DMK Christening - Sunspots 933 & 935 in Ha

[stephenmcnelley]

Yes, and yes again, yes please. They are very enjoyable to look at, congrats and thanks for the captures.

[davidpretorius]

excellent work.

paul haese had to adapt his DMK as well for the solar work. not sure if there was a thread over on SCP or not.

He talked to a few guys on the uk astro site and I think cloudy nights (not exactly sure)

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

There are a few different adapters around, but it seems to be a common problem with most webcams, it is with my 3 anyway. I need to be able to get the chip closer to the PST. It will be an easy fix though. There is a small shoulder on the adapter (about 3-4mm thick), if I grind that down with the ol' dremmil the camera should go all the way in, right to the camera case then. That will give me an additional 6-8mm then, plenty of focus travel hopefully. Maybe even enough to fit a Mogg FR to try for full disk imaging

[Gasman]

Excellent image that Paul. Like to see how you do on the deep sky stuff with the DMK. Would you believe not had a clear night over here in the UK since getting my DMK .
Steve

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Thanks Steve. I'm looking forward to trying a few long exposures as well.

Apart from the temperature, I sometimes think that the UK weather has decided to holiday down under at the end of last year. We've only had half a dozen (and that's being generous I think) decent nights since mid October.

[John K]

Fantastic shot! Excellent!
The comparative view with the Toucam really makes the DMK seem like miles ahead.

[sheeny (Al)]

Top work Paul!

The difference between the ToUcam and the DMK is significant.

Al.