todd8137

wow should have converted down cool will take a look in a sec i just wanted to see how much color was there did you run it through dss again and play with the color ,,saturation lume ? give it a whirl also in the top right corner you can darken or lighten the image before stack did you do a star count best to use between 40 and 50 cheers pat

just got in mate is ther any chance you can post the orignal stack pic ? a was gonna say use dss theres some good vids on you tube as well on how to get the best out of dss every thing will come in time and before ya no it ya will be well on ya way ,but it looks like ya have got things sorted the moons up now so just gonna get the scopes out if ya ever need a chat i can send ya my mobile number and a will call ya back no probs keep at it a nice little prigrame to check out is photoscape (download.com very safe and great site for free programes of all kinds they have a search box just type it in) photoscape is great and is easy to use and lets you tinker but gimp is just as good download plugins for that gimp and its real heavy duty,

clear skies pat

hi you starting to get there now is the widefieldon the right just one 20s sub or is it a stack ? if its a single that great imagine what 30/40 stacked would look like

i was out last night and if it could go wrong it did i got back stacked about 60 -30sec subs to find that i must have knocked the eq at some point andall the rest the two pics are great and am happy you saw andro galaxy its nice aint it wait til the dark nights come its great let me no how many subs the RH pic was as if it one am sure if you stacked loads of that you would have a deep rich widefiled shot there but the one you have is great for 20secs

clear skies always

pat

Well done, keep up the good work.

cheers tibbs get on the case wit your local council if you have a prob

man i would love a ride on that thanks for the link we was out shopping when it was on thats women for ya (no offence to the ladies i love you all)

pat

yes its was a small step forward Paul for me hope in to get the 90mm out tonight for that dumbel neb failing that will try for a few more wide shots to add to my cygnus widefield pic up to about 78 mins worth at this point but keep adding to it ,hope to get to the dark site tonight cloud free i live in hope will catch up with ya monday on skype

pat

hi great start g a bet you could push it to 30 secs if the camera will? take a bout 15 at 20 secs and get them staked i bet you would get a super pic,just about see the milky way great shot

nice, at what time of night are you shooting these ? whats the settings on the camera are you getting these fantatsic shots ?

cheers pat

i could write a 10/15 page essay on what i would like and want filter and eps stay away from those kits spend the same money on a decent 7mm/21mm zoom unless like me you buy a starter kit and find they not to bad but then will only upgrade

filters depends what you want to look at? a lpf one is good if you in a city or urban areas with lots of street light glow

eye pieces get the best you can or what the bank balance can afford (now you have a scope watch the bank balance go down rapidly) get the best you can am sure some one will say diferent as every one as eye pieces they love and will tell you "there the best"

let us no about your first light

not sure how you would get that to work but would be interested to see how you get on

thanks but some thing is not right some were with the set lp is one of them but yes cygnus as a lot to offer with lyra just sat next to it

clear skies always

next time a think 50/60 subs may yield better results cloud tonight ,but just from a few subs with darks,bias and flats, for a test its not bad

still no comments still not sure were a went wrong and with the looks of things never will

hi great shots i love the wide field shots ,one day i to will get great shots like these i hope

nice

hi there is the no one local to you ,who will let you have a play with there scopes ?

have a great time

when my scopes are cooling a leave the dogs on the garden ,my 2 jackrussels soon let the whole street no and me if any one is creeping around

hi paul was clear here but the mini heat wave we had 31c was a killer out side at 23:45 it was still 22c unreal i did some pics but like a plonka deleted all darls flats and bias what a pain the milky way was great as well but i did get 25x35 secs subs so will give them a whirl later in dss

i also tood some of andromeda galaxy but for got to clip the lpf filter in to the camera

the moon and jupiter were late so i went to bed i was gonna wait till it was right next to each other and take some video but was to tired will be on skype in the morning

pat

hi i was up late my self,try in to get pics the moon and jupiter were up early.i had a bit of a tour round my selfi was after take in pics of the galaxy in andromeda i seen it but it got light for around 3 ish and a was done

i have found with my goto if you can level it and get a good polar align,it generaly points in the right direction ,also can you train the drives on that goto ,i have the meade handset and if the location and time zone is not right it points all over the place , i`d never trade the 12" dob in lol well not untill i can not carry it out side cheers pat

hi Paul ,yes the specail factory setting work well,am chuffed it worked,a will try and get on skype in the week am hope in to get saturn and jupiter tonight so if am up late a may not get on skype in the morning

a look forward to the pics 4 secs should give ya a go at it the more subs you get the better a bet about 30/40 and some flats ect a will give 4 secs ago if a get time i got some 5 secs of the ring neb the other night but not good hope ya both ok and the family

pat

well the clouds rolled in as per normal and were getting a mini heat wave this week so clear nights but a fear the turbulence might spoil things

cool a will try to night its starting to clear woth 44% chance of cloud so its not looking great a want to try mars as wll as jupiter was brill the other night i have never seen the moon vertical they normaly left to right as you look any way we shall see what tonight as in store

hi iasabelle a think the rain is here for a couple a days it was by chance a saw the orange glow in the north east mars is next on the cards /venus hope you both well

hi jim a was up till 3 this morning and just finished play in about with and the clouds was not that bad here