StaceStar

13 minutes ago, JamesF said:

Exactly the same as I tried then.  Looks like your threaded rod may be slightly better quality than mine though

James

Possibly, I read your post on your thread. There doesn't seem to be any wobble in mine. 

When I'm happy with it all I'm going to put a notch in the end of the peg so I can tighten it with a screwdriver, then put a thin layer of locktite to lock it down. Hopefully it should do 

1 hour ago, JamesF said:

Are you using the connector now, Stacey, or just the threaded section, or something different again?

James

Hey James I had some threaded M10 rod left over, so I lopped a little off and used a file to square it off a bit and flatten the sides. It seems thick enough and I have plenty of azimuth adjustment. I did order some threaded stud connectors though as my plan b. They were pretty cheap at £2.50 for three. I figured they might be useful in future anyway

Also, got more supplies 

Also I think the pup wants to play ball. 🙈

And we have a good fit! 😁 Going to lose the nut and use locktite instead most likely locktite blue 

North peg MK2, slightly shorter, more squared off too

11 minutes ago, Yawning Angel said:

Looking smart! Those adapters are beautifully made 😀 If you need more diameter for the bolt, try threading on a ‘stud connector’. They are either hex sided or smooth. Should be about £1 on eBay

Ahhhhh that's what I was looking for!!! Just ordered some, thank you

North peg MK1 complete. Lets hope there's no need for mk 2 😅

10 minutes ago, Swoop1 said:

Very nice detail, particularly the mosaic.

Thank you, yes that was my main objective this eve. The Copernicus was done as a bit of an addition at the end 😁

also here's a bit of Copernicus from this eve too

3 minutes ago, JamesF said:

And very nice it is, too.

James

Cheers James!

Never bothered doing a lunar mosaic before , so thought why not!

this is 18 panels and about 18000 frames shot in total.

Altair 72EDF deluxe, 2 x barlow, altair GPcam 290c. 

20 minutes ago, JamesF said:

Ah, it's M10 rather than M8?  I shall bear that in mind

James

Yes, double check it (I always doubt myself haha) but I'm pretty sure it's an M10 

Well this is flippin irritating, but I knew it would happen 😂 time to cut down an M10 bolt! 

2 minutes ago, JamesF said:

I think that's the same as one of mine.  Do you have an az index pin for it?

James

Sadly not. The pin on my tripod is one of the molded kind, it doesn't detach. Apparently I should be able to use an m8 bolt and then file the sides off if I need to

This arrived today! Just ordered the anchor bolts. Now just to get some masonry paint and resin fixer

7 minutes ago, Vicky050373 said:

Love a time lapse. You had a nice clear sky last night. Pity it doesn't get dark until very late and even then, no sooner as it's dark it's getting light again!

So right, I'm picking my battles as and when to get my full imaging rig out. So thought if I can find other stuff to do then hopefully I won't get too bored over summer (and spend too much money ) ha!

1 hour ago, Demonperformer said:

Cool.

What was the interval between the individual frames?

Thanks! Each exposure was 15s with the interval set to 20. So 5s I think. I probably made that sound more complex than I needed to 😂

Never done one before, but thought why not! 

Especially as I left it running while game of thrones was on haha!

anyway this is my Eastern sky over south Birmingham

It's all good just trying  to get an idea of the bigger picture. What was the exposure time of these pics? Generally with something bright like the moon, you would be looking at very very short exposures 

11 minutes ago, monikatt said:

I recently bought a cooled hypercam for astro imaging. I have never used anything else then DSLR before, so I have no experience using this kind of camera.

 

I tryed to image the moon, since that is the easiest target to find on the night sky. But it appears as a light bulb when I try to photograph it. I got a huge lightbulb on the screen and when I attached the recommended spacers the lightbulb became worse, and its not even possibly to see what I tried to take a photo of.

 

The photos shows my very first attempt with the 30 mm nosepiece that came with the camera – here you can see the moon. The other photo is using the spacers that was recommended. I have tried to focus in various ways and I have also read the manual Altair astro have on their web page.

 

I have no clue of what I might doing wrong. Anyone have any experience with this?

 

My equipment: refractor Starwave 80 mm triplet APO, Altair astro flattener 1.0x, Altair astro hypercam 1600M. I dont have any filter

 

Hi what spacers are you using ? It looks to me here like it was very out of focus and over exposed.

Thank you both

Haven't been feeling too wonderful lately, so haven't done much work with my scope at all. Decided to ease myself back into it by going after this pair. 

These galaxies featured in my first ever exposure with my equipment back in Dec17/Jan 18. I'd never used an eq mount before and I remember running up the stairs shouting that I had galaxies haha on a simple 30s exposure. 

Its always good to revisit things

M81 & M82 

83x 120s stacked and edited in APP with final touch up in photoshop.

Altair 72edf deluxe, 0.8x reducer, hypercam 183c pro tec, L Pro Max filter. HEQ5 pro

Hi all, I'm definitely a newbie when it comes to solar imaging anyway took delivery of a new camera yesterday (I've been using a 290c up till this point) and got my first light today . 

Camera is another purple one 😂

I think my dog likes the colour ?? 

Anyway I managed to shoot ar 2741 through passing cloud so I'm quite happy with this. 

Shot with an Altair 72edf deluxe, quark Chromosphere and GPCAM3 178m

New camera for solar work Altair gpcam3 178m