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Mine look the same, the pair I have where left outside by the previous owners and where gifted to me, they cleaned up ok but not great. The views are still good.
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The curse of the astronomer is real
Bruce Leeroy replied to AllanK's topic in Getting Started With Observing
It's a good job I didn't finish on "Japanaese Swallow".😅 -
The curse of the astronomer is real
Bruce Leeroy replied to AllanK's topic in Getting Started With Observing
I met a fella in a car park on Monday 2:45pm and bought some Japanese Swallow 15x80 binos (£20 bargain) literally as soon as i got out the car it started to spit rain.....drove home in biblical rain. -
Try a filter if you have any, you could use sunglasses/tinted film to reduce brightness as a test.
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If you imagine that through the night everywhere will cool then when the sun hits the roof in the morning there will be a temperature difference between the top of the metal roof sheeting and the underside this "may" cause some condenstaion on the underside but should burn away quickly if it's a hot day, another scenario at night time is that as you breathe your warm breathe will rise to the underside of the metal sheeting and condensate on the cold roof, good ventilation may be enough to minimise/stop it. Dramatic changes in temperature/moisture are the main culprits....your roof looks to be quite airy so see how it goes would be my advice.
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Nexstar+ handset
Bruce Leeroy replied to Trickyhammer's topic in Getting Started Equipment Help and Advice
From memory if you use Nexremote this info is automaticaly entered from your laptop/pc. -
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As someone else says above, your barlow may have a removeable lens cell...if so then unscrew it and see if it will screw directly onto your eyepiece barrel you may be able to gain focus then, what this will do is reduce the barlow effect from 3x to a lower factor. If you can gain focus on a roof/tree of in the distance and still have some inward travel you will probably also have the possibility of infinity focus.
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Correct, it only loads the firmware, I thought it might help troubleshoot your problem if you had the necessary cables. It does help in the way that if you run it from a PC you don't always have to enter time/date etc as it gets that info from your computer automatically.
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If you can connect the mount to a laptop or pc and use Nexremote you can load firmwares in a virtual enviroment. Not sure how helpful that info is for your problem! The lower video demostrates what I mean.👍
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Quality eyepiece cleaning fluid v LensPen
Bruce Leeroy replied to azrabella's topic in Discussions - Eyepieces
I think a common mistake is contaminating a cloth/wipe with skin grease, I use disposeable gloves. -
Theres some discussion here, I don't own an spc so am not qualified to say much on the subject.
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I haven't done alot of testing, using a standard computar cctv lens I managed to get the image posted below...it's a live stack of around 30 seconds showing a little milky way structure and the Andromeda galaxy lower center. A quick attempt on the Orion nebula dissapointed but I think that could well be user related, I'm also testing a very inexpensive Samsung cctv camera for a wide field view that's giving fairly good results using the standard lens. I use a video grabber to connect it to laptop/sharpcap, the highest resolution is 720. Theres a few youtube videos using the scb 2000.
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Big binoculars slipping on QR plate
Bruce Leeroy replied to WinchesterAstro's topic in Discussions - Binoculars
I don't know tbh, you could try taking them to a hardware shop and seeing if they have something suibtable, I have no idea on the thread size all I can add is that it needs to be a fairly slim washer/nut and would benefit with some type of thin rubber washer between the binos and plate. Good luck. I'll have a check tomorrow and see if I have anything suitable...are they celestron 20x80's ? -
Big binoculars slipping on QR plate
Bruce Leeroy replied to WinchesterAstro's topic in Discussions - Binoculars
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Big binoculars slipping on QR plate
Bruce Leeroy replied to WinchesterAstro's topic in Discussions - Binoculars
I think your binos are missing a threaded washer that locks down onto the quick release plate. -
The grease from your hands will transfer to any cloth then onto the optics, try to use a brand new cloth (with gloves) or use wipes and allow a little time for the cleaning fluid to completely dry/evaporate then "if" you see any residue give a little buff with a dry unused part of the cloth. I've had best results using wipes rather than the Baader wonder fluid.
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Achieving focus with a Evostar 72ed
Bruce Leeroy replied to Mr Thingy's topic in Getting Started With Imaging
If you have a couple of barlow lenses you may be able to remove the lens part and use the body as a temporary extender or stack 2 together if 1 isn't enough or draw 1 out to make a few more mm's. -
I would say any face that is hit by direct sunlight would benefit from insulation and vent from the shaded areas.
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Patrick Moore and 'Seeing Stars' in 1959 - a touch of nostalgia
Bruce Leeroy replied to Avocette's topic in The Astro Lounge
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Budget planetary camera recommendations
Bruce Leeroy replied to Moonshed's topic in Getting Started With Imaging
How about trying an aperture mask or moon filter using your existing camera. And the fastest frame rate possible. -
Looking at the video I would guess it's a little overexposed, I think there is more detail in your video that will show if you can find how to lower the exposure in your video software, from what i've read on SGL you should highly reduce the exposure when capturing!!
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Sometimes your eyes will deceive you so if the double image is from collimation ( 1 side higher in the left eyepiece - _ than the right eyepiece for example ) you should rotate the whole binocular so your left eye is looking in the right eyepiece and see if the difference is the same - _ or _- as when you viewed them normally. Hope I'm clear enough 😛