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17 hours ago, ONIKKINEN said:

Consider buying a camera outside of the usual suspects of manufacturers.

I bought the RisingCam IMX571 sensor colour camera and it works great. Obviously its been cloudy for weeks since i bought it but lots of people are happy with theirs and so am i, and the price is really competitive compared to the monopoly-gang manufacturers like ZWO and QHY who have just decided to ask 2200 euros for these products for no real reasons other than they can.

 

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4001359313736.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.5b604c4dWaHMUL

 

Many thanks will take a look 👍🏻

9 minutes ago, Adreneline said:

I use my RedCat primarily with an ASI1600MM-Pro. I also have an ASI183MM-Pro which I use with a Samyang 135mm, however, in theory the ASI183 is a better match to the RedCat than the ASI1600.

That said I am delighted with the results I get with the RedCat+1600.

Also, I’m wanting colour not monochrome (need it simple) 🙂

Thanks for your reply. Wowzer I did a quick search and that camera isn’t cheap is it! 🤦🏻‍♂️
But you recommend it yes? And are you able to get good DSO with that setup?

many thanks 

paul

Hi all,

Am thinking of buying a William optics Redcat 51 for imaging DSOs (my celestron 9:5” is too high power)

What camera would you suggest please. Would like to keep it simple and easy.

Many thanks 

Paul

 

Hi everyone,

What camera would you recommend to use with my Celestron SCT 9.25” ?

I would prefer a proper astrophotography camera rather than a DSLR.

I already have a focal reducer and would mostly want deep sky if possible (although my telescope may be too high mag for that), but would also enjoy planetary.

Any advice would be great guys.

Many thanks!

Paul

 

Ok great, I’ll prep one of my telescopes next time I’m getting clear skies.

Previous few times I did that clouds rolled in 😤

Hi all, 

Is it still possible to see comet Neowise with the naked eye? (I’ve tried but cannot see it)

and is it still possible to view with a telescope?

thanks

p

There’s a hill near me but I wouldn’t want to go there alone at 1am that’s the problem 😬

do you think I should bother attaching my camera to the telescope? I’m not sure what mm lenses they are (my sister gave it to me it’s so old)

One lense is about halve a “ , the other lense is about 2-3”s

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25 minutes ago, Tenor Viol said:

I took this last night - that's 70mm 5 seconds at ISO 1600 around midnight. The only crop on it is to make it a square image - so full height, width cut slightly. This is just a basic JPEG- the RAW file is 40mb. I reckon the tail is at least 5 degrees long 

Thanks fo sharing the settings. What a great location to observe!....unlike my back garden when it comes into view around 2am for about 20mins before going behind a tree for an hour!

33 minutes ago, Aramcheck said:

I think it'll be too much magnification. The folks who've imaged it in our local soc have either used DLSR's with lenses & either single frames or on a tracking mount - or smart phones attached to binoculars..

It is quite bright (naked eye visible) and large, pretty much fills the view in 8x42 bins / 102mm refractor.

I haven't managed to take any proper pics of it, other than with a Compact digital (non DLSR) on a fixed tripod. This is a 5 sec exposure from back garden early Sat. morning along with some Noctilucent clouds.

Cheers
Ivor

Ok thanks. I thought it might be. I’ll also prep my smaller explorer 130m and attach camera to that.

So about 5 sec exposure? I’ll try 4,5 and 6 secs exposure and see how I get on.

the camera is so old it doesn’t even have live view so need to look Through the tiny  5/6mm eye viewer which is dam hard! ...you don’t even know if things are in focus lol!🙈

thanks for your reply it was helpful.

paul

That’s what I thought. Not a big window to see it where I am so don’t want waste time trying different ones.

ill go filterless and will also try my light pollution ones.

thanks for your reply 👍🏻

 

Maybe too high power eyepiece for your telescope, did you try lower eyepiece?

Also did you wait for the kit to cool down outside before observing?

Hi all,

is there a best filter to use to view comet Neowise? 
 

Many thanks!

Paul

Hi folks,

Do you do long or short exposure to take a picture of the comet?

Plesse advise what I should set my Cannon EOS to (its an ancient camera)

I will connect to my celstron SCT 9.5” or is that too much magnification?

many thanks!

Paul

12 minutes ago, John said:

The project has been running since 2015 with the permissions being considered in 2017 and approved towards the end of that year. Worldwide astronomy organisations did raise concerns at the time but the decision was still to go ahead. I believe the project gathered additional impetus when the US military took an interest in it.

By all means sign the petitions etc but in all honesty I don't see any chance whatsoever in stopping this programme now.

If like what I saw last night then this is truely  awful and I dread to think what it will be like with 12,000+ of them constantly orbiting 😔

Signed and shared. Done 👍🏻

Hi folks,

 

I witnessed the Starlink satellites fly over London last night. It’s so unfair. Who gives them the right to ruin our night sky.

 

Is there anything that can be done to stop this?

Paul

No no I’ve not seen that ever and I look up every night with my eyes even when clouds while having a cigarette 

Here in London I saw them. About 20 in a line coming from south west to north east.

cant believe it so unfair, space isn’t their to ruin!

Hi guys, I’ve actually just seen what I had been reading about I can’t believe it!

Im in London and from the south west going to the north east about 30mins ago I viewed with the naked eye about 17 satellites moving  in a line in succession.

these must be those bloody internet satellites (can’t remember the name)

 

 

16 hours ago, noah4x4 said:

Visit 

 

Who is awesome? YOU ARE AWESOME!

Its a nice clear day today so I'm going to test this out from my normal spot where I can see Polaris and see if this works. Will let you know.

Thanks so much! will let peeps know

Paul

5 minutes ago, noah4x4 said:

Am I missing something? The OP has a Celestron mount, yet nobody has mentioned Celestron's excellent All Star Polar Alignment (ASPA) routine simply using the HC.

There is an excellent Dylan O'Donnell "How to" video on YouTube.

ASPA is different to the 2 or 3 star alignment on the HC? Or is it the same thing?

37 minutes ago, CraigT82 said:

You could buy a cheap case for your phone and glue that to an old dovetail bar or even a piece of wood. Put the phone in the case and clamp in, then align, then switch over to the scope (trying not to knock anything in the process!)

🤔that could work couldn’t it. Thanks Craig

How did you mount your phone in your dove tail? A phone bracket or something or tape or something?

So I’d have my phone somehow on my dove tail, PA it, then slide my tube into the dove tail, is that how it’s done?

9 hours ago, Freddie said:

Give it a go, you may be surprised.

I will, thanks 👍🏻