todd8137

not seen a thing cloud here for a couple a days

Moon hi all just got every thing out side so the moon is nearly full tonight, so filters and web cam at the ready and waiting for telesto to get here with is 200p flex-tube auto track, i have the 12"reflector at the ready my filters tonight will be red ,blue, ir,and may be if its real rough the nd94 ,purple also is great for the web cam gives real deep black and whites mono all the way i had a great view to the north east and east so should get some great shots from tea time tomoz, any way will update this later,with pics and video of Jupiter and the moon web cam and dslr update well telesto came up with in minutes of him getting here the clouds opened up and snow rain and sleet came down i have a gortex sheet about 9 feet by 9 feet ,i had that on prior,so after a hour we gave up,so yet again beat

hi Mr sado so was out the moon as not looked the same since and Jupiter does not look as sharp

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no paul that goes up enough every year with out putting a claim in a did want a bst 8mm ep but a new neo is in the pipeline

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

Neodymium filter well last night i was collecting all my stuff up and was walking towards the back door i saw my neighbor come round the corner ,in is car so hurried to get to the door ,i heard a metal clang on the floor opened the door and heard a crunch, i started to check and sort my eps out no neo filter,i put the porch light on to see the filter had been run over gutted this is my best filter and they not cheap here`s the pic of the dead filter

Hi all well been do in all sorts since me last adventure,i finished the barn door tracker works great pics will follow when the skies decide to clear,i set about make in a fan after spend in months with tube currents and reading endless amount on this subject ,i got a group average on the pros and cons of a fan,i cut a circle out of clear plastic cut the notchs out for the col screws and glued the Velcro to both parts and trimmed up that all done the cloud came down for weeks till the 27th,i gave it a whirl when run at 12v the was some shake not sure if it was the wind or the fan i dropped it down to 9v wich gave me a steady picture,but when i put the webcam in the vibe was obvious so whilst recording i left it on by mistake which gave me not great pics i have put the links in the planet section on sgl i used the 12" heres the link to the other post i did with links for the pics and video thanks for looking http://stargazerslounge.com/imaging-planetary/165354-jupiter-27th-still-not-got-perfect-night.html

as ya no paul its not finished yet its not a working model hahahahah was looking for you on skype last week.had a mate round last night with a tracking dob a 200p ,i was show in clive all the gubb in and ins and outs of do in pics and play with all the soft ware he got a great pic of m42 he took 100, 2.5 secs subs staked them and its looks great it was clear as a bell when he came up 1 hour later cloud cheers

hi ,yes mars can be a let down next jan and feb he may be a bit closer to us get to a astro club for when it is

hi there orion is back again and as nice as ever i tried to get a few snaps to make a short animation but the dew and cold froze me,and dewed up the lens on the camera,but its soon to be a evening planet i have a bade 0III filter for nebs its great in the 12"reflector and good for use when take in pics,its no good in the 90mm frac tho bit of a over kill

i was wondering why all this cloud was upon us new kit every were ,hope you get it all hooked was at are club last week a guy came with a massive mak and cameras my o my it took him 2 hours to set it up after another hour he was sat in the room sup in coffee he said ,i have brought 12 cables and not one of them will work

Barn door tracker HI all thanks for take in a look, well i started with idea to make one for ages but had not a pice that a needed to make it ,to the shed i went . i looked in a few boxes to find what may or may not work,finding a piece of old hoover pipe was the first thing i thought theirs the mount for the camera and so on,till i found everything apart from the bolt which i got from a diy place,i set to work job done i set it up tested it ,reset it up tested tracked a few shots lens got dew on it so i came in the house left the camera in a plastic bag in the shed went out 20 mins later low thin cloud ect, i aimed the camera for for Lyra in the bottom right corner and took a 2 min sub as a massive cloud was drifting across here a short video of the mount and some of the pics i took this is truly a back yard build,i stick one of the pics and the video, video http://www.youtube.com/user/todd8137?feature=mhee update 23 nov well things are not go in smooth,some times it works perfect,but most of the times it does not work at all i think the bodge job is no good a new model is in the pipeline as this one is ok but does not work all the time i some times do not see the benifits of it ,but i will struggle on as any one else had problems with barndoor trackers

hi there those dam lights did you no that that is classed as light pollution its the same as car exhausts and all the rest get on to your local council tell then the security lights are intruding on your property or ask the locals to re angle there security lights invite them round for a look ?

great stuff neil you should try this over a couple of days on slightly thinner paper draw jupiter in the middle on one sheet and lay a new sheet over the top trace jupiter and ,mark the moons of do it over a couple a nights and you can see them move in did it a while ago great effort by the way

hi nova it is a quick and cheap way to get some pics stacked,i think the old phillips webcam as got a lot of people hooked .for planets they are great the moon really does not get any better than this with this webcam nice write up as well cheers for sharing pat

hi just a bit of moon drifting from the other night thanks for looking

i intend to have a good look again tonight that depends on the moon of course, and the clouds i will take a few wide field shots shots as well and get the pens and black card out . but i fear dew may be a problem not on the scope but the camera even with the home made plant pot dew shield but will give it ago the temp at the min is 5 c ,so the camera may stay in the house we will see will finish this blog later epic fail i did a bit of moon and Jupiter with the webcam,came in the house watched a bit of tv when i next went out35 mins later it was foggy and every thing was covered in dew what a pain here is one of Jupiter and the first time i decide not to put the dew shield on the 300p i had a foggy mirror

i thought you was on about the bbq

neil i took 50 shots the other night but the video still only last a short time i will rin them through the software sunday at some point its a great new projectbut after a bit i got bored and cold i did have the scopes set up but was do in 45 sec shots (subs) and leave in a gap of 30 ecs wil put them on you tube later sunday some time am glad a got the software idea of you theres mre to astronomy that just looking cheers

nice shot neil,been watch in the iss go over for a few nights ,no to night to wet and windy .i did set the goto to to try and catch it the goto mount gave me the 10 sec warning ,sat there with the hand set in my hand ready to go i pressed the button it tracked for about 12 secs and then either my alignment was of or the scope had a moment but still it was bet than the eye ball view it looked like a capital h to me

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

i can convert no probs,i thought the imag grab would have "raw" as a pic option

hi neil had a play with the image to avi software looks good only had about 10 of the same pic but to night with a bit of luck i shall get a few snaps must rember not to shoot in raw mode a think thats its only down fall

i neil i use a programe called "blackframe nr" that adds a black frame to your pictures so do your normal pics 25 of what ever and then take just one dark frame same speed and iso ect and then run each pic take a look its so easy to use in fact the web site as some great software take a look this black fram one is cool and i use it a lot BlackFrame NR - Noise reduction using Black frame method cheers pat