rosette to xmas tree wide

[alacant]

Hi everyone

Managed 6 frames before this went behind the mountains to the west, early hours. Never expected anything like even though it did seem exceptionally dark last night. Main problem with camera lenses; the focus... Do tell us how you do it.

Takumar 135  + 450d ISO400

 

 

Edited February 27, 2020 by alacant

[vernmid]

Hi Alacant.

Don't you ever have clouds? Seems you are posting another fabulous image every day 😃 

Absolutely no jealously here whatsoever!

Keep it up

Vern

[Cozzy]

1 hour ago, alacant said:

Main problem with camera lenses; the focus... Do tell us how you do it.

Hiya alacant,

I have the same lens and camera, and on the very very very rare occasions I have had the weather here in the UK to use them, I use a home made Lords focus mask  (Y) shaped, it is made from small black plastic cable zip ties, with folds on the ends to fit over the lens.

 

HTHs

Tim

Edited February 27, 2020 by Cozzy

[ollypenrice]

From Telescope Service in three sizes...

Olly

[spillage]

9 minutes ago, ollypenrice said:

From Telescope Service in three sizes..

I have one of those lying around that I couldn't work out what it was. Now I know thanks @ollypenrice mystery solved.

[ollypenrice]

53 minutes ago, spillage said:

I have one of those lying around that I couldn't work out what it was. Now I know thanks @ollypenrice mystery solved.

They are a little fiddly to set up but do give fine control. The trick is to buy the smallest diameter which will fit your lens and then it feels less like repairing a watch using chopsticks...

Olly

[alacant]

6 hours ago, Cozzy said:

(Y) shaped

Amazing and so much simpler than a B. mask.

I wonder if this is the answer to focusing between the red and blue fringes?

Must have a go.

[tooth_dr]

6 hours ago, ollypenrice said:

From Telescope Service in three sizes...

Olly

3d printable too.  This lens is a nightmare to focus without it. 
 

 

[ollypenrice]

1 minute ago, tooth_dr said:

3d printable too.  This lens is a nightmare to focus without it. 
 

 

I'd expect yours to be better but my grasp of 3D printing matches my grasp of 11th century Persian poetry...

🤪lly

[alacant]

On 27/02/2020 at 14:05, vernmid said:

Don't you ever have clouds?

Hi.

I think we fare better than those further north and it's definitely warmer, but it's not all clear skies. Take last night. Started around 21:00 with good visibility. 2 targets, m50 to warm up and then m96. We were progressively attacked by Saharan dust. I don't think any of this is worth processing!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

**EDIT: and here's what it looked like from Alicante, around an hour after sunrise. Here's hoping for some rain to clear it and leave everything covered in non-telescope-friendly red mud...

 

Edited February 28, 2020 by alacant

[Nova2000]

Nice image . Is your 700d modded?

[alacant]

2 hours ago, Nova2000 said:

700d modded

Thanks. 

Yes.