Uranium235

Got a couple of hours in last night, not a great sky - but worthy for some testing.

Yeah, it started just as it got dark.... fortunately I was using 5nm Ha filters, so that should have blotted out the worst of it.

Xbox?...lol. Try D2 on a gaming PC  totally different experience. No aim assist, since mouse and keys are far superior  (headshots galore!). The new updates made heroic strikes more difficult than a nightfall  (which is utterly bonkers).

Not for me it aint for co-op and PvE, its pretty good - and season 3 (warmind) has toughened things up quite considerably.

You'l find that not much will tickle it Im running the Ryzen 5 (6/12 core, coverclocked), just 8 gig Corsair DDR 2666, but with the added bonus of a 256gb M.2 SSD (and that goes like stink!). Last night I had Cubase and Destiny 2 running at the same time and it didnt even break a sweat (I didnt notice I'd left Cubase running until I quit out of Destiny).

Very... very.. carefully

Which one was it?

Yep, and I've managed to bag M81 at the rayleigh limit of the telescope   not calibrated properly yet, but its the largest M81 Ive ever put out....lol.

Thanks Dave

For widefield with that camera, its best to use a fast, short focal length lens (135 or 200mm). I used the Samyang 135 for the above image, exposure time was just 40x120s (with hints of IFN when heavily stretched).

For DSO work, its probably worth checking whether your optics have enough aperture to give a low enough rayleigh limit to suit the pixel size (though not important for planetary/solar).

If you go for the cool version, it will double up as a half decent DSO camera too (currently got one on test)

bring it on!!

Sucker for punishment!  

lol.... that squid is making mine look like a smash n' grab!

just making sure im getting the most out of the camera Im doing one more sub on CTB1 (to make it 12x1800), then moving over to the cone.

Yep, it's pretty nippy out there. But at least it's clear and no moon so going for CTB1 again - 30min subs.

No work tomorrow again, due to the big freeze. 

Yep, gotta clear a foot of snow off the patio first and salt the steps, i don't fancy landing face first with an eq6 on top of me...lol.

Good man! Its pretty much essential to help bring out the faint stuff! I was expecting some clear sky tonight, looks like that aint happening, and theres more snow tomorrow - so not much else to do here either!

Yep, there is a lot to catch up on - probably starting off with either the cave or pelican. The only need a couple of hours in SII to get the required result.

Just mopping up some OIII (3x2hr panels) while the going is good

Doh!!! Thats grim John

Oh well, at least youve got it set up for next time! Give it an hour or two, it will probably clear up... fingers crossed.

Should be on for tonight Tim. Ive already set up in anticipation, hoping to continue what I was doing at SGL XIII.

Its alright I have a plan, there is quite a bit of give in one on one of my dual bar saddles - so its possible to re-attach the saddle a bit skew-iff - probably just enough for it to point the 2nd telescope in the right direction (or close enough). No up/down adjustment required, its just left/right.

It's probably doable, I just need to address a couple of technical hurdles first. Ie: you can't exactly put one of them in guidescope rings, and I'm too tight to pay for an adjustable saddle....lol. 

Yes, and hardwood furniture too it seems....lol. 

S'alright, just push the button and go have your dinner Thats what I did when trying to run actions on a 1.5gb 100mpx image...lol.

You could try stacking them in groups of 10 - and then stacking those groups?