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i see them now two dots of light say in that i did get some video footage of arcturus and a few others but mothing to show really i did some the other night but they on the lap top biut the mmon ones are good looks like you shrpened them to much and they look a little flat(do not take that the wrong way im no expert)what photo editing do you use ? do you save as raw tiff jpeg ect i use coral photo shop pro 3x which i think is just as good as photo shop cs5 at a cheaper price take a look at my 19 album these were all 3 min videos at 10fps, a can noty rember the rest yuu2 wasone of the settings a no that muxh out of 1,50 frames a got a average of 750/900 frames staked perpic not bad

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but stick at it like me still getting to grips with it cheers i look forward to you next set of pics i would like to copy and paste a few of your pics to touch them up a bit if thats ok with you they fine as they are but a love a play with corel clear skies always pat

ps my first go at capella

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hi mate this sensor is just toooooooooooooooo small for m42 and as you no if ya push the mag up with the v lounge software focus is then a pain,as is gain get a cheap dslr of flea bay you can pick one up for around 100 or spend money on a bigger ccd chip for the philips get on you tube theres a couple a vids how to fit the bigger ccd chip which is about 3x bigger i gave up with the spc its great for the moon but any thing else its just not got a good sensor unless its been modded would be intrered to see what other pics you do get with it

yes me and elisha had a great night thanks

hi paul the new focuser works a treat and enables better focus with the 300d the goto we have is a bit slack and some times with the dslr atached it does not like it ,i will have a look at the action on the inside of the 90mm later to see why mine playsup, the prob is am looking forward to get in out there my self so a can get some 1 / 2 min shots of m42 and all the rest be great, even the moon is a good target for me to parctice on at the min we have cloud at the min here but the metcheck say clear after 21:00 tonight so we will see cheers pat

hi well its the skywatcher one so a hope it does not aa will fuse the cable from power tank to scope as well a think a lot of people use the ones that start cars that are unstable but a think that this one should be safe or skywatcher would have big probs ,the crawford dual speed focuser came and ya was right tere was a gap and a simple diy job sorted it a posted a pick in dob users group just got to wait to test it all out its the low profile on the 1.25" adsaper is rubbish that will need a up grade at some point a williams optics 1.25 adapter should do the trick cheers pat

hi i got a pic last night of the said above double

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hi paul hope you well,mozzies i served in belize south america for 6 months once and let me tell ya i was bit every day for that tour,we did have 2 types a tablets to take a day for it .yes we was have in a great time elisha loves the new goto (so do i ) and we was have in a play most of the night the cannon 300d is another story so much to learn with thati did order a crawford in the end for the dobson should be here soon we should be have in clear skies tonight.so a may get out there for a hour or 2

cheers now pat

hi yes it does but once get to grips withthe cannon ,and when the crawford focuser gets here we should able to get direct shots through the dob,ive been reading the manaul nightand day and play in with it but the meade goto does allow you to focus on one spot for lomger so you get a long video about 90 secs is enoght with low gain and loe expo and ya can always play about with them later ,isabelle have a look at a program called photoscape its free and its nice and quick and really works well for something that is free unless you have photo shop cheers now

pat

hi isabelle great to see you back in good form,we had a play last night with elishas goto and the cannon 300d it was fun and games all night nice picsi stacked a really good one last night a will stick it in my pics in a min cheers pat

hi paul yeah should be fine nothing broke ect glad a was not in it tho,but fetch in some wood saturdat 4x4" stuff to reinforce the inside a would love a dome but the house a live in is 110 years old and the planning laws are terrible

hi isabelle sure was

do not no but i would like to no my self would love to get hold of a 16" mirror my self

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well we had a clear night toninght and it worked out well it was rather warm in there and no wind the moon was wayning to night and the houses let me see it for a bout 1 hour arghhh butall in all it was a great trade of tomatos for warm nights

hi i got a great 20mm uw ep of e bay for 22 quid the other day delivered new they 79 so it was a bargain had a play with it tonight we had a dark clear night here and it works well,the clusters burst into life to night still no crab neb tho its hideing fom me and a used low powerbut split a few doubles and had a right good night cheers pat

man a would love this baby but can not help with the mirror

hi you can use the digiscope 32 mm for that i just leave the screw tightish and use it as a normal ep its great for afocal method with a camera esp on the moon i have the same kit i brought it just to get me started the 9mm hardly gets used the fov is soooooooo small and dark its not good for much apart fom the moon and odd planet but all in all its a good kit i love plossls there actually gso`s under a dif mane (revelation and they better than most plossls

cheers pat

hi isabelle i would like that scope in my back garden great blog

ps did the star test last night had to give a little tweak and its fine a do not no why a did not do it early !.hope ya feeling better soon pat

depends what ya want to do with it and iif you want some thing that is easy to move about ect hi and welcome to the forum as well

hi isabelle i took the spider out and every thing else took about 4 hours once a started then put all back together no probs looks brill ,Recollimated no probs will give it a star test at the weekend it looks good wether it makes any diference now thats another matter

what are tube sliders, i have a cheshire it fits just fine,i can see every thing it fits snug into mine no tape needed at all ?sounds weird about the tape is this a 130p prob cos mine is finewhat paper work did ya get with the cheshire

stumped already,can not find the glue a brought for the over lap,i have a cheshire but never fiddled with the secondary before,usally just need to do the main mirror which is no probs see how we go

hi james the double star atlas is great, its a real challenge very big and well set out if you love doubles stars this is a must .it would be a great book for your colection give it a go

let us no how you get on ,tueday looks a good night i use a web site called met check i`ll stick a link here put ya post code in the cloud bit is vert acurate i have found great news on the bin

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