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Post by davy on Aug 12, 2021 12:21:01 GMT
Got some craft stuff to switch about in flat and get set for winter mode Then its full steam ahead for astronomy,, hopefully this year won't be a washout. Going to set up big rig in the flat for the idd time i get clear sky, The main equipment this year is going to be the portable kit,
Azgti in eq mode William optics zenithstar 61 Asiair Pro Zwo 120mm and 178mc also canon 5d mk2
Will progress to guiding hopefully with the skywatcher 50ed.
Bit of a shakedown needed,, been that long since i touched them lol
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Post by Dragon Man on Aug 12, 2021 12:51:02 GMT
Good stuff davy. The old brain gets rusty if we don't do any Astro for a while We finally had a stunningly clear night this week but the solar batteries in our Observatory went flat so I couldn't image Mike got some fantastic shots. I sat and watched him imaging. He has his system running on a separate Solar system. I hope he posts his images, they are fantastic!
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Post by jaybee on Aug 12, 2021 16:04:33 GMT
It has been an unusually long stretch of cloudy skies and drissle rain. I havent had the scopes out for a few months. We missed that clear night you had Ken.It was clear and cold in the morning and I new I had missed an opportunity . You have certainly gone small scopes Davy. I will be interested to see how your guiding turns out. My ASIair Pro is just sitting idle Lockdowns and bad weather are making me twitchy cheers Paul
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Post by mike on Aug 13, 2021 11:24:54 GMT
Good stuff davy. The old brain gets rusty if we don't do any Astro for a while We finally had a stunningly clear night this week but the solar batteries in our Observatory went flat so I couldn't image Mike got some fantastic shots. I sat and watched him imaging. He has his system running on a separate Solar system. I hope he posts his images, they are fantastic! I will be posting images per Ken's suggestion as soon as possible once I whip my computer into submission.
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Post by davy on Aug 14, 2021 5:16:39 GMT
Struggling with all the stuff in flat to find space for it all π Im up to the telescope side of flat,, to get organised now π Eq3 pro with esprit ed80 is getting stripped down and going into storage,. This will leave the heq5 wih evostar ed80 and portable set up, Will get the heq5 set uo first then work on portable kit,, Had a clear night for a bit,, hopefully it will get better as dark nights creep in
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Post by davy on Aug 14, 2021 16:23:24 GMT
Lol,, getting there, π Eq3 pro put to bed along with the esprit ed80.. Keeping it niceπ. Got stuff moved around heq5 set up,, eqmod,, cartes du ciel software and remote via game pad. Skywatcher black diamond evostar ed80,with focuser upgrade,, this required tension adjustment slipping using hitecastro focuser, Manual 5 position filter wheel, blank, moon filter, ha filter, oxygen filter, hb filter, π€ i think,, Canon 600d with mains power,, Mount control panasonic toughbook,, camera control acer laptop,, Houston,, we have lift off ππππ
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Post by davy on Aug 14, 2021 16:29:32 GMT
View from the flat window,, with the good weather and rain,, its making the plants go bonkers. Naked eye view 100% zoom on the big rig 900% zoom and its on the leaves of the trees π
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Post by Dragon Man on Aug 14, 2021 18:27:47 GMT
Blue Sky!!!!! Excellent!
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Post by davy on Aug 14, 2021 19:16:22 GMT
Blue Sky!!!!! Excellent! More intrested in clear skies ken π
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Post by davy on Aug 14, 2021 19:22:13 GMT
No been hanging around,, the portable rig has been powered up, asair pro,, fired up ok,, trying to remember how to use it was the big issue. The 120mm,, i had to virtually switch the exposure off to get it to produce an image,, few cables to this set up,, cable management rivht out tbe window at present lol
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Post by davy on Aug 14, 2021 21:15:55 GMT
10 past 10 in Scotland and still not dark enough for the wee diamonds to show up, but the kit is up and running,, bit of a bugger for tracking as no star alignment,, far less the pole star,, ππ. Welcome to davys hit or miss astronomy from the flat
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Post by davy on Aug 15, 2021 18:57:43 GMT
Was really poor last night,, had the dslr at iso 3200 and 5 second exposure,, few stars,, utter crap to be honest,, stayed up till 12.30am but flogging a dead horse,, the images got cleaner when i switched to hydrogen alpha,, certainly helps with light pollution
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Post by davy on Aug 20, 2021 21:08:01 GMT
Well weather a bummer again and the boss phoned the garage before we left for the weekend,, the young guy who works with us was flying out to Spain at 5pm tonight,, you have to do a covid 19 test efore leaving the country,,, he failed his,, So three of us had to go to local covid test centre for testing,,, waiting on results,, π So in isolation till i find out if im negative or positive Done a home test on Tuesday and was negative,, will just be my luck to be positive Got shopping in is i need to Isolate,, π€
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Post by Dragon Man on Aug 21, 2021 11:08:23 GMT
Well weather a bummer again and the boss phoned the garage before we left for the weekend,, the young guy who works with us was flying out to Spain at 5pm tonight,, you have to do a covid 19 test efore leaving the country,,, he failed his,, So three of us had to go to local covid test centre for testing,,, waiting on results,, π So in isolation till i find out if im negative or positive Done a home test on Tuesday and was negative,, will just be my luck to be positive Got shopping in is i need to Isolate,, π€ best of luck Davy!
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Post by davy on Aug 21, 2021 11:49:58 GMT
Well weather a bummer again and the boss phoned the garage before we left for the weekend,, the young guy who works with us was flying out to Spain at 5pm tonight,, you have to do a covid 19 test efore leaving the country,,, he failed his,, So three of us had to go to local covid test centre for testing,,, waiting on results,, π So in isolation till i find out if im negative or positive Done a home test on Tuesday and was negative,, will just be my luck to be positive Got shopping in is i need to Isolate,, π€ Β best of luck Davy! still waiting on results π
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Post by davy on Aug 22, 2021 13:52:16 GMT
Got the all clear,, all systems are go,, Well,,, weather is still l poor
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Post by davy on Oct 1, 2021 12:17:24 GMT
Well the season hasn't started for me, π weather still mince, rain or cloud,, but starting yo turn cold in Scotland now so here is hoping,,
In the mean time thinking about getting a drone,, carols son has one and the photos on the 4k camera are stunning, Carol wanted one for photography and but the bullit and got her one for chrimbo,, same as her sons,, The beast pro2,, 3 axis gimbal on the camera,, so will keep her chops a bit chedry and mucho brownie points for me in the good book. Will order myself the same one next week,, wanted to make shure all was ok with the seller on ebay..
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Post by Dragon Man on Oct 1, 2021 13:01:00 GMT
That should be fun. I wouldn't mind a good drone but I need to save for more prospecting equipment, and let it make me more money for my other hobbies Oh, and it's still raining here too. The 7 day forecast is . . . rain every day
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Post by davy on Oct 1, 2021 16:48:56 GMT
This is the drone, i got carol, Β£216 from ebay
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Post by davy on Oct 1, 2021 16:51:41 GMT
The drone arrived today,, so just giving her it,, hopefully gives her some practice time and some flying before the weather gets worse... Can imagine giving vher it on Christmas day and not being able to fly it till February ππ
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