CaseyAstro

On 09/11/2021 at 17:31, Philobr said:

Apologies if this is the wrong place. Thought it might be ok under DIY.

I have a good view W to NE from the patio at back of my house.

I have grass at the side, and it gets a little soft during the winter.

I was thinking of putting down 3 patio slabs to get a S to W view.

Has anyone done this and if so any tips?

+1 for pavers sunk in lawn, hardly noticible and speedy positioning

On 14/11/2021 at 20:43, emyliano2000 said:

SH2-135, a faint emission nebula very often missed by the amateur astrophotographers.
There aren't too many photos of this target on astrobin and most of them are in HaRGB. Although there is a fair amount of Sii, the Oiii is nearly invisible and I had to stretch the stack as much as I possibly could to highlight the Oiii areas.
I'm pretty pleased with the result and I hope that more people will aim their telescopes towards it. I'm pretty sure it can be done better than I did from my bortle 7 back garden.

Technical details and full resolution on my astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/i9sabf/B/

 

I hope you like it.

 

Emil

 

 

 

 

 

Great photos

8 hours ago, StuartT said:

This target has now disappeared behind my house for this year, so this is my final integration for a while.

No guiding. No calibration frames.

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SkyWatcher Esprit 150ED Super APO Triplet (0.77x Reducer); ZWO ASI2600mc PRO 

Mount: SkyWatcher EQ6r-Pro 

Software: Siril  ·  NINA 2.0 beta ·  Photoshop

Filters: OPTOLONG L Extreme 

Dates: Oct/Nov, 2021

Frames: 440x35" (4h 16' 40")

Avg. Moon age: 13.07 days

Avg. Moon phase: 96.80%

Astrometry.net job: 5236379

RA center: 20h55m52s.1

DEC center: +31°21′43″

Pixel scale: 1.496 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 81.643 degrees

Field radius: 0.983 degrees

Stunning

7 minutes ago, CaseyAstro said:

How much is the paid version, I can only see the free one on the play store?

Just found it in the free app, £22 per year

2 hours ago, johninderby said:

Don’t think I would get the paid for version at that price but the free version looks usefull. 🤔

How much is the paid version, I can only see the free one on the play store?

42 minutes ago, Kon said:

That's with my NexYZ as well using a 200P Dob and a pixel 4a with  so so seeing. Without tracking it is unlikely you will manage much more than the planets/moon. Star trailing will show at >0.5s in my Dob so if you want to capture 100-1000s frames and stack them  for just few s to maybe a 1-2min of total data , it is going to be a lot of work. If you want to give it a try, start with some of the much brighter targets.

 

 

👍

1 hour ago, Dark Vader said:

I can, although they can be tricky to set up in the dark. I'd definitely recommend getting used to setting it up using the Moon. I've had some good lunar results just using the phone's auto focus and exposure. Another tip is if you're not using a remote shutter release, set the self timer at 5-10 seconds so the phone doesn't shake when you press the shutter. Also, don't be afraid to use the phone's zoom a bit.

Andy

Thanks, cracking photo

13 minutes ago, Andy350 said:

hmmmm.  I would like to say yes, but I haven't really used yet.  I did capture a far in the distant tv aerial the other day, came out really well.  But I got stuck last night with being able to line up against eyepiece and capture anything.  Annoyingly Saturn was moving too quickly for me!

I will try again as soon as I can if you can wait?

I can wait. I like to do a lot of research before purchasing!!

23 hours ago, Andy350 said:

And new to everything really!

 

I've got the NexYYZ phone adapter, so looking at different setting on both phone and eye pieces.  What I've realised is, if I want at some point to capture a galaxy, how do I know where to point in the first place.  I do have Stellarium app, but I would need to use this to take the pics.

Hi Andy350,

Would you recommend the celestron adaptor? I am considering getting one soon

On 16/11/2021 at 16:54, FullMoonie said:

HELP!

i’m new to the star gazing world and owning a telescope. I’ve recently got my hands on the skywatcher and I’m having troubles getting good images. 
i have the standard lens which came with the scope (super 25 wide angle & super 10 long eye relief).

it could be the case my amateur scoping skills are truly woeful which is causing my problems, however, I just wanted to get some advice on what lens’ would be best suited to view the basics… 

Any help would be appreciated!!

I upgraded my stock eyepieces to bst eyepieces. Big improvement for me and reasonable pricing

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