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Originally Posted by graham.hobart
 nice one colin, a new toy to play with  |
It was nice just getting it out under the stars for a change! Only so much I can do. On the plus side the encoders are accurate enough to detect me breathing next to it when I was inside, if I reached to the keyboard my body movement would register!
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Originally Posted by topheart
Hi Colin,
All the best with the new setup!!
Very exciting.
Cheers,
Tim
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Originally Posted by RickS
A promising start, Colin.
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Definitely nothing more than a start at this stage but I am enjoying the new challenge.
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Originally Posted by Placidus
You're showing that outer chevron at 5 o'clock in your Helix image. That's difficult to get. Well done! |
I have done some heavy noise reduction and stretching and it certainly shows by spewing up more noise
I tried calibrating them but I need to redo my Master Bias for some reason.
When it get it running nicely I'll push close to 30 min subs.
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Originally Posted by gregbradley
Lovely round stars. Its always a pleasure to see them in the downloads. Its so easy to get eggy stars and it seems like a constant battle to get round stars so congrats!
Greg.
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CCDInspector saying aspects of 7ish with 300s subs and a not crash hot polar alignment. Checking that in the morning I was stoked! I did a test 600s and got an aspect of 15 which is closer to the best I'd usually get out of the EQ6. Sometimes I'd get a 9 but that was usually associated with focus drift!
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
Well...it certainly looks like it works Col
So, were these unguided 5min exposures?
Mike |
Completely unguided! I've lost nights worth of data due to guider issues over and over, selling my guider scope soon
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Originally Posted by atalas
Ok, your just plain showing off with your tight little round stars Colin!  buuut,I'm very happy It's going so well dude |
Everything looks round after a 50% down sample
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Originally Posted by Somnium
That is a really nice mount Colin. i was just wondering, what happens if you lose power? i assume the direct drive just stops, is there a chance the scope will hit the mount?
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When I lose power it stops pretty quick as there is nothing to keep it going. Last night the camera power cable got caught and it stopped pretty quickly when it detected a a massive increase in amps. Unlike my EQ6 if it hits something it stops and doesn't keep driving into the mount all night
Everything is perfectly balanced so without power it just sits there.