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Celestron 7 (a small SCT.
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Wow. Lots of sugnal for a short integration time.
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Do you choose a bright star to focus on? Lock your focus when you have done so you can then move to your chosen target. if Nina is very noisy on live view (never used it). You could try focussing with canon utility (comes with the camera). That is what l use. You can increase your ISO just to do focus.
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Crikey, the OP has gine through a few. l have sold: Celestron Powerseeker 127 (my first) manual EQ mount (eek) Meade Etx90 (observing & planeteay imaging Meade Etx125 deforked for planetary WO Megrez72 SW200PDS SW150P C7 WOZS71 SW130PDS SW Esprit100
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Great widefield Tony.
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3 plus a Samyang 135 lens all for imaging.
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I started out with this telescope (including the mount), and I recall having some good views with it, but the mount itself was a real PITA and the slow controls slipped so could never keep anything in the FOV (if I could find it in the first place). I would say you could mount it on another mount, preferably a sturdy tracking Equatorial mount.
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Converting my 'clamshell' obsy roof to 'slide off'
carastro replied to Skipper Billy's topic in DIY Observatories
Just when l was going to show your obsy off as part of my talk on Garden Observatories this month with local astro group. (You kindly sent me photos and a video). Your new build will not be ready in time. l can definitely see why you need to do it though and look forward to seeing your progress. -
I keep failing to get a decent image, what am I doing wrong
carastro replied to waroffice's topic in Imaging - Discussion
A few questions. Are you in a LP location? Are you just looking at the DSS result as that is always dark - needs processing to bring out the target. I am no expert on colour cameras but have you selected the correct Bayer matrix for your camera? Finally do you want to post up the stacked result on here for us to try to process. Preferably in TIFF format. -
That is very impressive, especially if you zoom in which you can if using a phone.