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What to buy next
Dave scutt replied to Dave scutt's topic in Getting Started Equipment Help and Advice
Thanks Elp I appreciate the help -
What to buy next
Dave scutt replied to Dave scutt's topic in Getting Started Equipment Help and Advice
Its only a small boat so not being able to afford a lunt, is this any good, Solar Scout SS60-DS 60mm H-alpha Solar Telescope. -
Hi all. I'm hopefully selling my boat tomorrow to fund more astro stuff. After giving Mrs S some pocket change , and buying the rest of the ep's I want I was wondering what to buy next. My current set up is . 12"skywatcher dob. Opticstar 127mm f9.5. Skytee II mount with pillar and 2" tripod. ZWO120 mc s. And hopefully all the ep's I need. I was thinking about a mount for tracking , I want to spend about 300 /400 euros because I want to save some for a scope for it and a holiday. Any ideas to help spend my money welcome. Dave Or maybe a scope for solar viewing
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Postman just delivered my new camera thanks very much to kon. I won't have to use my phone anymore. I'm sure I'll be asking lots of questions on how to process the images as I haven't a clue
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Great images of Saturn kostas
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Post some images if your skies stay clear. Hopefully mine shouldn't take to long to arrive but knowing Irish Post it could be 2 weeks
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Good images kostas. I would be happy to get anything like that . Dave
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I just had to Google what a sun dog was. Thanks for sharing.
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10”Dob ( f4.7) eyepieces
Dave scutt replied to Stu1smartcookie's topic in Getting Started Equipment Help and Advice
Es 82 are quite good but I need a coma corrector for the 30mm -
I thought it was more like a climbing frame then a chair🤣
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Jupiter, Saturn and Mars under better seeing (14 June)
Dave scutt replied to Kon's topic in Imaging - Planetary
Great shots kon. Any chance of showing me your setup I would like to try and take some images of the planets but only using my phone ar the moment. Thanks dave -
Hand tracking long exposures
Dave scutt replied to sorrimen's topic in Imaging - Smartphone / Tablets
I've only managed single shots if I move my phone I lose focus, if I take 5 to 10 seconds I get star trails -
Show me your eyepiece/accessories case, please.
Dave scutt replied to Leegsi's topic in DIY Astronomer
You forgot the 2" extender if it will fit -
Show me your eyepiece/accessories case, please.
Dave scutt replied to Leegsi's topic in DIY Astronomer
How did you know🤣 -
Show me your eyepiece/accessories case, please.
Dave scutt replied to Leegsi's topic in DIY Astronomer
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Last night was the first clear night in a while, at 11.15pm it still wasn't dark I could only see Vega and Arcturus. It was the first time using yhe ES 82 degrees 30mm and its a beast weighing in at 1kg I thought I would have had balanced issues but the dob moved around perfectly . I didn't have much time to explore as I had an early start in the morning so stayed around Vega, I've been using the skywatcher 28mm since I've got the dob and was I in for a treat, I could see so much more with the 30mm stars where sharp but not to the very edge of the fov. It was so much easier finding objects with such a large fov I just pointed in that area moved around a bit and it was there, I moped up all the Open Clusters and Globular Clusters in that area, the ring and owl nebula, then m81 m82 and then m51, noticed on my phone there was a comet c/2017 k2 I've never seen a comet before tried searching for a while didn't know what I would expect to see (something like a photo) but had no luck finding it. It was a lot easier holding my phone over the ep for photo's and took this one of m13. Dave
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Same old setup, but first time the weather has been good in a while and time to try out my new ep. Nearly 10.30pm and still light, will it ever get dark🙄 it's now 11.15pm and i can see 2 star's
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Hi everyone. I just brought these and was wondering if they would be ok to clean my ep's with, I have baddar fluid but no cloth so I thought I'd give this a try. Thanks dave
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That would drive me crazy not having them in order🤣
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My new case arrived today, I don't want to destroy the pluck foam 😅. A few spaces left for the ep's I still need.
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DPD delivered my new case today a week earlier then I expected, it's bigger then I expected should be able to fit lots of ep's in this.
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