Uranium235

look forward to seeing your results :)

But I didnt say that I knew what im doing! First time for a comet so I could fluff it up.

Not using CDC Rob, it took me a few sessions to get used to it, mainly navigating with the mouse. Click and drag, really missed that.

Tried CDC, but couldnt get on with the navigation, felt a bit clunky. Stellarium is fine now I have updated the comet list (having a go at c/2014 e2 next week).

13 refused to run on mine, said a missing file so had to revert to 12. Will live with the older one, but finding I do not use it much.

I used Al's collimation aid, and overlayed that from the preview screen in NeroVision. Turns out my secondary was too far up the tube.

Despite collimation, there was some minor focuser tilt (probably from the weight of the camera), but Ive adjusted that out and the corners seem ok now - just rolling off some test subs on the Veil.

Very interesting...

Out and guiding now. Its one of the few occasions where my scope is already cooler than the ambient temp...lol. No cooldown!

Me too, did you see that meteor 5 mins ago!!

Nah, missed that one! Must have had my head down at the time :)

i have 1 manhole in my property, the next manhole is shared so the water board have to clear it, not blocked for maybe 10 years now

Sympathies. I own my own drain rods, out of necessity.

It was midnight before I got it cleared. Had no rods to use, just loads of caustic soda and boiling water (it was the kitchen drain).

There is a reason why I always bang on about "no food in the sink", a plea not always heard...lol.

Will do a proper post when I have my examples to hand (would like to show before and after). Its probably the next best thing to a skyflat.

Sounds logical, my light box is too bright, made from 30mm 300 x 300 x 300 polystyrene and illuminated from white LED's , I think I might spray over the LED's with some acrylic paint to dim them down... cost so far £7 :D

Another idea was to use a white sphere over the end of the OTA, there is a white plastic globe in a local lamp shop that looks a good candidat, if I can cut it in half.... :P

Have you ever had the same problem with Lum flats? Its like there is a circular reflection or something similar in the middle of the frame - which when subtracted from the lum data, is quite noticeable.

The explorer range of newts does not have any baffles, and therefore is probably more prone to this problem - glad its sorted now becuase it means I can chase really dark stuff now.

Good luck, setup was a struggle for me, but now it works fantastically. :)

Yep, been there and done that as well. We are all muppets !

Yep, I usually un tick the record button..

omg... thats a new level of stupid! Forgot to PA and didnt notice for 45min... doh!

DOH! lol, what was your PHD graph like...

a bit zig-zaggy in dec, no wonder why!

Same down here, but solid cloud and quite gusty wind at the moment - I'll review after a cup of tea ;) Good luck up country!

It was 11pm before it started clearing, and still too much light. Might go into summer shutdown for a few weeks.

Good idea as the light evenings and cloud want annoy you then. I went into summer shutdown a few weeks ago and wont be getting the scopes out again until I visit a friend on the edge of the Brecon Beacons at the end of August.

of course its true, its full moon always seems to be clear then lol

Seems as though my socks are safe, forecast has changed.... how predictable!

are you taking them? i thought you were older...

Nope.... im running them!

:D

your not using the 130-pds now are you?