MarsG76
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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 Imaging
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 Imaging
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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From the album: Deep Sky Imaging
This is a photo of the Milkyway around Sagittarius and the center of our galaxy. This image was taken with a unmodded Canon 7D and a 24-105mm Lens set at 24mm and consists of a stack of 18 x 20 second subs taken at ISO6400. No tracking, just a camera pointed up on a standard tripod. The night I was imaging this, Sagittarius was at near zenith on a particularly clear night.-
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Eyepieces for Astromaster 130
MarsG76 replied to Pawel's topic in Getting Started Equipment Help and Advice
I agree with the above statement. Some of the nicest views I saw of Saturns rings on a semi clear night were at about 184X. It was stable and clear, so for your scope if it is 650mm focal length use either a 3.5mm eyepiece or a 7mm eyepiece with a 2X barlow, but a 5mm EP is a good midpoint. -
From the album: Deep Sky Imaging
While waiting for the Tarantula to get into imaging position to grab some Ha and OIII subs to add to the previous posted image, I decided to do a quick 47Tuc image. Unfortunately when centered, there was no guide star in the OAG at the current setup, and I did not want to alter the position of the OAG since it was still setup from a previous session to continue on NGC2070... so some unguided subs of the glob had to suffice... it's only 15 x 60sec, 15 x 30sec and 15 x 10sec subs in ISO800 at F10 using the modded Canon 40D. Seeing wasn't the best but surprisingly being unguided the stars were round, fat but round... I guess it's only 60 seconds at longest sub and PA was quite accurate.© Mariusz Goralski
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From the album: Solar System Objects
This is the first Saturn imaged since I moved. Seeing was above average, but not the best I have ever experienced. The most I could manage decent data is through a 2X barlow max.. 3X was staring to go a little soft. Imaged using Imaging Source 21au618 using standard R, G & B filters and a IR Cut filter through the 8SE on 29th May 2016. 3000 frames IR Cut Luma. 2000 frames R & G filters. 750 frames B filter. Used best 25% frames. Color balanced in PS.© Mariusz Goralski
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From the album: Solar System Objects
Full moon taken with a canon 40D single shots in two parts than combined the two halves in PS.
