davidpretorius
28-11-2005, 10:11 AM
Hi,
Seeing: 7 to 8/10 up high (i have seen 6 stars in the trap for the 1st time in my scope with my eps at my house - yay)
Trans: 10/10
Ambient temp: 9.1
Mirror temp: 9.3
Time: 3.30 am
Altitude: 22 degrees
2.4x barlow = aprox 480x
electric focusser = broken
5fps
Still way too low, but wanted to try the colour i would get if i took out the raw mode.
Managed 280 frames, 50 of which made the cut. ME deconvolution seems to be a better option. There are 1500 images taken at 15fps to play with at a later date as well. Tries Qfocus as the capture software and whilst a little unfinished, it is very good!
Electric focusser needs to be fixed and altitude needs to be higher.
I also don't like the position of my secondary. Used my cheshire with red light torch to check centre spot and the whole view was not centred. I will now invest in a good sight tube as the cheshire is not accurate enough.
Very close to buying a motorized dob solution in next few days. Time & money will tell. It has been fun while it lasted, but the 7 seconds of imaging and then re align, 7 secs of imaging, realign - it is starting to give me the you know whats!!!
Had a loveley morning though. Got to quickly see sombrero galaxy for the first time, the acamar double, rigel double, 6 stars in the trap, all the usual suspects eta, tuc, orion (no pink for me) and a big one that i have been chasing - ngc 4945. I have tried a few times months ago when this one was on the challenges, but only a small amount of detail. Last night was great, easily seen in the 30mm ultra wide and others. I will be coming back to this one and a hunt for the southern pinwheel over the next few weeks to do some drawings.
Seeing: 7 to 8/10 up high (i have seen 6 stars in the trap for the 1st time in my scope with my eps at my house - yay)
Trans: 10/10
Ambient temp: 9.1
Mirror temp: 9.3
Time: 3.30 am
Altitude: 22 degrees
2.4x barlow = aprox 480x
electric focusser = broken
5fps
Still way too low, but wanted to try the colour i would get if i took out the raw mode.
Managed 280 frames, 50 of which made the cut. ME deconvolution seems to be a better option. There are 1500 images taken at 15fps to play with at a later date as well. Tries Qfocus as the capture software and whilst a little unfinished, it is very good!
Electric focusser needs to be fixed and altitude needs to be higher.
I also don't like the position of my secondary. Used my cheshire with red light torch to check centre spot and the whole view was not centred. I will now invest in a good sight tube as the cheshire is not accurate enough.
Very close to buying a motorized dob solution in next few days. Time & money will tell. It has been fun while it lasted, but the 7 seconds of imaging and then re align, 7 secs of imaging, realign - it is starting to give me the you know whats!!!
Had a loveley morning though. Got to quickly see sombrero galaxy for the first time, the acamar double, rigel double, 6 stars in the trap, all the usual suspects eta, tuc, orion (no pink for me) and a big one that i have been chasing - ngc 4945. I have tried a few times months ago when this one was on the challenges, but only a small amount of detail. Last night was great, easily seen in the 30mm ultra wide and others. I will be coming back to this one and a hunt for the southern pinwheel over the next few weeks to do some drawings.