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Originally Posted by raymo
Cheers Glenn, yes coma for sure; I only got a CC for that scope years later.
HI, Alex, yes I have the original subs for almost all my stuff. If I wanted to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear I would have tried years ago, but I'm
not interested in trying again to get my head around processing, which is
why I stuck with JPEGS and DSS, no guiding etc.
raymo
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I know where you are coming from Raymo.
I was all about keeping it simple and then went and got me a narrow band set up...I have still not done one capture by the rules..you know all your filters, darks and flats and darks for the flats☺...but the main reason I did it was to push myself to commit to more than I knew I was capable of...so spent the last two days trying to set up the 80mm rig ..now gone to a 70mm guide scope and a dual finder scope and guide scope mount. ...got the electric focuser working but it has issues with belt falling off..but I dont think in the field it will fall off because the adjustments are minimal between filters and focus correction...but its a start...and honestly my legs have been so bad the last week if not for the pressure to get everything working I think I could have slashed my wrists.
Anyways not suggesting you go Startools but I bet you would be surprised just how good your images would become ( not saying they are not good) but I know from stuff that I re ran thru star tools you would be surprised.
Startools aint hard if you changed your mind and I have no doubt you could do it..look if I can do it you could as you are probably a great deal smarter than me.. heck and you did film photography which is real easy eh...you managed it Startools would be a breeze.
But I suppose the good thing is you show folk starting that one can get excellent results with a relatively simple approach.
Its good that you have your original subs that is both luck and good management.
Its clear here, but being in Sydney and with only 20 degrees of sky I must say I cant get excited...I have no idea where anything is when in Sydney..maybe just switch everything on and surprise myself☺ mmm probably should test the focuser thing I did. .. the belt works but its not aesthetically pleasing☺
Actually I have a remote vacuum cleaner that I will pull down and see if I can use its wheels and belts etc...who needs to vacuum anyways.
Alex