Hyperstar First Light.

[Poita]

I finally received my adapter for my QHY8 to screw onto the end of the Hyperstar, so I took it for a spin last night.
No guiding, no drift alignment, no collimation, I just unscrewed the secondary on the C9.25, screwed the Hyperstar on, fired up Nebulosity on the Mac and took a picture of the Orion Nebula.
So plenty of eggy star trails, but I wanted to see if it worked at all.
One nice side effect is that it seems to take longer before dew is a problem when the Hyperstar is attached.

I took 10 images of 45 seconds each, did a very quick stack in Nebulosity, and applied the default DPP settings, I didn't bother to process it much as the lack of alignment etc. mean very awful eggy stars, I just wanted to see how long you needed to image for at F2.

[Poita]

So it is a total of 7.5 minutes of data, each sub 45s.

[Lester]

That has got potential Peter. I will look on with interest. Been thinking of one of these for a while now. All the best.

[Poita]

I need to wait until end of semester to get my mount sorted, collimate the Hyperstar, get a dew shield etc. but wanted to take it for a quick spin.

It is definitely a piece of cake to fit and remove, takes less than a minute, and feels very solid. I'm keen to see how it will go when I have the time to put into it.

[h0ughy]

lol mine has been sitting in a box waiting.....waiting..... one day it will see light on my c11. for 45 sec it is promising

[Poita]

If anyone wants to have a go at processing, the original 45s .fit file is here

www.mudgee.net/ot/orion45s.fit

It is about 19MB, feel free to have a go, I must get back to my assignments!

[mitch]

Looks great! There seems to be a lot of detail in such short exposures. Might have a go a processing the fit on the w/e.

Glad to see it's all working

[Shano592]

Apparently, 30 seconds is equivalent to around 15 minutes (f/1.8:f/10).

I wish they would start their run on the M10-ACF version already. I'm there!

[Helo]

Nice one Poita. I just received my Hyperstar for my C11 yesterday (but no counterweight came with it :sadeyes:) and my ccd is on backorder, can't wait to get out and use it - when it stops raining! Hope to see more from you soon.

[Poita]

I don't use a counterweight with mine.
I just leave my other gear on the back.

[traveller]

Wow, great stuff Peter. I am sure the results will improve 10 fold once the mount is sorted. Great start, keep us posted on the good work!
Bo