Reheating the cold chicken

[LewisM]

Well, I am finally back at it again, thanks to a new rig (but same mount) and finally decent weather.

This is just 30 minutes of H-a (7nm Baader)

FSQ-106ED at f/5 on the trusty Vixen GPD2 - The Little Mount that CAN and DOES

SBIG ST-8300C (YES, OSC with H-a filter)

10 minute exposures, PHD2 guiding ('cause MaxIm went nuts), 3 exposures total. Got another hour to go hopefully before it sets too low tonight.

So, here it be, uncleaned, practically unprocessed except for a stretch in CCDStack post stacking. Focus might be a smidgen off, but it is focused by hand with an f/8 Bahtinov (:D). Might afford Sharpsky soon...

This is typed outside next to the rig while it continues imaging the chook.

This shrunken jpeg is all ya get till I at least get 3 hours on this bloody chicken! :) :P And look at that - the whole enchilada fits in the frame. Ah, f/5... wonder how it'd look t f/3.65...

[LewisM]

Oh, and Greg, that is with my converted finder-guidescope (f/4). I tried the OAG but it won't co-operate. Might persevere with the OAG, but probably resell it considering the guidescope works well.

[cometcatcher]

Nice whispy Ha chicken there Lewis. What are your plans for it? NB colour?

[LewisM]

Ha-OSC it shall be. I SHOULD have gone OSC before moonrise, but the OAG shenanigans put an end to that.

Tomorrow hopefully OSC colour :)

[cometcatcher]

Okay cool. Cloudy tomorrow and for the next few days for you and me. Then clear next week with a cold blast.

[LewisM]

Now 90 minutes. It is all I got tonight before my power supply went fizzle (there's $140 down the crapper)

[topheart]

Nice!!

Tim

[gregbradley]

Its looking pretty smooth already. Bummer about the power supply. What were you using? I got a 12 volt power supply from Jaycar Electronics for the dew heater and it seems pretty good. It cost something like that.

Greg.

[LewisM]

Yes, it is filling up fast. Loving it



Was using what I have been using for 3 years - a battery pack. There was a low power issue at startup, so I plugged in the charger. I am assuming that the draw with the 3 heater bands on and the mount was too much for the charger coupled to the battery to handle (stupid idea, but I just HAD to image last night. HAD TO!). RA ended up not wanting to cooperate (diagnosis in the Equipment forum).

So, today Jaycar gets a visit - either going for a lab power supply or a good quality AC converter.

[RickS]

Not a bad result for NB with OSC, Lewis. Determined to do things the hard way? :)

[LewisM]

Yup. Got to keep weight down, so that rules out mono with filter wheel and big cameras.

I would't call it hard - just take longer. Meh. What's time but a relative concept :)