mm FL. -
From the album: Deep Sky Astrophotography
Image of the Carina nebula, imaged in (HaR)GB. This image consists of 4 hours of 20 minutes subs at ISO400 of HAlpha and about 1 hour each of 5 & 10 minute subs in RGB, ISO400. Image was taken with a 80mm refractor at 500mm FL.-
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