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  1. todd8137
    hi all me and elisha was out play in with the dobson and 90mm goto and cannon 300d it was fun and games but my daughter loves the moon she is more excited than me she was try in to name the carters and had a go with the web cam we put this 5 min video together this morning from about 20 mins worth and a play in registaxs sh takes the vids to school and they play them in her sience class and she feel great talk in about it and the teacher always comments that its good for here take a look if ya get 5 mins to spare thanks pat

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    hi all ,well last night thought a would take a few long expo`s of polaris to try and get a good star trail pic ,but to my supprise they turned out better than a thoght .for one they did not trail ok the time was about 2 mins not much of a chance there then,but i did get some good shots a will put the pics up in a minute on photo bucket the link will be there shortly ,apart from them all be in orange! any way i ordered a lpf filter,and it came this morning so a will try that a read alot about these type of filters and every one as diffrent skies so it was hard to judge so i went for the 2" sized one can not comment on how well it works as it only came this morning.any way
    back to the pics,i took about 30 /40 altogether of polaris some good some bad tried dif settings to see what results a would getand the best was 1.35 mins and that gave the best out come to the picstonight a will do some more of the same and test the lpf out and get the pics to see the difference cheers pat enjoy they not so bad pics all were taken at
    Cannon d10 ,12"skyliner
    iso 200
    bulb setting 1.35 sec , x10 subs
    awb on
    4 mins between each shot just to cool down
    no filter
    heres the link
    http://s473.photobucket.com/albums/rr93/todd8137/20tth%20april%20polaris/
    also a stuck the pic of the skywatcher lpf will try that in a bit,the other pic is a result of a drop so beware
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    pulsar optics

    By todd8137,

    hi everone just want to had ny 2 pence worth about this company, i dealt with James who was great i had no probs every thing came on the date a was told a had e mails phone calls updates of them all the time they even rang me on the day of delivery to ask me if it came i did spend nearly a thousand pound and did get a couple of free things a brigtness filter and a color filter and a couple a books
    they did them selfs proud and a would say that they are a good group to deal with rant over
    pat
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    Ready for tonight

    By todd8137,

    Well hope tonight is the night ,as last night was spent messing,with the sct 9.25 try in jupiter but shes over the house now and the thermals wee on the wobble ,even with the ir 740 pass filt not much luck.
    so back to tonight set the 127mm EDT cf up with the 80mm guide scope will include a few images ,
    it sits on a cgem head on a astrotec pier
    just have to stick the qhy5 and modded dslr 600d on tonight fore the laptop up phd/ back yard eos and away we go will post my results as and when going to get around 3 hours of data. On some small galaxy
    pat

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    Hi all
    well the telrad came today from rother valley optics i ordered it on the 31st dec to beat the extra vat ,back then it was £39.00 delivered they e mailed me the same day to say that it would not be back in stock till the 11 jan 2011 and did a want a refund i said no i will wait they rang me on the 10 jan to tell me my order would be sent out on the 11th jan and it arrived this morning the advantage to this for me will be the image the right way up, whist looking for targets has for as for a newcomer this can be hard to get to grips with imho lol thats still hard to get the brain round but this will sort that out a seen one a mate had and it made star hopping easy the sevice of rother valley optics was first class and would order with no probs again
    pat
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    sadr region drawn

    By todd8137,

    i posted this in the other section but for those that missed it
    http://stargazerslounge.com/imaging-sketches-unconventional/155595-sadr-area-drawn.html#post1946778
    cheers
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    Saturn

    By todd8137,

    Hi one and all ,let me first start by thanking "astro baby" for her great guide on collimation which i did and the scope was of by miles and is now tip top and tonights viewing was all the better for it ,so a big thanks to her .
    now Saturn who wee baby my eyes nearly popped out my head the ear to ear smile was hurting my face i had the 32mm eye piece in and soon changed to the 12mm, which gave me a great view all the moons were there it was magical my hands touched the scope and it felt electric a shooting star shot past my view and the rings were perfect the angle was so good that i thought my god is this real
    i looked left and saw dione.enceldu, and tethys they were there mimas wasreal close bottom left amd rhea was up and to the right am sure a saw some thing else near rhea but could not be sure if that was just a back ground star.
    let me tell ya this if ya have never seen saturn befor like me its just unreal to see this makes the heart beat faster and gives you a scale on just how small we are here on earth,and makes the feeling inside of just how small we are on are blue little ball to sum this up a wish a could travel into space and just fly close to saturn just the once,but i will be more than happy to look at it through my white baby every chance a get(white baby be in the scope ,whos name is MO1)
    what a night wipeeeeeeeee
    unreal
    clear skies always
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    Saturn

    By todd8137,

    hi all
    well Saturn will soon be back,and i can not wait i was scanning the net for some info and found in a couple a pics ,what i was looking for.
    the angle of the rings, the pics are below,i am tempted to set the alarm one night but may wait,
    this time round i feel i have enough to get a good few pics for next year ,enjoy the pics

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    Saturn 25 26 april

    By todd8137,

    :clouds1:hi all got a few snaps of saturn ,the wind wad +12mph the 12 dob with dew shield,was here there and every were video was not on at all.so got the d10 and colred filters ,that wa even worse,so back to the web cami found away with 3 large crocodile clips with a bit of old push bike in a tube to clamp the base that worked out ok`ish any way to tired to upload all pics a will try one if a have no joy then will do later
    did any view tonight between 22:45/00"45 has all moons were on sjow and the amount of satalites that zoomed on by i counted 13 in this time also they was fly in past from all directions any one else notice these ?
  10. todd8137
    Hi all well the 26th was a great clear night my meisser score went up vastly,m81,m82,m101,m36,m37,m38,,m35 and many more which a did not write down heres the link to my test video and before ya say a no its not brill but am still learning the focus andsettings on sharp cap a will get there in the end and a 12"dob with no auto track is a tad hard

  11. todd8137
    Hi all ,well a wa up till around 04:30 we had a great clear skyand high mag see in conditions set the scopes up and got the coffee on and fired it all up well for some reson the 90mm refractor just would not focus with the cameras or the web cam .a new the dob would be a challenge as the web cam makes it shoot through the screen so of a go , after 2 hours of twisting turning i headed for the kitchen to warm up and check the footage so far a new soon saturn would be high in the south eastish and would be better
    a started with eps to start with and got some great views a could see a couple a moons one to the right and one close left a thought get the web cam. well the web cam did not pick them up well in one vid may be it could be a dead paixel or just wish full thinking,any way here the link for the video a did manage to pull a few pics out some of the vids and ya cam just see some detail on saturn no cassinni doh a want to see it on vid naked eye ball at the eep cam but the low res vid cam ,can not any way what a night a loved it saturn did not disapoint one bit a hope it stays clear tonight as a no were a went wrong last night so tonight "should be a breeze",i wish
    heres the link for the vid on you tube it is long hope ya make it till the end cheers now
    pat:hello2:

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    sharpcap

    By todd8137,

    hi all lots of people ask me what settings i use on sharpcap so here is a try at how to set it up be gentle its my first attempt at doing this and use in the software to do it 50 goes latter i got there not the best how to video in the world but its a start
    YouTube - ‪todd8137's Channel‬‏
    thanks for looking pat
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    sharpcap video

    By todd8137,

    hi all lots of people ask me what settings i use on sharpcap so here is a try at how to set it up be gentle its my first attempt at doing this and use in the software to do it 50 goes latter i got there not the best how to video in the world but its a start
    http://www.youtube.com/user/todd8137?feature=mhee
    thanks for looking pat
  15. todd8137
    hi all well did a few shots last night but things where not ideal partly cloudy and dodge in the rest to get a few shots the skywatcher LPF filter was purchased of flo next day delivery as prompt as ever ,shot polaris because it’s a easy thing and that direction as the most sky glow sheffield is about 12 mile down the valley from me and its like a big open bowl spew in orange evil every were
    I will have another try tonight as these pics were taken on the 21st april ,so we will see as tonight is clear and the out look is clear we have that smog drifting in on saturday so best make the most of it heres the link for the pics
    http://s473.photobucket.com/albums/rr93/todd8137/skywatcher%20LPF%20filter%20RESULTS%2012%20DOB/
    this is just one of many tests but so far its made a dif here my light pol is not that bad may be 25% and most of that is towards my north any pics taken face in north get the orange glow to then paint shopable but would rather it not be there

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    Snow snow ,snow

    By todd8137,

    hi all we have had a sprinkle of snow this morning, at my place 4 miles west of Alfreton any one one else have any could you leave your rough location and if you had snow also could you if poss give me your temps in centigrade thanks
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    space clouds ?

    By todd8137,

    HI
    all last night came in the house packed every thing away looked out the toilet window and saw these clouds a saw some pics the other day on sgl but thought i would never see the it was around 02:45 iso 200, 5 secs
    cheers pat
    clear skies
    ps as you can see the painted out street lights may garden is now in total darkness


  19. todd8137
    Hi to all,well last night was a steep learning curve with the web cam spc900 and settings the clouds and the wind.well around 18:00 stuck the scope out side it was real clear we had are tea and went out about 19:00.as normal the clouds were back and we set the laptop and cam up.then total cloud cover till about 22:15,so back out again Polaris was the only thing a could see so I tried to get the settings some were close a was led to beleave of morgans that the web cam would act like a 15mm ep,ok no chance more like a 6mm.a barlow would have killed it all together. Any way Polaris was hard to get focus on will put the link to the rubbish effort and I then saw arcturus flashing away all colors and pointed the scope that way,the wind was blowing a tad now so things were going down hill fast but a got a few seconds worth of footage ,saturn was in and out of the clouds so a had a quick go the 12" dob is not the best scope for this but never the less I got a few secs worth
    now the settings are so important ,and I had a good play about with them the rack and pinion focuser is not worth it for this cam work I could not get the focus right most of the time a crawford is my next purchase ,the zoom on the cam settings is ok and sharpcap is great once you rember to save the settings as default ie,10fps,ect. the v lounge settings the zoom was set to 1 to start with a played about with them settings and got there in the end I liked the results all be it shaky and not in focus notes were made and next time things should go a lot quicker the hardest prob was no tracking this is a big pain with the dob and cam in general its not a prob at all but when ya try in to press buttons ect at the same time fun and games start my daughter was cold and was not interested in help at this point but all the same a had a not bad night link is here if you care to waste a couple a secs of your time
    thanks Pat

    http://s473.photobucket.com/albums/rr93/todd8137/?action=view&current=done.mp4
    the vid shows a random start 1st then arcturus,then saturn
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    Hi all
    well just spent most of the day play in about with the copy i brought of SN-PRO PLUS 6 and the ascom pluggin,man what a pain i no this is so simple to do and could not get it to play ball so i decided that stellarium is for me at least thats almost plug and play with the scope.with all drivers built in a can not send snpp6 back to the company off amazon "because you undid the box" we can not except it back .
    tried sn website the help section just blew my brains out my ears ,on the up side i ordered a new cable usb to serial and the other cable which came today.
    which i have no use for because the other one worked fine, i did not no that you needed to be logged in as admin on the pc to do all the ports ect what a pain .any way every thing is cool now so watch the for sale section for the cables and snpro pluss 6 and all the cables to use on meade goto scopes thanks pat

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    hi
    the post finnaly came and a got the disk of which there is 2 installed it 11gb big install.my pc is pent5.2.8 gb and 3gb ram no graphics card. after insatll took a few mins to update and register the software with there website updated to latest version and it runs fine no crashs freezes ect i like it it offers a few more things than sterlluim has not got and the general lay out is great the gui is great theres so much stuff in this that it would take me weks totell you about it but the first looks are great once you set it up with your location and save the file with all that info,it burst`s in to life the guided tours are great you can have the space ship view which is mega even my 11 year daughter likes it a will update this blog as a get more into it and giveit a good test but at the min it s great and has lots to offer what a did read on the web was that the torrent versions crash ! the price is a bit steep and a think it was worth every penny even tho it took nearly 3 weeks to get here ,the ease of use took a bit of getting ussed to but the help files and online help soon sorted that out,the price was £98 yes it may have well been spent on other things for the scope but this is great sofware i love it
    thanks pat

  22. todd8137
    hi all
    well i decide to start a wide field shot i intend o try and take 50x30secs every night i can of cygnus, and try and get a few hours of pics to stack stacking 20/30 subs is ok but after a chat with another sgl freind and he told me "he does not consider 6/7 hours of subs shot over a few days is nothing so here it goes a did about 30 tonight i legged it down into the field with the tripod i got about 45 mins tonight and the clouds came in .
    heres the stack well the pic a bit of LP but i will kill those pics heres the pic so far will update once a have about 4 hours worth
    cheers pat

  23. todd8137
    hi all
    well i decide to start a wide field shot i intend o try and take 50x30secs every night i can of cygnus, and try and get a few hours of pics to stack stacking 20/30 subs is ok but after a chat with another sgl freind and he told me "he does not consider 6/7 hours of subs shot over a few days as nothing so here it goes a did about 30 x30 secs
    heres the stack well the pic a bit of LP but i will kill those pics ,heres the pic so far will update once a have about 4 hours worth
    cheers pat
    iso800
    30sec subs
    28mm lense
    update 1st july
    each new pics as x 10 more subs my editing skills are rubbish so could any one help me out on how to make them better also double clik and klik the pic again these were big pics
    as you can see from pics 45 this is a result of dew on the lens and not check in every frame before you stack not just check in the score but also check each pic ,to avoid this the last pic is with the dew frames removed
    thanks pat

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    Stellarium software

    By todd8137,

    Hi every one just came across this software ,as a noob a thought a would get more things to help me locate and find the targets am after,looking at flat sheets of paper with constellations was a bit hard (did i have it the right way up?) any way so this afternoon a found" stellarium "(google it a may include a link) it is a great bit of software it took a bit of working out setting it up and a downloaded a few more things in to it which is all accessible from the sofware its self.
    its very easy to understand a may even stick it on my daughters i pad if she will let me for outdoor use a can not say enough good things about this software for noobs the interface is so easy to use and the selection of stars nebs and all the rest are so easy to find on this if you are or was struggling to work the skies out this is invaluable imho because its so straight forwards and easy to use i`ll get the link so you can decide for ya self i rate this software a lot
    http://www.stellarium.org/
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    hi all thought i would give this a try a new the clouds are out but a great way to show the motion of the stars and the clouds,25x30sec subs, the video is here
    mr tibbs gave me the idea after watch in is orion video wow i wanted to try my self i am going to try and take 500 x30secs at some point even more if a get time
    todd8137's Channel - YouTube
    there was a 20 second gap between each 30 sec sub can not wait to get to the dark site and catch a tree in the back ground
    cheers pat
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