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spaceman_spiff

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    Astronomy; Astrophotography; Computational Neuroscience; Data Analysis; Horology (clocks & time pieces - nothing else!); Classical music; Hiking; Jogging, PS4!!!
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    Bury, Lancashire

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  1. spaceman_spiff

    Photos from Bury

    This folder contains photos taken from my house. The view is quite obscured to the west and south so I must wait for things to come to me.
  2. Love it! It really shows space as a constantly changing place.
  3. You should post the video of the occultation...
  4. spaceman_spiff

    Planetary work

    This album contains my newer images of Solar System objects taken using my 150mm Skymax Mak-Cass.
  5. Really nice shot. Credit for staying up.
  6. Imaging Mars tonight, seeing is bad/can't get good focus. Will wait for Mars to get a bit higher...

  7. I have an EQ5 Pro and this can happen if the RA is well past meridian and the Dec is low. This is never an issue when in operation as the computer would do a meridian flip.
  8. Really nice image. Well done. I just processed my attempt and only a little bit of detail came out. I feel Mars is more strongly affected by bad seeing than Jupiter...
  9. Nice shot! I've got a Astromaster 90 (on an EQ mount) and I can say it's a very good performer. I use it for Scouts/Cub astronomy evenings. I might try to get the kids to use their phones next time.
  10. Hi Miguel, Telescope used: SW Skymax 150 with TeleVue 2x Barlow (giving at least 3200mm focal length) Mount: SW EQ5 Pro Camera: Cannon 550D (normally in 640x480 Crop mode for the planets) Images processed using RigiStax6 and Pipp
  11. I just noticed, you started that previous post - was there something else you wanted to know about the EQ5 pro mount?
  12. What would you like to know? It's a good mount for smaller telescopes and imaging with a budget. I use one with my Skymax 150 for lunar, planetary and solar imaging and it gives good results. I also used it beyond its max payload for imaging deep sky and it did work if the scope was properly balanced. However, I agree with other members points in the post below about the benefits of a HEQ5. I got the EQ5 when I was starting the hobby and I did not want to commit tones of cash early on. Later I got the AZEQ6 but the EQ5 is still in service. Take a look at the previous post here...
  13. Just spotted the dates in the notes are wrong - it was 02-03/11/2022.
  14. I got lucky that night, but the following night I paid the price - got drenched trying to image the Packman Nebula. The telescope survived but my home built dew heater did not...
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