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Post by southernskies on Jun 22, 2020 10:34:41 GMT
Sometimes it's good to get off the beaten track – well at least so far as EAA goes. These nights the little diffuse nebula NGC 6164/5 in Norma is well up in the evening but often gets overlooked because of its proximity to its much larger neighbour NGC 6188 in Ara. In long exposures with much larger telescopes the overall structure of the red diffuse part of this object is revealed – for example as shown by images on Astrobin (e.g. 11 inches – 5 hours, 12 inches - 4 hours). In even longer exposures the surrounding blue reflection nebula is revealed (e.g. 10 inches - 13.2 hours, 16 inches - 20 hours). So although this 3 minute unguided exposure does not really do it justice it nevertheless shows that even casual EAA viewing can give more than just an impression of what the object looks like. “You gotta love EAA”. Camera : GStar-Ex3 (Sony IMX178 CMOS colour) Telescope : SW PDS 150 (f/5) + x0.68 focal reducer Mount : SW HEQ5 Pro Exposure : 3 minutes (x3 average stack) David
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Post by Dragon Man on Jun 22, 2020 10:50:05 GMT
Stunning David! The colours are beautiful Yep, the IMX178 is great. I use mine almost exclusively now.
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Post by davy on Jun 22, 2020 12:32:28 GMT
The star is sensor is definitely a pretty good sensor,, first time I saw the advert with the cheetahs out in the pitch dark and the starves sensor picking them up I thought wow.
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Post by Dragon Man on Jun 22, 2020 13:40:49 GMT
The star is sensor is definitely a pretty good sensor,, first time I saw the advert with the cheetahs out in the pitch dark and the starves sensor picking them up I thought wow. Ahhh yeah, this one:
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Post by howie1 on Jun 25, 2020 1:58:34 GMT
The star is sensor is definitely a pretty good sensor,, first time I saw the advert with the cheetahs out in the pitch dark and the starves sensor picking them up I thought wow. Ahhh yeah, this one: ... Except it was a total fake by Sony .... the image was Stephanie Periquet's as listed on shutterstock (link below) to which Sony just did a fake overlay to "simulate" what the starvis sensor could see here's Stephanie's shutterstock page 3 of her wildlife and nature shots ... scroll to the bottom of that page then come up a few rows looking for Cheetah photos, until you see the image called Cheetah Cubs On Termite Mount. www.shutterstock.com/g/speriquet?sort=popular&page=3
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Post by davy on Jun 25, 2020 10:34:47 GMT
Ahhh yeah, this one: [img alt=" " class="smile" src="//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png" style="max-width:100%;"] ... Except it was a total fake by Sony .... the image was Stephanie Periquet's as listed on shutterstock (link below) to which Sony just did a fake overlay to "simulate" what the starvis sensor could see here's Stephanie's shutterstock page 3 of her wildlife and nature shots ... scroll to the bottom of that page then come up a few rows looking for Cheetah photos, until you see the image called Cheetah Cubs On Termite Mount. www.shutterstock.com/g/speriquet?sort=popular&page=3Howie,, your breaking my heart 😂,, I've been conned,, will open the flood gates for compensation,, will be like the volkswagen emissions fiasco all over Again 😁
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Post by Dragon Man on Jun 25, 2020 13:01:28 GMT
Interesting, thank you Howie. I went to the website and studied all 99 of her Cheetah photographs and although they are the exact same Cheetahs, and the exact location including the trees in the background, the photo Sony used isn't there. Maybe they bought it from her and she can't use it herself in her galleries. But yeah, still fakery by Sony!!! Not good! www.shutterstock.com/search/similar/241593316
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Post by howie1 on Jun 26, 2020 1:03:58 GMT
Interesting, thank you Howie. I went to the website and studied all 99 of her Cheetah photographs and although they are the exact same Cheetahs, and the exact location including the trees in the background, the photo Sony used isn't there. Maybe they bought it from her and she can't use it herself in her galleries. But yeah, still fakery by Sony!!! Not good! www.shutterstock.com/search/similar/241593316It is there ... the exact photo ...... except they photoshopped the starry night sky in and then claim it is what their starvis sensor did in the night capturing the cheetahs ... total BS. Here's the proof ....
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Post by scopemobile on Jun 26, 2020 8:31:45 GMT
i think there's a tongue in cheek somewhere, as the leopard licks blood from its fangs. john.
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Post by davy on Jun 26, 2020 9:15:22 GMT
i think there's a tongue in cheek somewhere, as the leopard licks blood from its fangs. john. It's eating a donner kebab 😁
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Post by Dragon Man on Jun 26, 2020 11:33:19 GMT
Interesting, thank you Howie. I went to the website and studied all 99 of her Cheetah photographs and although they are the exact same Cheetahs, and the exact location including the trees in the background, the photo Sony used isn't there. Maybe they bought it from her and she can't use it herself in her galleries. But yeah, still fakery by Sony!!! Not good! www.shutterstock.com/search/similar/241593316It is there ... the exact photo ...... except they photoshopped the starry night sky in and then claim it is what their starvis sensor did in the night capturing the cheetahs ... total BS. Here's the proof ....
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Post by ChrisV on Jun 29, 2020 2:09:39 GMT
Don't believe Howie. He's just one of those crazies who doesn't believe advertising material ...
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Post by Dragon Man on Jun 29, 2020 11:40:46 GMT
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