Fieldsy

8 minutes ago, steppenwolf said:

There are plenty of great resources out there but here is a good starting point that doesn't assume any prior knowledge.

Yeah I know theirs loads that the problem .

Thanks

Hi I've managed to source PS and I tried to process a simple image last night , and quickly learnt that the astro tutorials presume you have a understanding of the PS 🤯 .so I'm looking for some basic ones a point in the right direction would be greatly recieved it's a mine field out there. Thanks

Hi all I've just logged into pals acc to try for a while for photoshop and the histogram has a no entry sign on it .🤔 pal says he dont know maybe something with student package any ideas ?

A little light reading

Just now, Adam J said:

Ill have a go at processing it tonight after the kids have gone to bed. 

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that better ?

why is photoshop so expensive and not a one of payment .

Bubble-3-10.TIF

13 minutes ago, Adam J said:

You can take darks any time if you can match the camera temperature in the fits file from the look of the images you sent last night 8.3c. I cant view fits at work, i assume you have amp glow due to no dark frames?

If that a single sub or a stack?

Adam

so after all my mishap's last night I only forgot my darks DOH  

Bubble-3-10.FTS

13 minutes ago, Fieldsy said:

So this is where I re targeted to abit better than before , but I think i need to flip it , god knows what's going to happen with that.

How close should I let the scope get before I do a flip ?. Atm I'm about 30mm away.

Just now, michael8554 said:

Astro images from different cameras and optics can be inverted and laterally reversed to each other.

The MPCC shouldn't change the field f view unless you have the spacing way out.

But I get the impression that you think it has altered your pointing accuracy ?

Michael

Without the coma the bubble was very close to the edge of my screen ,with the coma I couldn't see it at all .it was just of screen .

13 minutes ago, Adam J said:

It should not change the FOV significantly. I.e. not so much that you would be able to see the difference from visual inspection alone. Most correctors will change it a little tiny bit even if they are stated as 1.0x but like i say it wont be noticeable without plate solving to measure it.

So this is where I re targeted to abit better than before , but I think i need to flip it , god knows what's going to happen with that.

10 minutes ago, Adam J said:

did you get it fixed?

🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 dont know how but it's working lol

Hi all would the mkiii change the fov a little ?

When my asiair when to the bubble neb before you could see the bubble bit in the bottom left straight away but now I have the mkiii in the link it didn't show up and I had to slow around to get the bubble , any ideas

Thanks

Grr why dont ppl want to speak 😡.

Air not platesolving now all 3 sd cards I think are faulty prob something I've done trying to fix them.😭😭😭😭

1 hour ago, JOC said:

I am constantly amazed by what you can buy online and have gone cover crazy here.  Chimnea covers, BBQ covers, patio furniture covers.  Some of the high 'Oxford' fabric ones are quite good, but I got an excellent one for our big BBQ made out of a heavy grade plastic that has VTarp.com printed on it and that really does seem fairly decent waterproof quality on the 'plastic' side of things rather than the Oxford 'fabric' side of things.

Yeah some of them look great and for the price .just not sure the width at the bottom would cover pod legs.cant wait to finish the pier will save a lot of time setup and breakdown .

37 minutes ago, JOC said:

Mind you not only the telescope, over time what is the condensation ultimately going to do to the tripod legs and adjustment mechanism, even if stainless steel?  Why don't you go online to somewhere like ebay and buy a really decent Chimnea cover that will go over everything to the ground level (they aren't expensive and you can get some really decent ones - I don't think I'd ever buy an expensive telescope  designed cover), possibly as a over-the-top cover above what you already have.  Sitting the whole set-up on a few cheap paving slabs would probably not be a bad idea too in the short term, even if you just dropped them onto the ground.  I know that telescopes should be outdoors proof to some extent, but I am not sure I'd want my kit stored as in the photo above.  

As an additional point to take care if we get some gales.  I have a Chimnea - a fair large heavy metal thing with a wider base and narrow top, just like the profile of your scope.  It has a cover on it, but in gales, having seen it rock, I do move it to somewhere sheltered in case it gets blown over - big covers act as quite remarkable sails even if they fit tight (as mine does) - I wouldn't want to see your scope blown over.

Hi the tripod is temporary working on a pier . I put a small comp fan under the cover last night and I’ve just checked and not one bit of condensation anywhere 🥳🥳. I only intend to leave scope outside on pier perm but the cams and stuff will only be out a few days at a time.chimnea? Having a look now oh and my cover £50

3 hours ago, Adam J said:

You really do need a pier with some hard standing around it mate. Condensation will be a killer if you don't control it. 

I'm working on it .

As for condensation I'm hoping the fan helps just by keeping airflow under the cover .

12 minutes ago, steviebee said:

Where did you get the cover from?

https://neilross758.wixsite.com/cygnus-astro-covers

Someone posted link.

spoke to him a really helpful chap .

Hi so the new scope cover is def getting tested . When I checked this morning the scope had a very small amount of condensation on it so I've put a small comp fan running on a phone powerbank under the cover just to aid circulation.

1 hour ago, obrazell said:

What events are you looking for? The dates for Astrofest and PAS are already posted as are the Kelling Star party events.

 

Owen

Hi to be honest I’m not sure , I’ve only been astroing about a year so I’m a complete novice and was just enquiring when  or who hosts parties and would novices be welcome?

Wow not sure the Mrs would allow that but looks good

Hi all I was just reading a few filter reviews and they talk about stacking 🤔 so does this mean you can stack Ha,Oiii,Sii together and get 15hrs data for 5hrs time ?

Thanks

Not any time soon then 🤔

When will 2020 events start to get listed ?