Astro Noodles

Hi and welcome to SGL

Hi Iapa. If it can be used with a DSLR, It's definitely worth considering at that price. I asked FLO and they said it can be done if the flattener is used.

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I'll let you know.

Thanks Andrew -I'll get it for my Kindle.

Or maybe one of those warning like they have on gambling adverts. Maybe something like "Purchase astronomy equipment responsibly - Remember, you have to eat for the next month." Or " Purchase astronomy equipment responsibly - when the bailiffs arrive it's too late."

Hi Would anyone be kind enough offer some advice to a novice? I would like to do some Solar imaging, can you tell me what basic kit I would require? I already have a mount, DSLR etc for night-time imaging along with a basic 60mm refactor of all metal/glass construction.

That's food for thought.

I think we should let Mr Musk focus on getting to Mars, even If this is what he needs to do to create a revenue stream for his endeavor. I'm certain that the software will become available when there is sufficient demand for it, as with all things. Until then, we will all have to take shorter exposures and throw more of them out. There is nothing else to do about it. I was out the other night with a pair of binos (1st time in the whole of May because of the weather), looking at Hercules for an hour or so I must have had 20 satellites pass through my FOV.

Haha - you beat me to it. I wouldn't want to see Pollux either! 😲

So, this morning I said - "You have got six sewing machines. Does that mean that I can have six telescopes?" She said - "Ah yes, but I only paid for two of them. So you are only allowed to buy 2 telescopes, the others have to be free, or gifts or inherited. Is that fair?"

I was going to try to ignore the absence astro-darkness and carry on imaging things like globular clusters. As much as anything, for practice. I wasn't expecting a solid month of cloud. I've only managed one hour of observation in May so far.

I think it's a shame to blight the night sky with endless satellites. It is just another example of pollution. Having said that, I don't think one can stand in the way of progress. We had better all invest in software to remove satellite trails because it is only going to get worse.

Thanks John - it's definitely the sword

No. I couldn't do that. 😲 If I had kids or a dog, I would have sold them a long time ago.

Or maybe it is £1500 worth of silk. I'd better get my story straight as I'm bound to get quizzed on it at some point. 😁 Anyway, it is a lot of silk. She makes handmade vintage silk lingerie and sells it on ETSY. It started as a hobby, but is gathering pace. Now she only works part time and spends the rest of her time in her sewing room making knickers.

I wonder if anyone can help me with this. In the Orion Nebula, there is a feature to the left of the Trapezium. I n the below image it starts about 1" at about 7 o'clock. It continues for about 1" at 6 o'clock. It is a region where the gas seems to fold back on itself and is very prominent in OIII. Does this feature have a name?

She really gets the observing - sometimes comes outside to look at the moon, or some doubles. Just the imaging that she thinks is mad. Perhaps when I get some better results I will appear less insane. My brother is a keen photographer and when I told him what I was doing he just said "Good luck with that mate."

Oh, don't get me wrong, this isn't a point of contention in our household. Our hobbies are very important to us. I just think she is a bit worried that AP is too good a source of fuel for my more obsessive characteristics. Perhaps if I bankrupted us in the process I would have some explaining to do. 😄 She just bought 1500 metres of Chinese silk, so I'm safe on the expenditure front for the moment.😁

Well, It's just what she said. I think she gets the point of the obsessive pursuit of a goal. It's what I'm like ,and she wouldn't have stuck around for 25+ plus years if she didn't get it. She just thinks that this is the least attainable of all the madcap ideas I have come up with for hobbies down the years. I like this one because it is a bottomless pit - I won't run out of things to learn about, and then get bored of it.

Yeah, that's what I said but I just got a funny look.😄

My missus is concerned about my sanity in pursuing astrophotography as a hobby. She said "When you said that you were going to take photographs of space, I thought you were going to take pictures of the moon and maybe some nice constellations." Later she said "I don't understand why you have spent so much time, money, and disrupted both of our sleep to take pictures which are a hundred times worse than anything you can get on the internet." And finally she said "it has gone way past the stage where I can even see the point in it." Is she right, or missing the point? Or has the last year of lockdown pushed me over the edge? P.S. Don't tell her I've posted this or I'm dead.

Since when have geekiness or price been factors for astronomy related purchases ?

You could have binned it and bought one of these: Men's Bomber Jacket – SpaceX Store

Still no improvement. I did get out for an hour last night but the transparency was poor.