I pulled the Starfire out today, although our apartment is nice and dry, I do this two or three times a year for a couple of days, with the caps off, to give it some UV exposure. to prevent mould.
While I had her out I took the opportunity to do an astro porn shot
I pulled the Starfire out today, although our apartment is nice and dry, I do this two or three times a year for a couple of days, with the caps off, to give it some UV exposure. to prevent mould.
While I had her out I took the opportunity to do an astro porn shot
I hope you will be very soon collecting top quality cosmic data again
Greg - you are too kind but thank you for such nice feedback. I'm eagerly awaiting winter to hopefully do one or two as deep images as my 4" allows. It might be worthwhile checking with Catalin, but I think the 105mm CFF can handle up to KAI 11000 with its dedicated 3.2" field flattener that threads directly to 3.2" FTF. I may be wrong, but there is only one 4" that can properly accommodate KAF16803, and it is the FSQ106 - an ultimate 4" astrograph.
I would love one day to upgrade my camera to something with KAF16200, as this sensor would definitely be a very nice match with my CFF in terms of speed, field of view and sampling.
Wow, you are patient. How long have you had your AP1600 now?
A while...since mid December
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AP152 hmmm arrr nice.
Yeah she is a beauty huh?
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Have you sent your PL16803 off for service yet? I have to send mine now - its been on my list to do for a while now.
Yes it should be back soon
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I am refractorless at the moment - its bugging me a bit. I was thinking of another FSQ106 but done 2 of those.
Eyeing off a CFF105 F6 as he seems to be the new Roland Christen. Seeing Suavi's images just cements it.
In the meantime some widefield lens type imaging will do but it won't last too long!
Greg.
Not sure how anything in its class could really be any better than a Tak FSQ106 , other than perhaps being lighter..? ..but ya never know
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Mmm, astro porn. More please
Ha ha, one day I will have a scope that needs a crane to get it inside my observatory
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Some fantastic rig Mike
I hope you will be very soon collecting top quality cosmic data again
Sorry Mike, I got sidetracked.
Thanks I hope so...and no worries Suavi, sometimes the side track is more interesting than the HWY anyway I look forward to seeing your deep projects, IMO you produced the best Helix image of all I saw this season, (and one of the best of all time really) magical
Fantastic news Mike! I am really happy for you! And I am also somehow selfishly happy for me and other astro geeks , as we all, without a doubt, look forward to seeing some more your inspiring images of DSOs
Fantastic news Mike! I am really happy for you! And I am also somehow selfishly happy for me and other astro geeks , as we all, without a doubt, look forward to seeing some more your inspiring images of DSOs
Like everything with this mount, the counterweight shaft is also a beast The rings and dovetails for the AG12 and FSQ all fitted
Now I just need to modify the AP flat surface adaptor plate to mate the mounts rotating top plate to my pier and shorten my pier by 125mm....and I am away
The refreshed and pampered FLI Proline will ship back to me tomorrow so should have that in a week.
Like everything with this mount, the counterweight shaft is also a beast The rings and dovetails for the AG12 and FSQ all fitted
Now I just need to modify the AP flat surface adaptor plate to mate the mounts rotating top plate to my pier and shorten my pier by 125mm....and I am away
The refreshed and pampered FLI Proline will ship back to me tomorrow so should have that in a week.
I pulled the Starfire out today, although our apartment is nice and dry, I do this two or three times a year for a couple of days, with the caps off, to give it some UV exposure. to prevent mould.
That's interesting. Never thought of that as to prevent mold. So you just open them up or point them to the light outside as well? I wonder if the UV torch they use in forensic would do the same job shinning them down the tube.
That's interesting. Never thought of that as to prevent mold. So you just open them up or point them to the light outside as well? I wonder if the UV torch they use in forensic would do the same job shinning them down the tube.
I don't know if it would have the sheer UV bang that the sun gives for free!
It's a good thought though... I have a tiny fluorescent tube-type that is used for curing the glue when replacing phone screens. Oh, and the 36W black lights for the large Fluoro bayonets...
That's interesting. Never thought of that as to prevent mold. So you just open them up or point them to the light outside as well?
Yeah take all the caps off, place the scope in as dust free environment as possible, that sunlight enters (spare room), point the objective in the general direction of where sunlight enters the room but ensure that the sun can't move into a position where it could possibly be even partially focused in anyway by the objective or finder scope and leave it for 2 or 3 days, easy
I pulled the Starfire out today, although our apartment is nice and dry, I do this two or three times a year for a couple of days, with the caps off, to give it some UV exposure. to prevent mould.
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That's interesting. Never thought of that as to prevent mold. So you just open them up or point them to the light outside as well? I wonder if the UV torch they use in forensic would do the same job shinning them down the tube.
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Yeah take all the caps off, place the scope in as dust free environment as possible, that sunlight enters (spare room), point the objective in the general direction of where sunlight enters the room but ensure that the sun can't move into a position where it could possibly be even partially focused in anyway by the objective or finder scope and leave it for 2 or 3 days, easy
Mike
Yep, I do that a couple of times a year with my TAK's and Canon lenses.
Like Mike said, make sure the sun can't hit them directly.
And I also have some UV Fluro's from Jaycar that I leave on at night in the scope room.
This also supplements the days I expose them to the sun.
Might as well, it's the only light they see nowdays.