nightfisher

Nice scope but not for me, wallet, back, and mount and storage, im just happy with my little skymax 127 for the odd time i get to indulge

Right so we see images of the northern lights usually in a hazy green colour, but if viewed by eye would it still have the same colour or would it be more grey smudge/streak , similar to viewing a Nebulae through an eyepiece ?  

31 minutes ago, happy-kat said:

that's great how have you got it running under W10 please?

I see we have been moved, guess i should of posted here first, i am using win 10 laptop and went to camera, this opened the built in webcam, but i plugged in the xbox 360 and then selected change camera on right of panel, hey presto the xbox powered up

32 minutes ago, happy-kat said:

What operating system?

I couldn't get the xbox webcam working on W10.

all sorted win 10 will run it, this is for a possible Lunar outreach in a few weeks, the idea being to have the Moon displayed on the laptop screen rather than people trying to get to eyepiece

I have an old Xbox camera (webcam) i modded years ago for A-focal imaging, but i want to use it just to live view to laptop, what software would i need to have live view on laptop using A-focal through EP

7 hours ago, Trevor N said:

Good colour shot Neil.  To be honest I enjoy using the smaller scopes probably more than the larger ones I have. This aperture lark is very much a law of diminishing returns I think 😬😬

Im with you on that, my largest scope is the 5" Maksutov, but the 4" mak i used to own was better in a lot of ways

great images

very nice, great images

nice image well done

nice images

Very nice set of images

lets hope you get a first light soon, nice looking scope

Very nicely done, and good to see your still using the 102 skymax

4 minutes ago, Dinglem said:

@nightfisher sorry I read the title and thought this should be in the for sale/swap section 🤣

 

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So my good lady has developed an interest in bird watching, i had a shocking pair of travel 10x21 folding bins i let her use, just to see if the interest grew....it did, so i have bought her a new set of better bins from ebay, that will also get some use in astro.

I took a chance and got a new set of 10x42, small binoculars from ebay new and less than £21 posted..............I have to say i am mega impressed with the quality of the item and  more so the super quality of the image they give, better than my old Bresser 10x50`s

So i got lucky and bought a used Evostar 90mm from a very nice guy on here....cheers Ant

I bought it mainly for full Luna disk imaging with 1000D, when it arrived lots of cloud for weeks, but did manage a sneaky visual session other day with near half moon, very sharp image but i had forgot about "frac wobble" after using a Maksutov for so long, but very nice scope and nice dual speed crayford, i can see this getting a lot of use come the darker nights, still keeping the mak though

On 19/06/2021 at 22:02, Trevor N said:

Lots of detail for a single frame

Thanks Trevor, still getting back up to speed with this after a long break

very nice detail great images

Very nice image, taking a good single frame does take some work and practise to get it right

Just a quick single frame   Skymax 127 and canon 1000D at prime focus 1/100th speed and a tiny touch on wavelets in registax

Lovely image Trevor

Hi guys an gals, i have just returned from a camping holiday at this wonderful place Usha Gap campsite, i have had a small star party here before but i still want to push this site for astro, BTW i have no link and gain nothing from this, just highlighting a stunning place for astro, the site owner works with campaign for dark skies, and since last star party they have dealt with lights on the barn that may of caused a slight issue it is well worth a visit only drawback they still have not managed to get EHU put in    https://ushagap.co.uk/

some years back i had the Helios branded ST150, and it was a very nice scope, i gave it a carbon vinyl wrap and dual speed crayford focusser and a big 9x50 finder, good scope

Very best wishes to Martin and his family, enjoy a long and happy retirement 

nice image charl, i need to get some practise in after my last bodge