Pete Presland

Where will be the best place to purchase one I wonder, I guess there are a few UK retailers.

Not spent my birthday money yet, I think this is going to be top of the list!

Hi welcome to SGL from Pete in Bedfordshire :-)

13 hours ago, Cometeer said:

I don't know if you guys saw this:

https://luntsolarsystems.com/product/1-25-feather-touch-focuser-2/

 

A feathertouch for the LS50. Looks like it's only single speed.

Looks similar dimensions to the helical focuser. Minimum focuser height of 48 mm and 15mm of travel. My replacement focus was a little under the minimum height and the travel is around 13mm on both of mine. The minimum travel is not an issue for ZWO camera uses threading direct in to the blocking diagonal. "In focus" is certainly of interest to myself as I still use a imaging source camera.

2 hours ago, Cometeer said:

I never even take mine off 

Mine only comes off because it wont fit in my flight case

7 minutes ago, jabeoo1 said:

This DS really blew my socks off today, I can clarify I am very happy with this setup.   My well documented ups and downs are hopefully helpful to others, and at the same time not intended to put people off.  As with all things astronomical its about patience and willingness to persevere.  

When seeing is good and the features are actually there (cross reference with GONG) this thing really kicks things up a notch.  

In the words of Highburymark 'this scope just keeps giving',

I am more consistently enjoying this setup now  

As you said earlier once you use the D/S you probably will not use it without. As an imager the 2nd thing I do after powering up the PC, is screw on the Double stack

2 hours ago, Cometeer said:

Without for me. Even if I do imaging I'll be attaching the camera to the bf, not the focuser. If it doesn't hurt to leave it on, I don't mind as long as it doesn't add any extra length to the overall focuser draw tube.

Me too, length is going to be absolutely crucial.

I wonder what sort of price range they will be, better dave some pennies 

I think this was from around 2010. I remember star hoping to the area where it should be, I couldn't see M51 but I took a short unguided sub anyway. I couldn't believe it when it appeared on screen, I was pretty much a imaging convert from then on!

Love the thought of a moonlite focusser on my Lunt50. 

43 minutes ago, AstroEd said:

I am not sure what you mention but the B/W images are made from avi files that I stack in autostakkert!2 keeping the best 25-50% of anywhere from 1000-3000 frames and save as TIF files, then run in Registax for wavelets which to be honest I do not yet understand the settings I just play with sliders till they look better than the origional. Then I save them as JPG and open in Photoshop CS5 to adjust histogram and curves convert to 8bit and grayscale, then I use the Duotone to add color to taste. Still learning what looks right.

When I post I tend to post the best single frame which looks soft out of focus then the stacked with wavelets image, then the final color so people can see the progress of the image as in the images with the 3 views.

Sorry I meant the fine lines not files, no idea why I wrote that 

Good end result. What are the files though, i don't think i have seen them before?

Hi welcome to SGL from Pete in Bedfordshire

A Lunt50 with a double stack, this photo was from December with the sun so low I have to be mobile  

That amazing prom and one of many A/R'S that crossed the disc.

At leasts relatively quite at the moment. Looking forward to see the results of the focuser and what if any difference it makes to the isseus regarding imaging.

Looking forward to reading the review.

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Hi welcome to SGL from Pete in Bedfordshire

Excellent tutorial and a very nice end image!

It certainly is very similar to the Plough.

Loving the images in this thread great evidence of whats possible without tracking/guiding, well done to everybody who has contributed.  

Hi welcome to SGL from Pete in Bedfordshire

more info needed about your capture settings. are you using the full 1280x960 format or ROI format, what exposure time?

its been a while since i used firecapture, but i think the USB traffic setting has been there for a while, it is certainly on my older version. i normally have mine set around 55-60% high enough to allow a good frame rate, not too high to start dropping frames. 13 fps is pretty slow, what are you imaging?

what a great resource, well done to all involved!