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  1. MarkAR
    The trouble many have is that imaging shows up so many more stars that it makes picking out the constellations or specific stars difficult unless you really know what to look for.
  2. MarkAR
    Cheers mate, didn't actually do that much processing. So could be balanced and refined more. Heres the stacks if anyone wants to experiment. light-FILTER_H-A-BINNING_1.xisf light-FILTER_OIII-BINNING_1.xisf light-FILTER_SII-BINNING_1.xisf
  3. MarkAR
    Lovely crisp details, I like the bright fringes opposing the dark clouds.
  4. MarkAR
    I think you have OCD, Observing Collection Disorder. Lovely set of scopes.
  5. MarkAR
    That looks really tall, well caught.
  6. MarkAR
    Hope you haven't overspent, we don't want another hurricane.
  7. MarkAR
    Ekos certainly does have a few bits of weirdness. Wanted to take some flats the other night after an imaging session and it kept trying to calibrate them starting at 15 minutes !!! Found out that you have to turn off INDI then restart it.
  8. MarkAR
    Nice one Brian.
  9. MarkAR
    PMSL 🤣
  10. MarkAR
    Excellent shots, especially with a Tampon.
  11. MarkAR
    Very nice, colours have come through well.
  12. MarkAR
    Excellent images of lovely proms.
  13. MarkAR
    I think one that everyone would want would be a 10x zoom telescope, imagine 400-4000mm FL !
  14. MarkAR
    Superb.
  15. MarkAR
    Well done, I think I like 1 and 3 the best.
  16. MarkAR
    I would say practice a bit more with the phone and getting focus spot on, then consider a more dedicated camera. You've done well getting a glob first up, so carry on and enjoy.
  17. MarkAR
    Cheers Dave and DOH! Can moderators move this thread, I clicked on the wrong section.
  18. MarkAR
    I quite like that idea, virtual hand control for searching and other options. For greater accuracy you could link to a computer for polar alignment or plate solving.
  19. MarkAR
    Thanks Gina, looking at the colours there definitely seems to be more blue (Oiii) in the outer arms along with a lot of green (Ha) in the arms but it looks like a reasonable amount of red (Sii) in the centre. It's just something that has been niggling at me with loads using Ha on galaxies but no one doing the rest (except maybe NASA).
  20. MarkAR
    OMG, that has really surprised me at how well the tube rounded up. Glad there were no creases.
  21. MarkAR
    Just got round to playing with the NB subs of M101. Thought I'd try experimenting to see what pops up. I took 6 x 12 minutes of Ha and Oiii plus 6 x 18 minutes of Sii. Stacked and processed in Pixinsight. NB_M101_Drizzle.tif
  22. MarkAR
    That's a lot of stars ! Looks great. Might be worth posting up a larger tiff file so it shows up bigger on screen.
  23. MarkAR
    You got 'em but your LP on the chain must be pretty bad. Ring looks good, maybe add more data when skies are good.
  24. MarkAR
    Mono would require getting filters but I think is more versatile.
  25. MarkAR
    Both the Pro kits are pretty much the same, Ioptron has built in rechargeable battery, SW uses AA's or mains. IOptron has optional iPolar version for better/easier polar alignment. Both would benefit from using the Williams Optics base.
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