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Old 28-08-2018, 08:25 PM
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Filters installed, everything assembled and taking test pics in the house, including a 0.1 sec selfie in Oiii
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Old 29-08-2018, 07:02 AM
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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.
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Old 29-08-2018, 07:55 AM
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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."

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Old 29-08-2018, 08:11 AM
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Nice one, Rick

Welcome to the dark side, or should that be, lower-noise side
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Old 29-08-2018, 09:04 AM
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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
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Old 29-08-2018, 09:04 AM
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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.
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Old 29-08-2018, 09:23 AM
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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!"
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Old 29-08-2018, 09:26 AM
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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?
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Old 29-08-2018, 12:33 PM
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I cannot confirm nor deny the use of that strategy in the past
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Old 29-08-2018, 12:52 PM
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Welcome to the ZWO club Rick.
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Old 29-08-2018, 01:01 PM
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Thanks, Bo!
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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.
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Old 29-08-2018, 01:11 PM
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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.
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Old 29-08-2018, 01:37 PM
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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"
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Old 29-08-2018, 01:44 PM
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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.
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Old 29-08-2018, 02:38 PM
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One tube looks much like any other, fortunately.
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Looks like a very nice and compact combo Rick. I look forward to seeing Rick's magic with CMOS
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Old 29-08-2018, 03:33 PM
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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
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Old 29-08-2018, 03:56 PM
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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

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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
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Old 29-08-2018, 05:47 PM
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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
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