Dwarf II Smart Telescope

[Vulisha]

35 minutes ago, Elp said:

Is that 300s x 10 or 10s x 300?

dwarf 2 has a limit of 15s max exposure

[denodan]

On 14/12/2022 at 04:40, Elp said:

Certainly as Evscope and Stellina have demonstrated there are people out there that it appeals to. For me personally, if there's no challenge, there's no reward. The journey makes it all worthwhile.

There is a challenge, like astrophotography it also saves individual frames, so depending on how well you learn processing, can pull much more out of it than just the visually final single stacked  EAA image.

so the challenge is dependant on your processing. It’s more limited if you just use for EAA images, etc  but to get the best out of it still need processing skills or learn to process images. Will pull out twice what the EAA image will if processed.

The beauty of this is you can be happy, if you wish just to view the final EAA image, or take it further and stack the individual frames.

 

Edited February 5, 2023 by denodan

[Elp]

Good point. I was referring more so to putting your own rig together how you want it, aligning, getting it to work etc. You get more feeling of reward when it all works.

[Vulisha]

I tried to image medusa nebula few days ago from light polluted area, it is rewarding too see something! 

 

Also I have  one of most custom setups on one hand (custom telescopse, custom mount - onstep) and on other hand dwarf, telescope that has been where big setup has never been and will never be.

 

Edited February 6, 2023 by Vulisha

[Vulisha]

Few shots from dwarf

[PeterW]

What sort of light pollution and exposure settings did you need?

 

peter

[Vulisha]

Comet is 11x15s straight from the dwarf to Lightroom Mobile crop a bit of noise reduction and tweeking  

Horsehead and Flame nebula

360x15s gain 80, EQ mode

Stacked in siril, then did photometric calibration and then deconvultion. Background extraction applied on whole sequence before registration and again on finished photo. 

Cropped, and a bit of aditional editing done in Adobe Lightroom Mobile

Bode galaxies are right under streetlamp 300x10s

 

 

Edited February 20, 2023 by Vulisha

[Alex Mac]

For those who've already bought the Dwarf II, does it incur any import levies? And are there any add-ons that should really be considered at the same time?

(Swithering!)

[Vulisha]

Ok I just see in a last post I forgot to upload images and ended up being a fool. 

So regarding import taxes in EU, I was said as a kickstarter everything will be covered. But it was not, I had to pay, but dwarf sortof compensated me. 

Mguess is you should count on import taxes. 

 

Regarding addons, only magnetic filter adapter should be bought.Then you can source filters from where ever. 

 If you plan to watch the sun, take ND filters straight away from them, although you can source them later as well. 

[Carbon Brush]

A UK purchaser at the 'pre-order' price of £335 + £13 filter adapter + shipping (£35?) can look forward to 20% VAT (£76.60?) and an unspecified import duty.
Not forgetting there is potentially a handling fee (£20+) applied by the carrier.
So about £500 once in my hands.

 

[Vulisha]

I would recommend you to contact DwarfLab they certainly have people from UK they have shipped already and know is it included or not. 

[Vulisha]

Few more works with dwarf2

NGC4236 713x15s under steet lamp

M46 and M47 300x4s stacked in Dwarf2, edited in Lightroom mobile, and just Background Extraction done in siril I tried to extract star colors here. 

Triangulum 300x10s

All editing done in siril and lightroom mobile if not specified otherwise 

[LaurenceT]

I've been looking at the development of these so-called smart telescopes for some time with a degree of envy and this Dwarf II certainly looks excellent value for money. However, if I buy anything new in the next few years I would face some serious problems domestically😄 so I've started to cobble together my own DIY version with existing gear. This setup is also covered by Cuiv on YT

https://youtu.be/0JdtL950RjQ

I managed to get it working yesterday using my Android phone but my Ipad wouldn't play ball.

[Vulisha]

There is ZWO Seestar S50 now in as well. 

It has narrower FOV, it is more competition to Vespera than to Dwarf, but at Dwarf price. Dwatf is Undoubtedly better for daytime use due to wide camera and wider FOV, also for those few big targets on night as well, but for most night targets Seestar is better option.

Dwarf sales will no doubt take a hit, but I do not know why would anyone buy vespera after this goes out. 

Here are some images done with  ZWO Seestar 

[paulastro]

There is a review of the Dwarf 11 by Ade Ashford in the forthcoming June issue of Astronomy Now.

[ismangil]

And here's the link to buy AN June 2023 if you're not a subscriber https://shop.astronomynow.com/product/an-june-2022/ I just bought the digital version, and Ade's review of D2 is favourable:

"I consider the results, processed  with the freeware ASIStudio and  Siril, to be amazing given the  instrument’s small aperture and the  very unfavourable conditions. The D2 is one of the best conceived  and implemented imaging devices  I’ve encountered in a long while."

Also: Hi SGL, good to be back. It was D2 that just might tempt me back to stargazing!

Edited August 9, 2023 by ismangil