DSLR imaging is the gateway drug that leads to...

[RickS (Rick)]

Filters installed, everything assembled and taking test pics in the house, including a 0.1 sec selfie in Oiii

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by RickS

Filters installed, everything assembled and taking test pics in the house, including a 0.1 sec selfie in Oiii

Nice toy! I'm going to ask the same for father's day see if that works.

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Nice toy! I'm going to ask the same for father's day see if that works.

Mrs Rick: "what do you want for Father's Day?" Me: "oh, nothing. I'll just get myself a little astro toy." Mrs Rick immediately switches off all mental processing and interest: "that's nice dear."

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Nice one, Rick

Welcome to the dark side, or should that be, lower-noise side

[RickS (Rick)]

Thanks, Dunk. The ASI1600 looks like a great fit for this application. The smaller sensor won't tax lenses too much and low read noise will allow short subs on a less capable mount like the Star Adventurer. The theory looks good, apart from taking a bit of a punt on how well my NB filters will work at very fast f-ratios. Now I just need to prove it in practice

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by RickS

Mrs Rick: "what do you want for Father's Day?" Me: "oh, nothing. I'll just get myself a little astro toy." Mrs Rick immediately switches off all mental processing and interest: "that's nice dear."

Ooo... stealthy. I like it.

[troypiggo (Troy)]

Could have just painted the red on the camera black. Mrs Rick - "What's that dear?". Mr Rick - "Nothing, it's the same DSLR I've had for years!"

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by troypiggo

Could have just painted the red on the camera black. Mrs Rick - "What's that dear?". Mr Rick - "Nothing, it's the same DSLR I've had for years!"

The voice of experience?

[troypiggo (Troy)]

I cannot confirm nor deny the use of that strategy in the past

[traveller (Bo)]

Welcome to the ZWO club Rick.

[RickS (Rick)]

Thanks, Bo!

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

Originally Posted by troypiggo

I cannot confirm nor deny the use of that strategy in the past

However a 9.25 Celestron SCT is the same colour as the 8 in version and a QSI583 is the same colour as a DSI II and a Tak em200 mount looks a lot like a White EQ6.

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by peter_4059

However a 9.25 Celestron SCT is the same colour as the 8 in version and a QSI583 is the same colour as a DSI II and a Tak em200 mount looks a lot like a White EQ6.

He's had the same carton of Asahi for several years too.

[troypiggo (Troy)]

What's amazing is that my(1) SW ED80 Black Diamond somehow faded it's colour over time to look an awful lot like a white TMB92SS.

(1) I mean "my(2) hypothetical"

(2) I mean "my friend's"

[multiweb (Marc)]

I reckon the biggest heist for me was (allegedly) swapping a 2" 180mm GSO extension tube with a Starizona Hyperstar III. Now that's ROI on contrebande.

[RickS (Rick)]

One tube looks much like any other, fortunately.

[Slawomir (Suavi)]

Looks like a very nice and compact combo Rick. I look forward to seeing Rick's magic with CMOS

[Atmos (Colin)]

One warning that I would give, although the ASI1600 has a small sensor, it also has suitably small pixels! The smaller sensor helps with correction from off-axis issues but the small pixels don't help hide the on-axis ones

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by Slawomir

Looks like a very nice and compact combo Rick. I look forward to seeing Rick's magic with CMOS

Thanks, Suavi. I'll try to live up to those expectations

Originally Posted by Atmos

One warning that I would give, although the ASI1600 has a small sensor, it also has suitably small pixels! The smaller sensor helps with correction from off-axis issues but the small pixels don't help hide the on-axis ones

Understood, Colin. I have a couple of very good lenses so hopefully the main problem will merely be finding good focus at very fast f-ratios

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Originally Posted by RickS

Understood, Colin. I have a couple of very good lenses so hopefully the main problem will merely be finding good focus at very fast f-ratios

Yeah that’s a challenge, although I find a tiny Bahtinov mask works wonders