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I bought a Skywatcher Esprit 80ED, and I'm getting fans instead of halos! I already tried a different camera than the one I use, but they're still there. It can't be due to the flattener eather, because rotating it, the halos point at the same direction... Does someone have an idea of what causes this? Thanks.
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C/2020 R4 ATLAS
HaleBopp2007 replied to bob-c's topic in Observing - Widefield, Special Events and Comets
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Comet Leonard May Become Naked-Eye Visible in December
HaleBopp2007 replied to CentaurZ's topic in Celestial Events Heads Up
I don't really know if A1 will be as good as F3 though... That thing was like a pool of caramel under dark skies! Let's wait and see! (no new observations yet) -
Comet Leonard May Become Naked-Eye Visible in December
HaleBopp2007 replied to CentaurZ's topic in Celestial Events Heads Up
Two new reports that could be game changing! One of mag 16.2 in late July, and a mag 15.3 report a couple of days ago! PD: Light curve made by Gideon Van Buitenen -
Comet Leonard May Become Naked-Eye Visible in December
HaleBopp2007 replied to CentaurZ's topic in Celestial Events Heads Up
It will be perfectly visible in early December at sunrise from the entire northern hemisphere, including the UK -
Comet Leonard May Become Naked-Eye Visible in December
HaleBopp2007 replied to CentaurZ's topic in Celestial Events Heads Up
It might reach naked eye visibility. It's still proportionally brighter than C/2020 F3, which by the way, was also insane. Even though it is still at magnitude 17, it has potential -
Strange phenomenon during twilight
HaleBopp2007 replied to HaleBopp2007's topic in Getting Started General Help and Advice
As Louis D said, the "Belt of Venus" happens at the opposite place of where the sun sets. And it cvobsist of the horizon getting fainter as Earth's shadow goes "upwards", unlike the thing I saw, which was an extra horizontal patch in the place where the sun had set, but slightly to the north. -
Strange phenomenon during twilight
HaleBopp2007 replied to HaleBopp2007's topic in Getting Started General Help and Advice
Yeah, it lasted between 30 and 40 minutes, so not too long. -
Strange phenomenon during twilight
HaleBopp2007 replied to HaleBopp2007's topic in Getting Started General Help and Advice
Ok, but it still seems a bit odd as I was at 36N latitude, but, oh well, first NLC show for me. DISCLAIMER: Opinions are still welcome! Don't hesitate to share your thoughts, whether they agree or disagree with the other opinions! -
So, I went to a place to see some meteors, but around 40 minutes after sunset, something started showing up in the northwestern horizon. Around half an hour later, it was quite prominent. It looked like featureless noctilucent clouds, and had a silvery light blue color. Does someone know what can this be?
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Those look fantastic! I'm showing mine from July 22 (As seen with the naked eye) but I'm not really good at sketching, but, here it is...
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Ok, so I was stacking some exposures of the milky way, and when I got the final image, the program shook me with a weird coma effect in the top right corner. No, it's not because of the lens as single exposures were perfect. Does anyone know what is this, and/or how to solve this horrible issue? BTW, this is the image with removed edges, but the effect is still there
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WOW that looks impressive! The barred spiral at top left makes it even better!
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Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)
HaleBopp2007 replied to verreli's topic in Observing - Widefield, Special Events and Comets
The comet is now officially below naked eye visibility... R. I. P -
First good DSLR for DSO astrophotography
HaleBopp2007 replied to HaleBopp2007's topic in Getting Started With Imaging
Seems to be a nice small-budget choice... Is it noisy? I'm quite influenced by my noisy camera and want to get the least noisy camera possible in an affordable budget... -
First good DSLR for DSO astrophotography
HaleBopp2007 replied to HaleBopp2007's topic in Getting Started With Imaging
I searched for hours, and failed in finding a shop to modify nikon dslrs -
First good DSLR for DSO astrophotography
HaleBopp2007 replied to HaleBopp2007's topic in Getting Started With Imaging
I would definitely do that, except for the fact that in Spain, only Canon cameras are able to be modified in shops. -
First good DSLR for DSO astrophotography
HaleBopp2007 replied to HaleBopp2007's topic in Getting Started With Imaging
That's great news! I found the modified d5600 both naked and full range. Here's the link... https://www.astroshop.eu/astromodified-dslrs/nikon-camera-dslr-d5600a-full-range/p,53134 -
First good DSLR for DSO astrophotography
HaleBopp2007 replied to HaleBopp2007's topic in Getting Started With Imaging
I found a modified nikon d5600. The next step is to save some money... -
First good DSLR for DSO astrophotography
HaleBopp2007 replied to HaleBopp2007's topic in Getting Started With Imaging
Thanks! Helpful indeed! The only thing I'm a bit worried about is to make myself the filter... If I had to dfo it myself, then I would be looking for a Baader BCF... Still don't know if someone modifies nikon cameras... -
First good DSLR for DSO astrophotography
HaleBopp2007 posted a topic in Getting Started With Imaging
I've been recently interested in deep sky astrophotography. I have a nikon D90. I tried to photograph comet NEOWISE yesterday. I got good results, except, the images were very noisy. So I'm now looking for a new DSLR, surely Canon, which makes low noise. Then I'll request someone modify it for capturing h-alpha. I've been deciding between the EOS 6Da,EOS 60Da and Ra. I decided by the 60Da as it was the cheapest, but it isn't anywhere for sell. I'm not sure if I will buy a EOS 60D and modify it, to be like the 60Da. ¿Is it a good idea? If not, ¿Any other good DSLRs? Thank you... -
Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)
HaleBopp2007 replied to verreli's topic in Observing - Widefield, Special Events and Comets
I photographed the comet again. The tail was quite long, 15 degrees long. The comet was mag 3 or 4. Still a beautiful sight from my bortle scale 2 location.