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27-07-2017, 03:21 PM
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Gravity does not Suck
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Tabulam
Posts: 16,931
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Neat scopes and their owners.
I don't know if I feel inspired or depressed.
Some mouth watering set ups.
See if there is anyone you know.
https://www.wired.com/2007/09/gallery-telescopes-2/
Alex
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27-07-2017, 03:39 PM
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Novichok test rabbit
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Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Somewhere in the cosmos...
Posts: 10,388
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And you can do just as good with gear a third the cost. Some of the better images I have seen have been through more humble setups, and some of the most average/mediocre I have seen from people with high end stuff but don't know how to use it.
Some of the prices listed there are bogus as heck - ST-10XME price for example. Don't think they were that much even when new! (haven't been made in years).
Alex, just dive in and DO IT! You don't have to be an award winner - you just need to be happy in doing something. My images are carp compared to most, but I enjoy doing it, don't take myself even remotely seriously and just have fun out under the stars. It's also why I refuse to go robotic in any way (apart from focus), as I enjoy sitting out under the stars rather than sitting at home asleep while the computer does everything - VERY impersonal.
Get inspired, but not envious.
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27-07-2017, 03:50 PM
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PI cult recruiter
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 10,584
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LewisM
Some of the prices listed there are bogus as heck - ST-10XME price for example. Don't think they were that much even when new! (haven't been made in years).
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If you look carefully you'll see that the article is 10 years old. Stuff is cheaper now and image quality has improved in the meantime
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27-07-2017, 03:51 PM
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Gravity does not Suck
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Tabulam
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Lewis all my life I have won I can't settle for second place ... I am going to sell the farm and get a 30 inch set up in the Himalayas.
Did you notice that guy from Australia with his fancy set up and his Jupiter captures...check him out.
Alex
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27-07-2017, 04:04 PM
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Gravity does not Suck
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Tabulam
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And Lewis I have done a fair bit of astronomy photos and I only used a six inch reflector , web cams, cameras cut up and put in balsa wood boxes, but for the gear produced good results, then, cause I was doing it every available night for years...my joy was getting the most out of a six inch and I would still use it but it is now about 15 years old ...but I will go 8 inch just because I need a new one.
I don't envy anyone never have never will.
But thank you for your post I can see it was made to uplift me and the fact you took the time to try and do that certainly makes me feel terrific.
Thank you.
Alex
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27-07-2017, 04:35 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 2,461
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Yet people have missed Mike Salway in the list with his budget gear and the fantastic results he produced with imaging Jupiter.
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27-07-2017, 05:03 PM
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Gravity does not Suck
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Tabulam
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hans Tucker
Yet people have missed Mike Salway in the list with his budget gear and the fantastic results he produced with imaging Jupiter.
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Is that who it is
Alex
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27-07-2017, 06:15 PM
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Gravity does not Suck
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Tabulam
Posts: 16,931
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Hans I am surprised no one noticed.
How proud can we be of Mike to be grouped with those guys.
Even back then he was world class.
Alex
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27-07-2017, 06:49 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Sydney
Posts: 355
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hans Tucker
Yet people have missed Mike Salway in the list with his budget gear and the fantastic results he produced with imaging Jupiter.
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Clearly, Mike's reputation is both well earned and deserved.
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27-07-2017, 07:04 PM
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Local Korean Millennial
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Charleville
Posts: 2,063
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One of them said the more money you spend the easier time you'll have. Boy is he wrong aha.
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27-07-2017, 07:06 PM
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Politically incorrect.
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Tasmania (South end)
Posts: 2,315
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Gonna add my scope to this list soon....
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27-07-2017, 07:30 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: North Queensland
Posts: 3,240
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"Many skills are necessary, but one of the most crucial is mastery of Photoshop."
Indeed, things have changed quite a bit since then...
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28-07-2017, 06:34 PM
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SQM 21.98 mag./arc sec2
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Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: Devil's Hole Observatory, Windeyer NSW
Posts: 445
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Takes me back to my rally car days, it became a case of he who has the most money wins. My boat's only an old banger, but its caught a lot of fish! To me, the enjoyment of astronomy comes from the challenge of cobbling together bits and pieces to create a working equivalent of unattainable (for me) items. They may be ugly, they may be steel, but work, and matt black paint hides so many sins! It's like the Aldi scopes coming up for sale soon. How many kids are going to get such a terrific kick out of their first night's viewing. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, not what they're peeking through!
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28-07-2017, 06:59 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Mackay
Posts: 1,657
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And I've just caught up to where Mike was 10 years ago.
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28-07-2017, 07:08 PM
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Gravity does not Suck
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Tabulam
Posts: 16,931
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I worked out today you could spend $100,000 with no trouble.
I can't however. Too tight.
Alex
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28-07-2017, 07:12 PM
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Politically incorrect.
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Tasmania (South end)
Posts: 2,315
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Quote:
Originally Posted by xelasnave
I worked out today you could spend $100,000 with no trouble.
Alex
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Whaddaya mean.. "could"?
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28-07-2017, 08:04 PM
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Gravity does not Suck
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Tabulam
Posts: 16,931
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Quote:
Originally Posted by el_draco
Whaddaya mean.. "could"?
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More if you tried
Alex
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