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A serious scope is the best you can afford without going broke or deep in debt , that will be used the most with the best view possible giving you best time in your life ! To me my all time dream that will never happen is a Celestron 14” SCT on a Go-To mount with the best EPs’ i could afford ! I have viewed through one at McDonalds Observatory in FtDavis Texas and it blew my mind seeing Saturn in full color just like the best images I’ve ever seen !
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Excellent captures ! Absolutely no reason to be depressed over those !
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21 hours ago, Merlin66 said:
Hmmmm
I have to disagree with your comment ""Meades are good but something about the optics are not as good as Celestrons""
You have that right to disagree , to each his own opinion . However had you been with me and my friend that night i think you also would have agreed between our two scopes , unless you were just partial to Meade . As i mentioned we were judging between our two scopes . You might also recall back in the early 2000’s there were lots of reviews concerning the new coating that Meade was adding to their scopes with an extra $200.00 cost . There were alot of discrepancies over whether their cost was justifiable or not . Some studies showed at that time that it was basically up to the buyer whether or not to pay the extra $200.00 ? Meanwhile Celestron continued at that time using their same coating as proven to be effective for them at the time . Meade even tried to sue Celestron over their coating challenge and Meade lost the law suit . Since then Celestron has continued to produce top notch optics without trying to copy any other manufacture . Now as i mentioned everyone has a right to their own opinion and reviews are done the same as well . What counts and makes the difference is reputation of the reviewer and there are thousands of reviews on the internet so the reader themselves has to make a decision based on reviews and personal experience . I’m not a pro reviewer and never claimed to be . I merely state what my opinion is with my personal equip and other friends equipment i have had experienced with . I just merely try to enjoy amateur astronomy best i can for what i can until I finally call it quits . Have a great day !
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I have a 8” Celestron SCT . I had a friend who had the Meade 8” LX200 . We compared all night one night on all the milky way area . As far as optics my Celestron won . It had the clearest more crisp viewing . Meades are good but something about the optics are not as good as Celestrons . Honestly tho if all your going to do is view and never image i would choose a good refractor 4-6” on a good tripod . They give the best crisp image over an SCT . The best thing about a SCT is portability tho . Most easy to carry and setup other than a small refractor .
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Very nice captures of two fine GC’s ! Those have been my favorite DSO. Thanks for sharing !
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WOW , very nice capture !
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Nice captures ! First I've seen of Neptune image like that . Well done !
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Congratulations ! I've never attempted Pluto but I have attempted to find it in my C8 with 10mm and 2x barlow . Not an easy task just to observe . But it takes some time observing and if you can image it say next month to see if its' moved . You wont see evidence over night from what I have read about observing Pluto . Good luck and look forward to more updates on this !
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For me it was adverted vision , time and patience , and being later at night and darkness . Living in town i think most ppl went to bed and turned off lights after midnight . But a proper EP is a big help to . I’ve not found alot of galaxies but my favorites were M65&66 . But i never found the one to make the Trio set NGC3628 . It was just too faint . This was using my Celestron C8 with a Celestron 32mm Plossi and sometimes a 2x barlow . But usually just the 32mm did best . Seldom but i did use a dark towel over my head . That’s what help me find M65&66 . But it is a learned technique the more you observe .
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Is that scope a Newtonian ?
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Yep lens flare for the most part depending what equipment and how you have it attached to your scope . But reguardless it’s internal reflection which somestimes can be caused by light leaking in through a loose connection . I’ve also known some Newts and Dobs that needed to be flocked to keep down internal reflection .
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I won’t recommend brand names cause many others here can suggest name brands but i might mention sizes . That particular scope should handle high power pretty easy . I would suggest anything from 18mm and up with the use of a good 2x or more barlow . I have a Stellarvue AT1010 (80mm) i use at times with Celestron Ultimas that are discontinued now but i have 18mm, 10mm and 7.5mm used along with a 2x Ultima barlow which all give great views ! Can’t remember the eye relief size but they are very comfortable . I wear glasses but when scoping i take them off for best views . Good luck finding some good EPs’ , i know many here will suggest some very good brands and sizes .
I might add i also use a Celestron 32mm Plossi with the 2x barlow and it gives great views also !
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I agree , add some eye-pieces to your collection and a good barlow whether it be 2x or higher . You should get some great views with higher mag.
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I checked them out in PS and from what I could see didn't need any noise reduction . However on different computers show different things . But when noise reduction is done enlarge the image to 100% and no more then reduce noise . If you have several frames of each stacking will eliminate most or all noise to acceptable levels . But on these two frames I would leave alone with noise reduction . Too much will make it soft .
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Still nice capture .
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Very nice capture ! Thanks for sharing .
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9 minutes ago, msacco said:
I don't have a college or tech training as well(even though I do work in the industry), but what you said is not really related at all.
A graphics card is responsible for processing the video graphics on your machine, which means that everything that you see on your screen, is being processed in your graphics card.
The reason a GPU is extremely important for gaming, is because things needs to be rendered and fast, the faster something is being rendered on the screen, the more FPS you'll have, and the smoother the game will run.Why a GPU is not related to pixinsight? A GPU is not important for pixinsight(at least not for processing speed), is because these actions work solely on the CPU, RAM and SSD(or HDD), there is the console on the screen writing a few lines of code, which doesn't make any GPU work hard.
You could also see in the console itself, that each image that's being debayered for example, is working on a single CPU thread, so things will run faster.
I could have 100 of the highest end GPU available on the market connected to my PC, and that would still make 0 difference on my processing speed.
BTW, I also stated in my first post that I have a GTX 770 4 GB, which in today terms it's really not all that good, but it's plenty enough for anything related to pixinsight, and I actually use it for gaming as well and it still rocks high end games.
I'm also not 100% sure about everything I said, the general idea is correct, but could be a few small points that are not spot on accurate.
Ok , then just scratch all I said and ignore it and i'll just bow out of the conversation here . Don't mean to cause problems . I made those suggestions cause I use to do a lot of editing but I haven't messed with PI due to my preference . But I had trouble with some of my editing software and updating the graphic card driver was suggested and that fixed part of my problem . So as I said i'll bow out , have a great day !
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1 minute ago, msacco said:
Don't want to be rude or anything, but do you actually have any knowledge about computers?
I have basic knowledge , no college training or tech training . What I know is what I learned on my own or from techs updating me .
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53 minutes ago, msacco said:
I've never had an AMD before, but I honestly never understood such statements. i9 9900k costs more than 3900x, why would anyone pick intel chipsets nowadays without a specific reason.
Hmm, not sure how a graphics card is related here?
Graphic Cards are what runs the processing of your software . If your problem is taking too much time to process then you need a faster computer and that's not always ram to fix the problem . That's why for gaming computers they have a different graphic card to add speed to their games .
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First check and see if there is an update for your driver for your graphics board. If not see how much a new graphic cards is compared to a new computer. Right now school starting back you could possibly pickup a new computer cheaper . Check with qvc.com and hsn.com . They been running alot of sales lately .
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Watch this short video , gives good ideas .
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Great capture ! Loved the video .
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Very nice ! Thanks for sharing .
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What's a serious Telescope?
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