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Tips for CCD imaging
I wouldn't say I am a beginner at this, but maybe just over a year since I first started astrophotography. I took this image of Jupiter last night because I knew the GRS was visible. I'm wondering what...
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Unknown Refractor
Can anyone help identify this refractor? I got it from a junk shop for a tenner, was very dirty, full of saw dust! Cleaned it up now but not had much opportunity to test it out. The objective is a bit...
View ArticleFoam for mount box
Cannot find a suitable box for my NEQ6 head so going to make one from wood. I need some "hard" type foam for inside it and will build the box round the foam square and cut out for the mount afterwards....
View ArticleSkyWire Telescope Control
Hi, I would like to know if anyone has any experience using SkySafari's telescope control SkyWire or SkyFi? If so, could I have your opinions, as I am currently considering purchasing this accessory...
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The Earl Grey Nebula
Found this floating in my tea this morning - I had M31 yesterday! Any one else found any deep sky objects floating around? Chris (This is an extremely hard water area!)
View ArticleThe Crowdsourced Composition Project
Hello everyone, As part of my degree, I am researching the idea of a Crowdsourced Composition, where people vote on samples that I provide, and the public is an integral part of the compositional...
View ArticleHello from dorset!
Hi there, I have just realised that although i have been lurking around on and off for a few yesrs i have not joined! I have a gso 10" dob and a Celestron nextstar 127slt at the moment and various...
View ArticleWhat to save for??
Hello, I am just taking up stargazing as a hobby and have bought a pair of binoculars to start learning the constellations (using luminous on my iPad and stellarium on my laptop). I intend to buy a...
View ArticleMount Motor help
Good afternoon, I got my SW150p (eq3-2) last weekend and have managed to see Jupiter and a bit of the moon in between clouds and snow storms. Whilst this was exciting I struggled a little with the...
View ArticleDouble-mount bar on its way
Just got one of ABS for a very decent price, which should hold my Lunt LS35THa and APM 80mm side by side easily, for easy switching between H-alpha and white-light solar. Alternatively, I could use it...
View ArticleJane Goodall Institute
Worth having this running the background for the next few days. Live stream of a possible live chimp birth. http://www.ustream.tv/channel/chimp-eden-nina-birth-cam
View ArticleMojacar (Almeria) Spain
All... Apologies - unsure exactly where to post this one ?! I'm away for the annual 'jolly hollybobs' later in the year, returning to Mojacar in Almeria Spain. As I recall, there were some mind-blowing...
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Autostakkert Problem
Hello I posted this in Discussions - Software which I think may have been the wrong place to put it so I have also posted in this fourm I have been capturing some avis of Jupiter last night using my...
View Articleheads-up..Zeiss ortho
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Zeiss-Jena-16mm-965-Ortho-cross-hair-insert-No-reserve-/160955497306?pt=UK_Photography_Telescopes&hash=item2579b1fb5a like buses these things!!
View ArticleHeads-up...80's short tube!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-1980s-Tasco-99VR-short-tube-Refractor-Accessories-No-Reserve-/160956279013?pt=UK_Photography_Telescopes&hash=item2579bde8e5 hmmm interesting scope..not seen one...
View ArticleHello.
Hi, just jioned after lurking for a while, in the process of buying a telescope (a flexitube 130 or a skywatcher explorer-130 eq2), please feel free to add your thoughts on these 2 scopes, i bascically...
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Help with Catseye Infinity XLK Autocollimator (duel pupil)
I would be really grateful if someone could help me with the Catseye Infinity XLK Autocollimator (duel pupil). I'm using it to collimate my f4 ts optics Newtonian. The problem I have is that I haven't...
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sun white light 16/01/2013
using WO megrez 72 and solar film, stiched using ice 2 panes Attached Thumbnails
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Re-processed Crab Nebula Data from 12 Jan 2013
I've been having a play with my recent Crab Nebula data and have come up with what appears to be a better version - much more detail in the Nebula. This is a reprocess of exactly the same stacked...
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