Last night was the first clear night in ages, and the boggy water-logged back yard has dried up enough to support the mount again, so I had a night of Astrocasting again.
Been months since my last broadcast.
I started the night with a 16~160 lens from Bert (Avandonk).
I had to fit an IR/UV filter inside the lens as the stars were horrific.
Last night was the first chance to try it out.
The stars were markedly improved but I was having trouble picking up nebulae.
I have to learn which settings work best with this lens.
The 1st image in the collection below is with the 16~160 lens. See how faint Tarantula is.
After unsuccessful attempts, I switched over to the Saxon 120mm f5 Achromat Refractor with a 0.6x Focal Reducer.
All the other images are from the Saxon.
Every image is a screen grab of live video. No stacking, No processing. Just a single screen Grab.
These give a great example of what you see on screen doing 'Live' Video Astronomy
Everytime I look no one is there must go to bed too early
Yeah, because it is world wide it helps to know when people are actually broadcasting.
In the last image above (my monitors) you can see I have the time for several places around the world. That way I know when people are likely to be broadcasting.
Americans tend to broadcast in our mid to late-afternoon, Poms in our Morning.
If I want to watch Martin (MLyons) in South Africa he comes on around 6am our time.
When I broadcast at night the Americans are just getting up and the Poms are having afternoon tea
By the time I finish broadcasting in the wee hours the Americans have all gone to work and the Poms are coming home from work
It's all a matter of working out when people are likely to be broadcasting in their night-time.
I seem to be the only one broadcasting in our night-time, except for the occasional American Solar broadcast.
Jonathan (astrojunk) put on a great show
Glad to know I'm not the only Aussie in NSN.
Martin Ferlito up in Sydney used to do a bit but he seems to have stopped.
Hopefully Bob in Melbourne might be in there soon, and Tony (that_guy) is setting up ready to start soon too.
and there's also Martin Lyons in South Africa
We need more Aussies and other Southern Hemi's broadcasting in NSN to show the Northern Hemispherians what REAL sky looks like
Last edited by ballaratdragons; 30-01-2011 at 06:50 PM.
Looking good Ken.
The camera picks up a lot of faint fuzzies.
I see if i can finally start broadcasting when i have build my obs.
Cant image and broadcast at the same time at the moment
Great stuff Ken. Looks like you are having some fun. Maybe able to image tonight if I am lucky.
Yes Doug.
That's the amazing thing about Astrocasting. It's actually FUN
Probably because the images are 'live' and the site is interactive with the viewers
Jonathan (astrojunk) put on a great show
Glad to know I'm not the only Aussie in NSN.
Thanks Ken, it was fun to chat with you and the NSNers. We will have to setup an alert mechanism somehow. Maybe something as simple as a post to a standard thread here on iis would do it?
How much bandwidth does it use, say, per hour?
My kids eat me out of house and home by watching Youtube. Don't ever want to get slowed to 64kbps again.
How much bandwidth does it use, say, per hour?
My kids eat me out of house and home by watching Youtube. Don't ever want to get slowed to 64kbps again.
Hmmmm . . . I don't know jj.
I just use it without fear of running out of Bandwidth coz I have 100Gb a month, and with all 4 of us using You Tube (one son heavily), surfing, Cheryl and my other son playing online games, and me broadcasting (up to 8 hours at a sitting), we still only use about 10% of our 100Gb allowance.
I've never checked how much broadcasting uses up. How would I find out?
Thanks Ken, it was fun to chat with you and the NSNers. We will have to setup an alert mechanism somehow. Maybe something as simple as a post to a standard thread here on iis would do it?
Yeah, I've been thinking about that.
Not sure how.
must go to bed too early 
