flat frame light source

[alacant]

Hi everyone. Fed up with uneven backgrounds from the t-shirt and sky method. Are these the type of thing you use to make flat frames? TIA.

 

[Davey-T]

Flats are supposed to have uneven backgrounds that's the idea behind them, T shirt should work OK though not as convenient as a light panel, have you got a picture of your flat ?

Dave

[red dwalf]

have you got a tablet ? i use the t shirt method, i.e. small piece of white cloth over the front of the scope then a tablet on the top with an app i download for free, white screen i think it was called, this covers the front of the scope just nicely, although my scope is only an 80mm aperture, about 90mm with the dew shield, seems to work a treat. 

[happy-kat]

The android app is called lightbox

[red dwalf]

that could be it, there seemed to be a few to choose from, but it filled the screen and it also allowed you to adjust the brightness if you wanted to , i just leave it on full brightness and adjust the exposure rate to get an adu reading of somewhere around 27000

[Vox45]

I went for this solution

I wanted something lite, that I could power from my 12V power distribution box. The panel can be cut to any shape so I plan to cut it round and insert it in the dust cap, using the top hole to access the inverter.

(You can also get a USB inverter)

[alacant]

49 minutes ago, red dwalf said:

a tablet

Hi. Unfortunately it's not big enough; the diameter is 240mm.

[AKB]

47 minutes ago, Vox45 said:

The panel can be cut to any shape so I plan to cut it round and insert it in the dust cap,

Really?  That sounds like a great idea!  What do you do about the connector?

 

[alacant]

44 minutes ago, Vox45 said:

this solution

Nice but t's gonna be expensive as I'd need A3 I think.

 

1 hour ago, Davey-T said:

got a picture of your flat

 

[Davey-T]

I made this light box for my 10"SCT, works well if you're into DIY.

Four shielded halogen bulbs with dimmer.

Dave

[Vox45]

4 minutes ago, AKB said:

Really?  That sounds like a great idea!  What do you do about the connector?

 

On my SW 80ED there is a small hole in the dust cap with a small "plug", I could fit the wire in there and just remove the smaller "plug" when I need to access it and plug it into the inverter. Another way of doing this is to buy a pvc pipe fitting of some kind ... I have a small diameter so it could be a good fit and easy to mod