Hey guys, is it just me or are others experiencing unusually bad seeing in SE Qld lately? I am really struggling to find guide stars lately whether it's with my SX Lodestar or the old faithful QHY5 - and with 10 second integrations and Binning x2 - I am still struggling more times than not to find something to guide on.
Is there an unusual amount of dust in the upper atmosphere or perhaps jetstreams from Hell? What's going on?
Really poor here. Eyes are even stinging. A laser shone into the atmosphere is FULLY illuminated - and that's a low power instructor's red laser. Cloud free in entirety, but for the smoke haze (and harsh inversion layer)
Interesting... I wonder if this is actually the cause of all my guiding woes. It would explain why the stars are bouncing around all over the place, no?
Indeed. Seeing plays a significant part of good guiding.
PHD shows the preview quite well, but MaxIM is even better - it zooms RIGHT into the guidestar and boxes it in. You can watch the waltz live (MaxIM also has an algorithm that will temporarily/intermittently stop exposure DURING a run when scintillation is bad, and resume when it improves)
There's been bush fires all around Kilcoy of late. As soon as one is put out, another starts.
I've lost my astro mojo atm anyway, so it's not been affecting me.
There's been bush fires all around Kilcoy of late. As soon as one is put out, another starts.
I've lost my astro mojo atm anyway, so it's not been affecting me.
Wow!! Astro Mojo - I can't get the image of Austin Powers and Dr. Evil out of my head now. Curse your Astro Mojo!!
There's been bush fires all around Kilcoy of late. As soon as one is put out, another starts.
I've lost my astro mojo atm anyway, so it's not been affecting me.
(MaxIM also has an algorithm that will temporarily/intermittently stop exposure DURING a run when scintillation is bad, and resume when it improves)
